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Recovery in power demand remained subdued mainly because of heavy rains in the month, say experts

Over 64 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated on Thursday

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Religious places in the national capital had been closed for devotees for over five months, since April 19

Armed clashes have erupted mostly in regions and States along the borders with Thailand, China and India, Antonio Guterrres told the General Assembly

The Senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm Chopra to be the head of the federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials

Total vaccination in Tamil Nadu crossed the 4.50 crore mark (only in government centres) to touch 4,50,28,107 after 3,20,805 people were vaccinated on

To a question on recognising the Taliban dispensation, he suggested that New Delhi would take its time and study the situation

Had joined Reliance Industries in 2018 as President – Media Platform & Content

Earlier, Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt said that Keralite Christian girls were falling prey to what he claimed was "love and narcotic jihad" that extremists were using wherever arms cannot be used to destroy the youth.

Senior leaders in party being sidelined, he said

The Union Minister suggested that the military should ban the use of diesel engine vehicles and use trucks which run on LNG, CNG and ethanol

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Urge governments to redirect spend to keep the 1.5ºC climate goal within reach

Tvesa is aiming for a Top-10 finish on the Order of Merit, is currently 23rd while Diksha is 40th.

More than 40% of the room inventory listed on OTA platforms is operating illegally without valid licenses from local and State authorities, claims FHRAI

The price of petrol was hiked to ₹101.64 a litre in Delhi and to ₹107.71 per litre in Mumbai

The total value of the attached properties is ₹145.26 crore

Researchers are testing other drug combinations to unleash the full potential of the immune system against HIV

Bengaluru : A consensual agreement has been reached between the Karnataka government and private colleges to not hike the fees in engineering courses in private colleges, state Minister for Higher Education, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting with representatives of private engineering colleges. Following the agreement, the fees for engineering courses in private colleges for students who secure admission this year under government quota will continue as earlier in two different slabs of Rs 65,340 and Rs 58,806, the Minister said. “The other important decision drawn in the meeting was that maximum cap of Rs 20,000 each has been fixed for fees collected in the form of ‘miscellaneous fees’ and ‘skill fees’. This decision has been taken as per the recommendations of a committee headed by Karisiddappa, the Vice-Chancellor of Vishwesharaiah Technical University (VTU),” Narayan said. “The other major decision is that starting from this year, the

Bengaluru : The chief commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Gaurav Gupta, on Wednesday ordered to re-conduct the survey of dilapidated buildings in Bengaluru, following two incidents of building collapse in the city wherein families narrowly escaped moments before the tragedies. Gupta has instructed the zonal joint commissioners and chief engineers to form a committee led by the special commissioner of the project department within 15 days to re-conduct a survey of dilapidated buildings in the city and submit a report on the same. In 2019, the BBMP had conducted a survey and identified 185 such buildings, of which 10 have been demolished. The chief commissioner conducted a virtual meeting on surveying dilapidated buildings in the BBMP limits. He obtained information on the survey conducted in 2019 as to how many dilapidated buildings have been issued notice, how many have been demolished across eight zones etc. The chief commissioner instructed the zonal commi

Bengaluru : A Nigerian actor who appeared in Tamil blockbusters such as ‘Singham’ and ‘Vishwaroopam’, and some Bollywood films as well, has been arrested on charges of drug peddling in Bengaluru, police sources said on Thursday. The police are now looking into his connections with the Sandalwood film industry here, and in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and other cities. The Karnataka police arrested Chekwume Malvin, 45, who was staying in Bhattarahalli near K.R.Puram here on a medical visa. He was arrested while trying to sell drugs to customers on September 27. The police have recovered 15 grams of MDMA and 250 ML of hashish oil worth Rs 7.5 lakh from the accused person. According to police, the accused has acted in 20 Indian movies including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. He has appeared in popular in Kannada movies “Annabond” and “Paramatma” as well. The accused had done a film acting course in New York Film Academy Nigeria and Mumbai. He has acted in three N

The House is expected to approve the measure following the Senate vote Thursday, preventing a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Friday

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Active caseload stands at 2,77,020, down by 5,500 cases

Modi also had a good candid and substantial exchange with like-minded Quad leaders at their first in-person summit, India’s envoy to US said

Antonio Guterres warned in a report to the U.N. General Assembly that the opportunity to prevent the army from entrenching its rule could be narrowing

The second-most populous state also reported five more deaths from Covid-19 in the latest 24-hour period

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.06 per cent, while the Nikkei lost 0.36 per cent a day

The United States and the European Union agreed Wednesday to create 10 panels to explore and recommend solutions to a variety of trade disputes and

State likely to announce wet drought

Write to CM explaining their losses due to the pandemic; offer to fully vaccinate staff

The organisation works to protect the environment in India through creative use of legal processes

CSIR-NIIST develops award-winning technology

Bengaluru : Karnataka Police on Wednesday arrested five persons for trying to extort a young couple after taking their private video while they were sitting in their car on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The accused are identified as Ashif (29), Nawaz Pasha (22), Liyakhat Pasha (30), Salman Khan (28) and Roohid (26). All of them are drivers and residents of Handenahalli village near Hosakote on the outskirts of Bengaluru. According to police, the incident took place on September 25. The young couple had gone to a private place in their car where they wanted to spend some time together. At about 12 noon, the accused persons came as a gang and told the couple that they have taken video of their private moments. The miscreants demanded Rs 5 lakh and threatened the couple that if they failed to pay the money, their video will be made viral on the social media, the police said. By that time, the miscreants noticed few local people approaching them and escaped from the spot on bikes. The w

Bengaluru : Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on the occasion of World Heart Day on Wednesday took a pledge to make it a point to walk for 30 minutes daily. “If it is not possible due to work pressure, I will ensure that I will complete the walk on the treadmill,” he said. Speaking after inaugurating brisk walk programme organized from the main entrance of Vidhana Soudha to Kanteerava stadium as part of the World Heart Day, Bommai said, he was irregular with his exercise. “From today onwards I will take up brisk walk regularly. If there is a pressure I will do it on the walker. I request the people also to take care of their health. Individual and community health are important,” he noted. People should be enlightened about first aid treatment in case of heart attack and they should also be told about the importance of the golden hour. About 26 per cent of deaths are due to heart attack in the state and this has to be brought down, he said. Get the latest updates in Hyd

Bengaluru : The district authorities have sealed Sri Chaitanya Girls’ Residential School in Bengaluru following 60 of its students testing positive for COVID-19. Of those who tested positive, only two are symptomatic. The development has come as a big worry for the Karnataka health and education department as the B.S. Bommai government prepares to open primary classes soon. Bengaluru Urban District Commissioner J. Manjunath said the students tested positive on September 26. The COVID-19 tests were conducted on 480 students as one of the students from Bellary developed Covid-like symptoms. The girls who tested positive are from Classes 11 and 12. Forty-six students, who tested positive belong to different districts of Karnataka and 14 students came from Tamil Nadu. There are also 22 teachers, 57 staff members working in the residential school. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegra

They are confronted with common supply shocks and common risks around a pandemic that continues to shape commerce

Says it had prepared a report on the company's irregularities and found some of its properties.

The Apex court held the chairperson of Suraz India Trust guilty of contempt for not depositing ₹25 lakh for "scandalising and browbeating" the court.

Average prices up 3% across 7 cities: Anarock

Vaccinating Indian citizens remains top priority, says Mansukh Mandaviya

With over 2,000 billionaires, he further added that this is not an enormous amount and needed bold leadership to end poverty.

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Musk was critical of a White House summit on electric vehicles in August to which automakers other than Tesla were invited

Uttar Pradesh crosses two-crore mark for both doses and leads the overall vaccination drive

The active cases comprise 0.84 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

Biden stresses urgency of working together

The new unit to make advanced logic semiconductor chips and is likely to create about 1,800 jobs

Tech capabilities of the platform are geared to handle one million concurrent users at peak

Says every child in Delhi will be patriot in true sense

CNN does not feature prominently in Australian media consumption, but the decision could have reverberations across the industry if other outlets followed suit

Shekhawat, Goyal make presentations on project execution

Modi also inaugurated the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Tolerance, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

All company models except Vellfire would see an upward increase in prices from next month

All eyes on as Huzurabad seen as bellwether for 2013 polls

These include chickpea, pigeonpea, soybean, rice crop varieties and also biofortified varieties of wheat

Prices differ from State to State, depending on the incidence of local taxes

In this model, a master teacher will deliver the lecture digitally while a locally present teacher would have the ability to stop the lecture and interact with the students

Mangaluru: A police constable has been booked on the charges of raping a girl in the Dakshina Kannada district. The accused constable is posted in the Kadaba police station.  According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s father, the girl came to Kadaba police station to lodge a rape case two years ago. Thereafter the accused constable used to come to her home. Then he raped the girl and promised to marry her. The incident came to light when the victim was five and a half months pregnant. When the victim’s father asked the accused cop to marry her daughter, he refused and suggested opting for abortion. Dakshina Kannada Police has taken the accused in custody and started an investigation. “Accused police constable is in custody. The investigation is going on,” said Sonawane Rishikesh Bhagwan, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegra

Bengaluru: COVID-19-induced restrictions including night curfew (10 pm to 5 am) till October 11 have been extended in Bengaluru, as per an official order. Night curfew will continue to be imposed with revised timing from 10 pm to 5 am in the State as per the existing guidelines with effect from September 25, 2021. Karnataka reported 504 fresh COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths on Sunday, as per the health bulletin released by the state government. The state has logged a total of 29,73,899 cases till date with 12,804 active cases.  With 893 fresh recoveries, the cumulative number of recoveries in Karnataka has gone up to 29,23,320 while the death toll mounted to 37,746. The positivity rate in Karnataka recorded on Sunday was recorded at 0.48 per cent. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch (CCB) on has arrested four persons including two Iran nationals for allegedly peddling drugs in Bengaluru, police said. Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru City Police said that arrested Iranians were overstaying on student visas.  “CCB arrest 4 drug peddlers including 2 Iranians, overstaying on student visa procured hybrid cannabis seeds through the darknet and grown at home using Ultraviolet lights. Case booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and Foreigners Act,” said Sandeep Patil in a tweet. The police have seized marijuana worth Rs 1 crore, 130 marijuana plants, LSD blotting papers and a car. The two Iran nationals were staying illegally in an apartment near Bidadi. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the Centre in connection with the medical treatment of a 17-month-old baby suffering from rare Spinal Muscular atrophy (Type 1) disease. The petition in this regard was submitted by the baby’s father Naveen. The bench headed by Justice Krishna S. Dixit heard the matter on Monday. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that the baby suffered from an inherited disease. The treatment is not available in India and the vaccine has to be imported from the US, he said. It was also submitted that the cost for the treatment is Rs 16 crore and till now Rs 8 crore has been collected through crowdfunding. The baby should be treated before 24 months from birth otherwise it can be fatal. The petitioner requested to give directions to the government to provide a deficit amount for the treatment. The counsel for the Centre explained that there is a separate policy for the treatment of rarest of rare diseases and medical experts have to take

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A decrease of 7,414 cases was recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

Discusses cooperation in various fields

Uttar Pradesh leads among States, followed by Maharashtra

He was an educationist, Founder and Dean Emeritus of Great Lakes Institute of Management

School closures in India for more than 500 days have affected over 320 million children, says UNESCO report

Democrats likely to try again

It wasn’t immediately clear what penalties the barbers could face if they don’t adhere to the no shaving or trimming rule

Long lines of vehicles have formed at many gas stations around Britain since Friday, causing spillover traffic jams on busy roads

Signs agreement with Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project at Dharmasthala

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman will travel to New Delhi on October 6 and to Mumbai on the next day

Telangana Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has put off the ongoing sessions owing to heavy rains that lashed the State.The Speaker has taken t

In addition, the company plans to invest $50 million to expand its business and grow the team overseas.

Covid test positivity ratio is at 14.55 per cent, and register 11,699 new cases on Monday.

‘In Punjab alone, there were more than 500 locations in which people gathered to express their support to the Bandh, and their participation in the farmers’ movement’

The court declares the game played either with or without stakes remained a 'game of skill', and it stands exempt from the purview of the Kerala Gaming Act.

Citing the heavy rain forecast, the Hyderabad Police Commissioner asks residents to stay indoors.

It had earned ₹2.6 crore in H1 having guests sought eco-friendly features when choosing their accommodations.

Bengaluru: A 70-year-old building collapsed in Karnataka’s Bengaluru on Monday.No casualties were reported in the incident. The fire department was present at the spot of the incident and timely evacuation took place before the collapse of the three-storey building. Further details awaited. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

Health ID for every citizen, digitally secure records on anvil

These diamonds cost only one-third the price of the mined diamonds

Firm will use the funds to develop India specific content for the K-12 segment

Manufacturing accounts for nearly 41% of the total employment

Indra Nooyi, former Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo Inc, spent 24 years in the global soft drink and foods corporation, 12 of them as CEO. She was the f

Firm will be setting up a new manufacturing facility for civil aerospace production at Hosur

In 2019, about 833 men (aged between 18 and above) ended their lives while in 2020, the number of suicides by men went up to 932

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The price of diesel was hiked to ₹89.32 per litre in Delhi and to ₹96.94 in Mumbai

This is Jaishankar’s first visit to the North American country as the External Affairs Minister

Uttar Pradesh tops the list in terms of the highest number of first doses administered

Officials in New Delhi and Taipei have met in recent weeks to discuss a deal that would bring a chip plant worth an estimated $7.5 billion to India

Gulab crosses coast off Kalingapatnam

MD & Co-Founder of Hiranandani Group speaks about the recovery in the real estate sector and other emerging growth areas

Biden spoke with lawmakers over the weekend on the path forward, according to a White House official

A three-party governing coalition is likeliest route to power for both leading candidates

Close to 60 per cent of State’s population have got their first Covid vaccine dose

Encourage digital health records and mutual recognition of documents, urge public health experts

Some members say the proposal can’t contribute to bridging gaps before the MC12, scheduled later this year

The nation-wide rollout of PM-DHM coincides with National Health Association celebrating the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

Take unvaccinated people around you to Covid jab centres, urges Modi in his Mann ki Baat address

Bandh call by farmers and trade unions receives support from all opposition parties; expected to impact bank services, road and rail transport

The AITUC General Secretary says workers and peasants are now united in a prolonged political agitation against the Government

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High winds, storm surge of 1.64 ft warned for coast

Impacts could vary from weight change to intimacy barriers

The daily positivity rate has been less than 3 per cent for last 27 days

The new feature is likely to be available from next week

Sporadic supply chain issues at supermarkets and other shops starting several weeks ago

The report is based on the technology implemented in response to the pandemic

Bengaluru : Ten additional judges, who were elevated as permanent judges of the Karnataka high court, took the oath of office here on Saturday. Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Saturday administered oath to 10 judges of the Karnataka High Court. The new appointees are Justice Maralur Indrakumar Arun, Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Indiresh, Justice Ravi Venkappa Hosmani, Justice Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, Justice Makkimane Ganeshaiah Uma, Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, and Justice Panjigadde Krishna Bhat. A notification on their elevation from additional judges to judges was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India on September 23. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, acting Chief Jutstice Satish Chandra Sharma and the Chief Secretary of Karnataka P Ravi Kumar were among the dignitaries who attended the event. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad

This is a part of BPCL’s different initiatives in Kerala, including direct supply of gaseous oxygen to the make-shift hospital at Kochi Refinery campus and liquid oxygen to government hospitals

Also call for urgent implementation of the ASEAN Five Point consensus

Call for perpetrators of 26/11 attacks to be brought to justice

Spanning four months, the IPL will feature challenges besides hackathons, ideathons, innovation fairs, start-up boot-camps and iTalks among others

Bengaluru : Karnataka Police have arrested a foreign national and seized drugs worth Rs 2.5 crore being smuggled in champagne bottles, sources said on Saturday. The contraband also included 2,500 grams of MDMA crystal powder. The drugs were sold to students, industrialists in the reputed hotels. The investigations are on to ascertain the source of the drugs. The accused was caught while he was selling the drugs near Yusuf Maszid service road in HBR Layout, according to police. Each Champagne bottle carrying drugs was sold for Rs 60 to Rs 70 lakh. The middleman used to pack it in small packets and sold it to the customers. Govindapura police are following leads to nab the others involved in the racket. The accused has been identified as Dosu Khaleef, 28, a citizen of the Ivory Coast. A mobile and a two-wheeler was also seized from Khaleef. Khaleef come to India three years ago under a tourist visa. However, the police have not retrieved visa or passport from him, police sources sai