Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court is likely to pronounce its order on Tuesday on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state assembly speaker.
Washington: Democrat Joe Biden urged Muslim Americans on Monday to join him in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump as he addressed an online summit hosted by the advocacy organisation Emgage Action to mobilise Muslim voters ahead of the presidential election.
Lucknow: Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon died at a hospital here early Tuesday morning. He was 85.
Gulbarga: The efforts of a Gulbarga based Social and Human Rights Activist, Riyazuddin, who was fighting a legal battle to get ex-gratia amount for Jharkhand’s Tabrez Ansari’s family. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered an ex-gratia amount of Rs. Two lakh for the family of Ansari who was lynched by a mob in Jharkhand in June last year.
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has said that private hospitals should not refuse to treat pregnant women who are COVID-19 positive.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Monday ruled out the possibility of community spread in the state and said an expert committee is undertaking a study on it.
Vijayapura: A Dalit man was stripped and thrashed by a group of people in this district in Karnataka for allegedly touching the motorbike of another community member, police said on Monday.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 3,648 new cases of COVID-19 and 72 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 67,420 and the death toll to 1,403, the health department said.
Saudi Arabia: The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia on Monday evening announced that July 31 will mark the first day of Eid-Ul-Adha as the crescent moon was not sighted on July 20.
Dubai: The ICC on Monday postponed the T20 World Cup in Australia owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, paving the way for the BCCI to organize the Indian Premier League during the October-November window.
