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Compensation for rain-hit houses in Yelahanka soon: Karnataka CM

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday announced compensation for rain-hit houses.

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 178 new cases, 2 deaths

Karnataka's total number of infections reached to 29,93,777

Rs 500 cr for repair of roads and bridges damaged due to rains: K'taka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said Rs 500 crore will be released for repair of roads and bridges that have been damaged due to incessant rains and floods

Heavy rains to lash Karnataka for 2 days, state on high alert

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted heavy rains across the state for another two days

Karnataka coronavirus update: 247 new cases, 1 death in last 24 hours

Karnataka has reported 247 new cases of Covid-19 and 1 death, taking the total number of infections to 29,93,599 and the toll to 38,175, the health department said on Sunday.

BDA corruption: No question of protecting anyone, says K'taka CM

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said there was no question of protecting anyone in connection with alleged corruption in Bengaluru Development Authority, and that it needs to be cleaned up for once.

BJP, Congress leaders spar over Karnataka Bitcoin scandal

The Bitcoin scandal blame game touched a new low in the state among Karnataka politicians as leading of ruling BJP and opposition Congress indulged in personal attacks

Repeal two farm laws passed in Karnataka last year, says farmers' body

The two laws were passed despite protest by the opposition Congress in 2020

Cong failed to respond to plight of farmers of northern Karnataka: Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday accused the Opposition Congress of failing to respond to the plight of farmers of the northern part of the state when it was in power

BJP drags Cong leader Siddaramaiah's late son into alleged bitcoin scam

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah hit back at the ruling party accusing it of trying to hide its "corruption" and attempting to get personal to pursue "dirty agenda" in politics.

Karnataka sets up fintech task force with Razorpay, Zerodha founders

The task group will work towards creating a roadmap for the growth of the industry, identifying the opportunities and challenges faced by the fintech ecosystem

Karnataka to upgrade 250 primary health centres in 2021, 250 next year: CM

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has said Karnataka is set to upgrade 250 primary health centres this year and 250 more next year

Covid-19 pandemic: 308 new cases and 8 deaths in Karnataka

Karnataka's total number of infections rose to 2,992,584

Bitcoin scam: Congress continues attack on ruling BJP in Karnataka

The party once again demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge

Karnataka will soon come out with R&D policy: CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka would soon come out with a Research and Development policy that would make R&D an integral part of schools, colleges, universities and even private institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday. "Shortly we will come out with a R&D policy, wherein we want R&D in schools, colleges, universities and private sector institutions as well as we want to encourage garage oriented R&D centres. We want R&D to percolate to that level," he said. Speaking to reporters here, he said it will be a spectrum of different fields, as innovation is limitless. Responding to a question, the Chief Minister said the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS) that began today is a very big event, through which the government wants to scale up innovation to the next level. "More than 7000 delegates from all over the world are participating in it by virtual mode. We expect many companies which are participating envisage interest in most of the cutting edge technologies and ...

Expecting lots of firms' interest in tech, AI: Karnataka CM at BTS

Terming the Bengaluru Tech Summit a 'very big event', Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai said 'we have now pitched into the next level of innovations through this tech summit'

Strong Centre-State ties vital for federal democracy, says Bommai

The Karnataka CM on Sunday stressed on strong Centre-State relations

Karnataka coronavirus update: 236 new Covid cases, 2 deaths in 24 hrs

Karnataka on Sunday reported 236 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths taking the caseload and cumulative fatalities to 29,91,850 and 38,145 respectively, the health department said. It also said 264 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,45,679. The active cases stood at 7,997. Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases with 152 fresh infections and both the deaths being reported from the city. Other districts too reported new cases including 11 each in Dakshina Kannada and Hassan and 10 in Mysuru. There were zero fatalities in 30 districts. While 13 districts reported nil infections and fatalities, 14 districts logged cases in single digit. The positivity rate for the day was 0.24 per cent and the case fatality rate was 0.84 per cent. A total of 96,838 samples were tested in the state including 80,573 RT-PCR tests on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 5.21 crore. The number of vaccinations done so

Karnataka Bitcoin scam blew up as Oppn didn't probe when in power: Bommai

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai slammed Congress party over alleged bitcoin scam and said that 'issue had become bigger' because the Opposition did not probe matter properly when in power.

No Bitcoin scam: BJP dismisses Congress' claim of cover up in Karnataka

BJP on Saturday dismissed the Congress party's allegations on the Bitcoin issue cover-up, saying there was no scam.