New Delhi, Aug 21: Flyers would be required to shell-out a bit more for air travel, as security fee for both domestic and international travel will be raised. From September 1, domestic passengers will have to pay Rs 160 instead of Rs 150 while international passengers will have to pay $4.85, against the foreign currency, instead of $3.25, each time they buy a ticket, sources said.

New Delhi, Aug 21: Applauding Suresh Raina on his glorious cricketing career, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the southpaw "lived and breathed cricket".

New Delhi, Aug 21: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 29 lakh mark with the country reporting 68,898 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.

Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka government has notified a revised circular on notification and de-notification of containment and buffer zones in the state.

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Slamming former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, state BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel termed him a "fake champion" of Dalits and backward classes.

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The sale of meat and slaughtering of animals has been prohibited by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on the occasion of "Sri Ganesh Chaturthi" festival on August 22.

Geneva, Aug 21: The number of COVID-19 cases globally has grown by more than 263,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,500 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) data revealed on late Thursday.

Mysuru, Aug 20: A 43-year old government doctor on coronavirus duty died of suicide in Mysuru district in Karnataka with some of his colleagues alleging he was under work pressure.

Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested Arun Kumar, a close aide of former Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj in connection with the violence that broke out in parts of the city on August 11.

This 5th August nation witnessed a spectacle of Prime Minister doing the bhumi Pujan of Ram Temple on the site where Babri Mosque was demolished 28 years ago. In full religious regalia the Prime Minster performed the elaborate puja in presence of the Chief of the RSS, the organization which spearheading the transformation of potentially secular, diverse, plural India into a Hindu Rashtra.