Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:49:12
Malenadu Mathadishara Parishat, the union of seers of the Malnad region, on Saturday extended support to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and said any leadership change in the state would be more dangerous than the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was present at the programme at Shivayogashrama in Shikaripura Taluk on Saturday.
Speaking at the occasion, Bekkina
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:46:26
India reported 80,834 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest after 71 days, while the daily positivity rate further dropped to 4.25 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
With the fresh cases, the country's tally of cases has climbed to 2,94,39,989.
The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,70,384 with 3,303 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The act
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:44:01
AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged a "solid" friendship between Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Punjab CM Amarinder Singh ahead of the Punjab elections, after the state was ranked number one in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 by the Centre in terms of school education.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in opposition in the Congress-governed Punj
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:34:40
The Congress on Saturday hit out at the government for continuing to tax goods and equipment necessary in Covid treatment or used to protect against the virus, and termed the reduction on some such items a "lip service" post a severe second wave of the pandemic.
Just as "justice delayed is justice denied, relief delayed is also relief denied", Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:30:24
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for adopting a "one earth, one health" approach to effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic globally during a virtual address at a session of the G7 summit.
Calling for global unity, leadership and solidarity to prevent future pandemics, Modi emphasised the special responsibility of democratic and transparent societies to deal with the chall
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:27:26
Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the PNB bank fraud case against fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, filed an affidavit in Dominica High Court opposing his bail petition and said he "is and remains an international fugitive who continues to evade law enforcement in India".
The affidavit filed through Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of CBI Sharda Raut, who is leading Indian probe
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:25:22
Slamming the Centre over rising fuel prices, former petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said the government is solely responsible for the "illogical price regime" and demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the purview of the GST regime.
Moily said India levies one of the highest taxes on petrol and diesel in the world and asserted that this "illogical taxation liability" w
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:21:41
More than 50 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station in south east Delhi, officials said on Sunday.
The incident took place on Saturday and the fire department received information about it around 11.55 pm, a senior fire official said.
No one was injured in the fire, the official said.
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:18:29
Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday flagged off a dispatch of ''nano urea'' fertilizer to Karnataka and promised awarding a piece of land to fertilizer cooperative major IFFCO for setting up a plant in Bengaluru for nano urea production.
On May 31, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) introduced the world''s first ''nano urea'' in liquid form for farmers worldwide,
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