Mandya, Sep 11 (IANS) Karnataka’s Maddur town in Mandya district, which remained tense for three days following the Ganesh Visarjan violence, returned to normalcy on Thursday, and prohibitory orders were withdrawn by the authorities.However, the police filed an FIR against BJP MLC C.T. Ravi for making a provocative speech during the Ganesh Visarjan event on Wednesday.The police have taken suo motu cognisance of the case against the BJP MLC at the Maddur police station. Police Sub-Inspector Manju…

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Current geopolitics is marked by the post-Cold War phenomenon of open warfare giving way to ‘proxy wars’, the competitive rise of China in relation to the US in military, technological, and economic term,s and the positioning of India as a world power that exercised strategic autonomy in handling international relations.India needs to make its best diplomatic moves to develop bilateral relations based on mutual security and economic interests in a world divided by id…

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Varanasi residents showered flowers on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy as he arrived in his parliamentary constituency on Thursday. As the Prime Minister’s convoy approached the Taj Hotel, people lined the streets on both sides, waving the Tricolour and BJP flags and chanting ‘Modi, Modi’.The city is all decked up for the high-level meeting with elaborate arrangements and decorations.The Prime Minister is in Varanasi to hold bilateral talks with his Mauritian count…

Malappuram (Kerala), Sep 11 (IANS) A 47-year-old man from Malappuram district in northern Kerala died of amoebic meningoencephalitis, marking the sixth death from the fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in the state in the month.Shaji, a native of Chelempra Chaliparambu in Malappuram district, was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on August 9 after his condition deteriorated.This marks the second death from the infection this week and the sixth within a month….

Varanasi, Sep 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, held talks in Varanasi on Thursday, focusing on strengthening ties between the two nations. Ramgoolam is on an eight-day visit to India and is currently in Varanasi, where he is expected to discuss with PM Modi how to further strengthen the ‘Enhanced Strategic Partnership’ between the two nations.Earlier, the Mauritius PM also met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and discussed the multifacet…

Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Cyberabad Police have formed five special teams to nab two domestic servants who allegedly murdered a 50-year-old woman at a flat in an apartment building at Kukatpally and decamped with cash and gold ornaments. Renu Agarwal was found in a pool of blood when her husband, Rakesh Agarwal and son reached home in the evening after their phone calls went unanswered.According to police, the assailants tied the hands and legs of the woman and stabbed her indiscriminately with a…

Bengaluru, Sep 11 (IANS) After Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar sang the RSS anthem in the Karnataka Assembly, state Home Minister G. Parameshwara participated in an ABVP event, which has stirred huge controversy within the Congress party.Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is an all-India student organisation with ties to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP.Parameshwara attended an event organised by the ABVP, related to the 500th Jayanthi of freedom fighter Rani Abbakka, in…

Sao Paulo, Sep 11 (IANS) Alexandra Eala continued her surge Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Julia Riera to reach the quarterfinals of Sao Paulo Open. It marks Eala’s third quarterfinal of the season, coming on the heels of her WTA 125 title in Guadalajara and a first-round upset of Clara Tauson at the US Open in recent weeks.The Filipino star converted all three break points to take the opening set in just over 30 minutes.The second set was more competitive. Eala broke in the first game, bu…

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) While deaths from chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke decreased for most countries, in almost 60 per cent of nations, the rate of decline was slower, according to a study published in The Lancet on Thursday.Together with the World Health Organization (WHO), researchers from Imperial College London, UK, analysed the risk of dying from chronic diseases for 185 countries and territories.They found that from 2010 to 2019, the risk of dying from a chron…

Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Actor Karanvir Sharma has opened up about his experience on the sets of “Trial 2,” recalling how Kajol’s warm and supportive nature helped him overcome his first-day nervousness. In an interview with IANS, he admitted that before meeting Kajol on the sets, he was nervous, but her warm and reassuring presence quickly put him at ease. Karanvir shared, “Before meeting her, I was nervous because there’s always a certain pressure. You’ve admired her on the silver scr…