Oil plunged over 20 per cent Monday after top exporter Saudi Arabia launched a price war in response to a failure by leading producers to strike a deal to support energy markets.

Athree-year old child has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said here on Monday. The child and its parents who had reached the Cochin International Airport Limited at 6 am on March 7 from Italy were subjected to thermal screening at the universal surveillance system established, officials said.

In view of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide and detection of a few positive cases in neighbouring states, the Karnataka government has ordered holidays for children in lower and upper kindergarten classes in Bengaluru.

Former Law minister and senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj died after a cardiac arrest at a hospital here on Sunday evening. He was 83.

Mangaluru: Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Ivan D’Souza on Sunday slammed Narendra Modi led BJP government at the centre for introducing laws like CAA and NRC that he alleged were the reason behid the chaos in the country.

BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday lashed out at the previous UPA government, accusing it of corruption in the purchase of defence equipment.

Actor Kiara Advani says people today are finally having "uncomfortable conversations" about abuse and consent, but it's a stretch to assume that the world post the #MeToo movement has changed.