Paris, Oct 15: Countries across Europe were imposing a series of new restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic amid a spike in the number of fresh cases and deaths across the continent.

Chennai, Oct15: Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi is facing opposition over him signing up to play the lead role in the Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan biopic '800' with some political parties in Tamil Nadu on Thursday alleging that the sports star was a betrayer of the Tamils.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: After the Bengaluru Police filed a case on Thursday against the Congress candidate for Rajarajeshwari (RR) Nagar Assembly bypoll, Kusuma H, for violating the COVID-19 protocol during the nomination-filing process, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said his party would also file complaints against the BJP nominees on the same charges.

Mysuru, Oct 15: Air India has decided to commence its service from Mangaluru to Mysuru after October 25.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will hold a videoconference with Deputy Commissioners of rain-affected districts on Friday to take stock of the situation and measures to be taken, official sources said on Thursday.

Wayanad, Oct 15: The Congress in Kerala on Thursday alleged that the Wayanad district administration had not granted permission for the online inauguration of a school here by Rahul Gandhi, MP, as prior permission was not sought.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi's Mumbai residence is being searched by sleuths of the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Sandalwood drugs case.

New Delhi, Oct 15: Following the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of weekly ratings of news channels across languages.

Bengaluru, Oct 15: The Congress in Karnataka on Thursday rejected police's attribution of internal party rivalry as the reason for attack on its MLA R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's house during the violence in parts of the city in August. Blaming the government for the incident, KPCC President D K Shivakumar said allegations were part of the conspiracy against his party and accused the police of acting as agents of the ruling BJP.

A Year ago, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat had stated (October 10, 2019) that Indian Muslims are happiest in the World due to Hindus. Now he goes on to say that most content Muslims are only in India. Not content with that he went on to state that “if there is any example world over wherein a foreign religion that ruled over the people of a country still exists there”, it is here in India. And further “"Our Constitution did not say that only Hindus can stay here; hereafter only Hindus will be heard here; if you want to stay here, then you have to accept the superiority of Hindus. We created a space for them. This is the nature of our nation, and that inherent nature is called Hindu". Wearing the hat of a historian he stated that many a Muslims fought for Rana Pratap against Akbar, exemplifying that people of all faiths stood together whenever there was an attack on India’s culture.  He labeled Ram Temple is a symbol of national values and character.