Bengaluru, Amid rising Covid cases in the past two weeks, the Karnataka government is planning to increase testing capacity to 25,000 samples a day, said a minister on Tuesday.

"Due to increase in cases in the last two weeks, the government is trying to scale up testing to 15,000 to 25,000 samples per day,&qu

New Delhi, On a tragic day when Indian soldiers were involved in a violent border skirmish in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, almost in parallel the Pakistan foreign office lashed out at India.

The Pakistan foreign office, exposing its usual Janus face, categorically rejected Indian MEA's statement on the inv

Bengaluru, A city traffic policeman who died after a cardiac arrest on Monday was reported positive for Covid-19, said an official on Tuesday.

"An Assistant sub-inspector at V.V. Puram traffic police station died of Covid," said a police officer.

In addition to the deceased policeman,

Gandhinagar, Amid the coronavirus havoc in Ahmedabad, doctors at the CIMS hospital have successfully replaced the damaged liver of 2-year-old 'Hirva', the daughter of an auto rickshaw driver.

Hirva is the youngest recipient of such transplant in Gujarat so far.

Her mother, who furnished

Bengaluru, The opposition Congress has shortlisted six names for the June 29 biennial elections to seven seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council, an official said on Tuesday.

"Though 40 members applied for tickets to contest in the Council bypolls, the party's state unit has shortlisted six of them for

Beijing, Next time when you visit a public toilet, put the lid down before you flush. A new Chinese study has warned that flushing a toilet generates strong turbulence in the bowl that can expel aerosol particles containing coronavirus out of the bowl which can potentially infect the next bathroom user.

The resear

New Delhi, Twenty Indian Army men, including officers, were killed in an unprecedented violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh on Monday night, the Indian Army said on Tuesday.

Sources said that the death toll is likely to go up as many soldiers have been b

Bengaluru, Considering dental treatment procedures posing a high cross infection threat amid COVID-19 outbreak, Karnataka government has asked patients to defer all routine and elective dental treatment, an official said on Tuesday.

"In the current COVID-19 pandemic, dentists, auxiliaries as well as patients

Mumbai, Abhishek Bachchan on Tuesday went down memory lane and recalled working with his father Amitabh Bachchan for tin he first time in 2005, in the films "Bunty Aur Babli" and "Sarkar".

"Year-2005.. The year the flood gates opened! #Buntyaurbabli #Sarkar #Dus #Antarmahal #Bluffmast

Mumbai, Sushant Singh Rajput's former girlfriend and "Pavitra Rishta" co-actor Ankita Lokhande visited the late actor's residence in Bandra on Tuesday to meet his family.

Ankita was in a relationship with Sushant for almost six years until 2016, and videos and pictures of the actress enterin