Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday registered 145 fresh COVID-19 cases and two virus-related deaths taking the fresh infections and fatalities to 39,44,186 and 40,026 respectively, the state health department said.
Mangaluru: In a tragic incident reported in the city on Tuesday, a 20-year-old student committed suicide by hanging himself at his PG after leaving a note citing the rejection of his project work by his professor, as the reason behind his move to end his life.
Bengaluru: Minister of Infrastructure Development of Karnataka, V Somanna on Wednesday said that a house will be constructed for Altaf Ahmed’s family, who was martyred in the Jammu-Kashmir valley.
Udupi: Senior BJP leader and vice-president of Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee Yashpal Suvarna has called the girls who approached the Karnataka High Court demanding hijab-wearing on the college campus as anti-nationals who were members of a terrorist organisation.
Tokyo: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory.
New Delhi: Some leaders of the Congress's 'Group of 23' met at the residence of former Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad over dinner on Wednesday to work out the grouping's future strategy and discuss the party's poll debacle in the just-concluded assembly polls.
New Delhi: Amid a rise in Covid cases in some European and East Asian countries, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday directed officials to maintain a high level of alertness and surveillance, and carry out genomic sequencing aggressively.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday allowed reopening of three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz, where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained shut since then, to enable devotees to offer prayers during Shab-e-Barat.
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Fourth Additional Magistrate on Wednesday sentenced 20 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10 thousand to Aditya Rao who was found guilty of placing explosives at the Mangaluru International Airport in January, 2020.
Kochi: Actor Dileep has contended in the Kerala High Court that the Crime Branch has levelled false and fabricated allegations of destruction of evidence against him and others, who are accused of conspiring to kill and threaten officials probing into the 2017 actress assault case, as well as their lawyers.
