Bengaluru, Nov 25: With as many as 1,949 patients getting discharged, Karnataka continued its trend of registering more recoveries than positive cases.

Gurgaon, Nov 25: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi's closest political advisers, died at a Gurgaon hospital this morning. He was 71. The veteran politician had been at Medanta Hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection. In a tweet at around 4 am, his son, Faisal Patel, said that the Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat died at 3.30 am.

Bengaluru, Nov 24: A state-level steering committee headed by the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will be formed to monitor Covid-19 vaccination in the State, Minister for Home Basavaraj Bommai announced here on Tuesday.

Speaking to mediapersons here on Tuesday, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference to chalk out India's vaccination strategy.

According to Bommai, the government is planning to emulate arrangements made during elections to administer the vaccine to the general population.

Moodbidiri, Nov 24: Four youngsters - a female and three males - were drowned in a river in Tulemuger under Paladka gram panchayat limits near here on Tuesday evening.

Belagavi, Nov 24: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr K N Ashwath Narayan on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of change in the leadership in the state and underlined that "B S Yediyurappa will continue for the remaining period".

New Delhi, Nov 24: Crisscrossing lines of religion as they navigated love, societal approval and marriage, interfaith couples have never had it easy but the many hurdles on their road to happily ever after' are now increasingly edged with unease and the oxymoronic stamp of love jihad'.

Hong Kong, Nov 13: On 13 November, China finally offered its congratulations to Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris on their US electoral victory, one of the last major countries to do so. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, "We respect the choice of the American people."

Moscow/Sputnik, Nov 24: One dose of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will cost less than $10 for the international markets, which is two or more times cheaper than alternatives by Pfizer and Moderna, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Tuesday.

Mumbai, Nov 24: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges, but directed them to appear before Mumbai Police on January 8.