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Police won’t baton-charge people, assures K’taka Home Minister
Bengaluru: A day after several instances of crude policing methods were reported on social media sites, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday directed the police to exercise restraint while enforcing Covid lockdown…
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COVID-19: Karnataka logs 39,305 fresh cases, 596 death
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday logged 39,305 cases, taking the caseload to 19,73,683, while 596 more deaths took the toll to 19,372, the health department said. The state conducted 1.24 lakh tests on Monday,…
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M A Basith who helped Justice Sachar in compiling his report passes away
Bengaluru: M A Basith, member of the Rajinder Sachar Committee died this morning in the city. He was 69. He was Senior Director in the Department of Planning in Government of Karnataka when…
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Bengaluru adopts Mumbai model to tackle second wave of Covid
Bengaluru: Taking a cue from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s success in tackling the second wave of Covid, Karnataka issued directives to set up Ward Decentralised Triage and Emergency Response (DETER) Committees for…
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Lockdown could be inevitable in K’taka if people do not cooperate: Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said a lockdown to curb the rise in COVID-19 cases could be inevitable if people do not cooperate. “People are not following the…
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Karnataka: 24 dead in hospital due to oxygen shortage
Bengaluru: As many as 24 patients including 23 suffering from COVID-19 died in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital in the last 24 hours, officials said. A…
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Modi is a brand who fails on all of his promises: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: With many states flagging the shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to keep all his…
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Yediyurappa launches vaccination drive for people above 18 yrs in Bengaluru hospital
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday inaugurated the vaccination drive for people above 18 years of age at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru. “Flagged off the fourth phase…
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Missing COVID-19 positive persons should be traced, booked under DM Act: K’taka DGP
Bengaluru: Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood on Friday said that the people who disappear after testing COVID positive should be traced and booked under DM Act for their misdemeanour…
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Karnataka has not achieved its target of vaccinating people above 45 years: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday said Karnataka Health Department has not achieved the target of vaccinating people above 45 years and there is likely to be a…
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K’taka govt to set up 23 open air cremation grounds around Bengaluru
Bengaluru: With the Karnataka hospitals and crematoriums under a lot of strain with the rising number of bodies of COVID-19 victims, the state government has identified land parcels totalling more than 230.5 acre…
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COVID-19: 14-day lockdown kicks in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The 14-day lockdown to contain the Coronavirus spread amid the pandemic’s second wave began across Karnataka on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. and will be in force till 6 a.m. on May…
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Karnataka announces two week lockdown in state from Tuesday
Karnataka will go on a 14 day lockdown starting from Tuesday night at 9 pm. According to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the essentials shop will remain open from 6 am to 10…
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Weekend curfew sets in Karnataka to contain COVID-19
Bengaluru: The first 57-hour weekend curfew from 9 p.m. on Friday to 6 a.m. on Monday to contain the pandemic’s second wave sweeping Karnataka came into force across the state, an official said…
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61-year-old COVID-19 patient commits suicide in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 61-year-old COVID-19 patient has committed suicide at a hospital here, the police said on Saturday. According to the police, the deceased is identified as Ramanna, a resident of Anjana Nagar, Sunkadakatte…
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Bengaluru Metro Rail won’t function on weekends till May 4
Bengaluru: After Karnataka tweaked its COVID-19 weekend guidelines for the third time, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) on Friday announced that there would be no services on Saturdays and Sundays. The…
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Second wave of COVID-19 makes situation in Bengaluru grim
Hit hard by the pandemic, situation in Bengaluru is grim. Hospitals are witnessing queues of patients and ambulances; oxygen cylinders are in demand; and occupancy of ICU beds is reaching its peak.…
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Karnataka byelections: High stakes for BJP and Congress bigwigs
Bengaluru: Much is at stake for Chief Minister B. S. Yeddiyurappa and his son B. Y. Vijeyendra, who is vice president of the party in the State, at three byelections in Karnataka…
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Bengaluru: KSRTC employees go on indefinite strike, commuters stranded
Bengaluru: Bus services were affected and commuters were stranded in Bengaluru on Wednesday as Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) employees went on an indefinite strike over their demand for revision of…
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BJP, a divided house in Karnataka
The BJP in Karnataka is a divided house. Disorder reigns supreme within the party as open expression of dissent and mutual accusations have become the order of the day. There have been…
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Right-wing mob stabs Muslim man for travelling with Hindu woman in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: A 23-year-old Muslim man from Karnataka’s Mangaluru is currently critical after a mob of right-wing activists stabbed him, because he was accompanying a Hindu woman on a bus. The incident took…
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Taxi services affected after driver sets himself ablaze at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru: A 35-year-old taxi driver on Tuesday evening attempted self-immolation near passenger pick-up area of Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, police said. Taxi-driver Pratap Gowda succumbed to the 90 per cent burn injuries…
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Smog tower to purify air installed at Bengaluru’s Hudson Circle
Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has installed a ‘smog tower’ at Hudson Circle that uses nanotechnology to purify the air. The tower has been developed by the start-up Nutan Labs. Bengaluru…
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Study busts myths of online education
The pandemic raging for the last one year has caused massive disruption in lives of the common masses across the world. People have made several changes in daily chores. Education too has…
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Keen contest on cards in by-elections in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Even as Assembly elections will be held in four major States (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal) and a Union Territory (Puducherry) in coming weeks, Karnataka would witness by-elections in two…
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Bengaluru tea vendor found running illegal telephone exchange
Bengaluru: A roadside tea seller, running a parallel illegal telephone exchange, was arrested by the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch on Tuesday, an official statement said. According to a CCB statement, the arrested…
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New Covid cases cross 1,000 mark in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Continuing an upward trend, new Covid cases crossed the 1,000 mark in a day across Karnataka, with Bengaluru accounting for 710 of them, the state health bulletin said on Tuesday. “With…
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CBI flies charge sheet against Bangalore based entity over 5 crore scams
Bangalore: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge-sheet against the members of a group of entities based in Bangalore for influencing officials of the state Revenue department. Those mentioned…
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‘She hit herself’: Zomato exec accused of hitting woman refutes allegations
Bengaluru: The Zomato delivery executive Kamaraj who was accused of physical assault by a Bengaluru woman has denied the allegation saying that it was the woman who first verbally abused him, and…
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Dialysis patients vaccinated on World Kidney Day in B’luru
Bengaluru, March 11 : Marking the World Kidney Day (WKD), about 50 dialysis patients received the first dose of anti-Covid vaccine free at a private hospital in the city, an official said…
