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Bengaluru, Feb 8 : The Covid tally in Bengaluru crossed the 4-lakh mark, with 250 testing positive in a day and taking the city’s virus tally to 4,00,565, including 3,897 active cases, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.As the epicentre of the …

Bengaluru, Feb 6 : Recovery of 470 patients in a day was more than 430 new Covid cases registered across Karnataka.”With 430 new cases on Thursday, the state’s Covid tally rose to 9,41,500, including 5,874 active cases, while 9,23,777 recovered, with…

New Delhi, Feb 5 : The Congress said on Friday that it supports the call for a ‘Chakka Jam’ proposed to be held on Saturday by protesting farmers against the three new farm laws.”When farmers hold a three-hour nationwide ‘bandh’ from noon till 3 pm o…

Bengaluru, Feb 5 : A stray dog which had apparently killed a young leopard in a fight later succumbed to his injuries in Karnataka’s Mandya district, forest officials said on Friday.”Prima facie it appears that both the animals fought hard before the…

Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Feb 5 : In a big find, over 400 cannonballs, believed to be of the 16th-18th century Chhatrapati era, were unearthed in and around the ramparts of the Pavangad Fort in Kolhapur in the past couple of days, officials said here o…

New Delhi, Feb 5 : Delhi Irrigation and Water Minister Satyendar Jain has raised concerns about the city’s depleting water table, and announced plans to hire experts to improve the situation.”DJB has been instructed to use all the defunct tube wells …

New Delhi, Feb 5 : Lambasting the opposition over the ongoing farmers’ agitation over the three new central farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that farmers were “tricked” on the issue and that pe…

New Delhi, Feb 5 : Penguin Random House India announced on Friday the forthcoming publication of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author Jhumpa Lahiri’s marvellous new novel, her first in nearly a decade. “Whereabouts” is her firs…

New Delhi, Feb 5 : In a bid to catch up with India over the latter’s proactive stance in gifting coronavirus vaccines to its neighbours, China has stepped up its game.The country plans to provide 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to COVAX, the WHO al…

New Delhi, Feb 5 : In a bid to catch up with India over the latter’s proactive stance in gifting coronavirus vaccines to its neighbours, China has stepped up its game.The country plans to provide 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to COVAX, the WHO al…