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July 31, 2020

Record 6,128 Covid cases, highest discharges in Karnataka

Bengaluru, July 30 : Karnataka has registered a record number of 6,128 new Covid positive cases, raising the state’s tally to 1.18 lakh even as a record number of 3,793…
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July 31, 2020

Karnataka lifts Sunday lockdown; no more night curfew

Bengaluru, July 30 : Karnataka will not have any lockdown on Sundays or night curfew from August 1 under unlock 3.0, a top official said on Thursday. “In accordance with…
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July 29, 2020

Cong slams Kumaraswamy over another name for horse-trading remark

Bengaluru: A day after Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy said that Congress is another name for horse-trading, Karnataka Congress rebutted the same and brought up their erstwhile coalition government…
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July 28, 2020

Delhi couple among 3 held in Bengaluru for sex racket

Bengaluru: A couple from Delhi were among three persons arrested on the charge of running a prostitution racket in the city, run discreetly online for pimping and receiving payments, an…
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July 27, 2020

Congress men not allowed to protest at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Police on Monday prevented the opposition Congress from holding a protest at the Raj Bhavan here against the one-year-old BJP government in Karnataka. “Though we asked for police permission…
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July 27, 2020

Dr Mateen: begs 6 hours of time from his fellow doctors

Bangalore: Dr Taha Mateen is seen addressing from an ICU Covid ward in HBS hospital in Bangalore. He says that this has turned into a virtual blood bath. He had…
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July 26, 2020

Karnataka under 4th Sunday lockdown in Unlock 2.0

Bengaluru: Karnataka is observing a total Sunday lockdown — fourth of the total five — to fight the coronavirus pandemic as part of Unlock 2.0, shutting everything except essential services,…
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July 26, 2020

Indian couple found dead in Abu Dhabi flat

Abu Dhabi: An Indian couple has been found dead in their flat in Abu Dhabi, where they lived for nearly 18 years, a media report said. Hailing from Kozhikode, Kerala,…
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July 26, 2020

B’luru bans animal sacrifice in public places on Bakrid

Bengaluru: Animal sacrifice during the upcoming Eid al-Adha or Bakrid has been prohibited at public places in the city, as well as other places identified by the civic body, an…
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July 24, 2020

COVID-19: Bengaluru civic body seals 2 flats with tin sheets

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Thursday came under sharp criticism from various quarters after its staff members sealed two flats with tin sheets as a measure to ensure…
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July 23, 2020

K’taka trade body appeals for exemption in containment zones

Bengaluru: Karnataka trade body, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), has appealed to the city civic body commissioner to exempt a bunch of localities from being COVID…
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July 22, 2020

Shivakumar urges Karnataka CM to waive all property taxes

Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Wednesday urged Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to waive all property taxes in urban local and rural panchayats for a period of one…
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July 22, 2020

Uber installing safety screens in 20k cars for safer rides

Bengaluru: Ride-hailing major Uber on Wednesday announced the installation of safety screens or safety cockpit in 20,000 premier sedans for the safety of riders and drivers. According to the company,…
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July 22, 2020

Bengaluru speedster nabbed after Insta post

Bengaluru: Bengaluru police have seized a software engineer’s 1,000cc superbike after a video of him riding at nearly 300 km per hour (kmph) on a city flyover went viral on social…
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July 21, 2020

Trapped in a well, leopard rescued after 6 days in K’taka

Bengaluru: Karnataka forest department officials have rescued an enfeebled female leopard, trapped at the bottom of an 80-foot deep well for six days at Karapur village in the buffer area of…
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July 17, 2020

With ex-bureaucrats’ help, NGO gives 24-hour aid in Bangalore

Bangalore: Medical Task Force (MTF) a non-profit organization is one among many helping hands serving all those suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic with dignity and compassion. The team has been…
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July 17, 2020

B’luru top cop in-home quarantine as driver tests corona positive

Bengaluru: Confirming he was coronavirus negative, Bengaluru Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao on Friday said he was in home quarantine for four days after his vehicle’s driver tested positive. “My…
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July 16, 2020

More than 2k people register to volunteer B’luru police

Bengaluru: More than 2,000 people have registered to volunteer as civil police wardens with Bengaluru police department’s south division to assist in regulation and anti-Covid measures, an official said on…
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July 13, 2020

Only 9-day lockdown in Bengaluru from Tuesday night: CM

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday asserted that the 9-day lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts from Tuesday would not be extended beyond July 22. “No proposal to…
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July 11, 2020

B’luru civic body hires 94 doctors to strengthen Covid fight

Bengaluru: As many as 94 doctors have been recruited by the city civil body to strengthen the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Saturday. These include two MBBS…
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July 11, 2020

Bengaluru to be under complete lockdown from July 14 to 22

Bengaluru: Alarmed by surging Covid cases daily since July 1, the Karnataka government decided to re-impose a total lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts from July 14 till July…
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July 11, 2020

Rahmath Group offers selfless-service to the migrant workers

M A Siraj Bengaluru City Railway Station has witnessed departure of 231 Shramik Expresses between May 3 and July 3 carrying nearly 350,000 migrant labourers to their hometowns. These labourers…
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July 9, 2020

Congress in aggressive mode with DKS in the leadership role

M. A. Siraj Bengaluru: The Congress is showing new verve and enthusiasm in Karnataka with the installation of Mr. D. K. Shivakumar (better known as DKS) as the President of the…
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July 10, 2020

Karnataka witnesses dangerous ascent of corona pandemic

M. A. Siraj The pandemic has spread and tightened its tentacles over Karnataka. The State is registering 2,000 new cases of infection on an average everyday while the death toll…
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July 8, 2020

B’luru police bust second prostitution racket in less than a week

Bengaluru: The women’s wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has busted a second prostitution racket in the city in less than a week, arresting two men and rescuing five…
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July 5, 2020

COVID-19: Tough lockdown ‘with no exceptions’ in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Amid rising cases of coronavirus in Bengaluru, the state government has put the city under a tough lockdown “with no exceptions” starting 8 pm on Saturday. The lockdown began…
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July 4, 2020

1,839 new corona cases in Karnataka, 42 more deaths

Bengaluru: A record 42 more corona patients succumbed even as 1,839 new patients reported in Karnataka took the state’s total tally to 21,549 cases, an official said on Saturday. The new…
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July 3, 2020

Bengaluru police rescue 27 women from the brothel, 3 held

Bengaluru: As many as 27 women have been rescued from a brothel in the city in a Central Crime Branch police raid on Thursday night, an official said on Friday.…
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July 4, 2020

Four goats die days after goatherd tested positive for coronavirus

Bengaluru: Panic prevailed among the residents of a village in Karnataka State after four goats died days after goatherd has tested positive for coronavirus. In order to allay villagers’ fear…
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July 1, 2020

Karnataka mulls more steps to contain COVID spread in state

Bengaluru: With positive cases surging by the day, Karnataka would have more measures to contain the Covid spread in the southern state, especially in this tech city, which accounts for 26…
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