Kolkata, Oct 28: The skyrocketing onion prices in the retail market are likely to ease as imported bulbs have put a break, at least temporarily, on the rise in wholesale prices in Kolkata, officials said on Wednesday.

Patna, Oct 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that just like the people of the state can save themselves from COVID-19 with a mask, similarly with a single vote they can save Bihar from becoming "bimar" (sick).

Riyadh, Oct 28: Saudi Arabia plans to cancel a foreign worker sponsorship system, known as kafala, and replace it with a new form of contract between employers and employees, the financial newspaper Maaal said on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

West Champaran, Oct 28: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the motive of demonetisation and lockdown was to destroy small farmers, businesses and labourers and took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he can't compete with him in speaking lies.

Bengaluru, Oct 28: Karnataka Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday urged for postponing the elections to the Local Bodies to March 2021 due to Covid-19 threat.

Mangaluru, Oct 28: Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport have seized gold worth Rs 32,96,800 from a passenger who arrived by a Spice Jet flight from Dubai on Tuesday night.

Washington, Oct 28: Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have agreed to provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX Facility, a collaboration designed to give countries around the world equal access to coronavirus vaccines.

Dubai, Oct 28: Indian expats in the UAE and elsewhere can now provide their local address abroad to be added in their passports, Gulf News can reveal.

London, Oct 28: Saudi Arabia has removed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan's map, said PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Oct 28: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday announced the establishment of a fund dedicated to its member doctors who have died in the line of duty while battling the COVID-19 pandemic.The association has planned to raise money by donations from its members and the public, including the registered institutions. The fund will be used to pay an ex-gratia sum to the legal heir of the deceased doctors with certain conditions, the association informed.