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Unlock 4: Metro trains, political meetings to be allowed in Karnataka

Metro train services will resume in Karnataka in a graded manner from Sept 7 while political, social and religious congregations of up to 100 people will be permitted as part of Unlock-4 guidelines

AIIMS for Karnataka under Centre's active consideration: Health Minister

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for Karnataka is under the active consideration of the Government of India

Around 43% Covid-19 cases recorded from Maharashtra, AP, Karnataka: Govt

Around 43 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in India have been recorded from just three states, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Union health ministry said on Monday

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are politicians potential super-spreaders?

Younger caseload, older fatalities in Punjab, Bihar polls may be held on schedule, informal schools become centres of learning--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Former Karnataka Minister H D Revanna tests positive for coronavirus

Former Karnataka minister and JDS leader H D Revanna has tested positive for coronavirus and admitted to a hospital here, party sources said

Siddaramaiah seeks PM's intervention to 'withhold' land reforms amendment

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah sought PM Modi's intervention to 'withhold' the amendment to Karnataka Land Reforms Act, claiming that it would 'impact' the state's farmers badly

Karnataka State Law University exams postponed amid coronavirus scare

Bowing to the vociferous demand from anxious students, KSLU has postponed its final semester exams from September 21 owing to the grim Covid situation in the state

Bengaluru Metro services to be restarted soon, says CM Yediyurappa

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said Metro services in the city will be restarted soon, as normalcy is being restored in public life step by step

Karnataka is clocking over 50,000 Covid-19 tests per day, crossed 2.5 mn

Steadily ramping up its testing capacity, Karnataka is clocking more than 50,000 tests per day, and has conducted more than 25 lakh so far, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday. "Karnataka has steadily ramped up it's testing capacity increasing the number of labs from 02 to 108 today. In the last five days, we conducted 3,23,753 tests clocking more than 50,000 tests per day. Yesterday we crossed 25 lakh tests & so far we conducted 25,13,555 tests (sic)," Sudhakar tweeted. Out of 25.13 lakh samples tested so far till last evening, 59,787 were tested on Tuesday alone, and among them 24,587 were rapid antigen tests. The Minister had recently said that the government plans to further enhance the testing to 75,000 per day soon. Seen as a move aimed at increasing testing, Karnataka COVID task force had recently reduced the cost of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests by Rs 500. The cost of RT-PCR tests for those ...

Global innovation alliances to strengthen co-creation: Karnataka Deputy CM

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwathnarayan has said that the State government has embarked on developing Global Innovation Alliances (GIA) with the prominent innovation hubs of the world keeping in mind the importance of co-creation in innovation.His remarks came while he was interacting via video conferencing with the members of the International Advisory Committee of BTS- 2020, on Tuesday evening.According to an official release, the Deputy Chief Minister, who is also the minister for IT/BT, said that the government has focused on internationalisation and expansion of the global network and has ventured on Innovation Alliances with the innovation hubs of the world like the US, Germany, France, Japan, Israel, the UK, Finland, the Netherlands and Australia."The government has been in engagement with 21+ countries on a regular basis ranging from G2G meetings, to MoUs and active projects for skilling, R & D, and startup cooperation," he said."With an estimated GSDP of ...

Karnataka CM's relief fund mops up Rs 306 crore for Covid-19 care

Thousands of citizens and corporates contributed Rs 306 crore to the Karnataka Chief Minister's Relief Fund for treating Covid-hit patients across the southern state, an official said

Report being prepared to seek flood relief from Centre: Karnataka CM

B S Yediyurappa said a report was being prepared to get Centre's assistance for flood-hit parts, as he also expressed confidence that the financial situation of the state would improve in 2-3 months

Karnataka coronavirus update: State reports 5,851 fresh cases, 130 deaths

Karnataka on Monday reported 5,851 fresh coronavirus cases but discharges in excess of 8,000 outnumbered new infections, as the state's overall tally shot past 283,000 positive persons

Karnataka coronavirus update: State records fewer cases on Sunday

Karnataka registered 5,938 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, a slightly lesser number of infections than other days, raising the state's tally to 277,000

This Police chief uses alternative therapy to contain Covid-19 in Mangaluru

Apart from the usual safety protocols, Vikash Kumar Vikash also introduced hot drinking water, along with ayurvedic and homoeopathic drugs to keep his frontline warriors healthy

Karnataka Covid-19 update: Tally breach 270,000-mark with 7,330 new cases

With the single-day spike of 7,330 new Covid-19 cases, Karnataka's Covid tally reached 2,71,876 on Saturday, the health department said

Covid, floods in some parts cast shadow on Ganesha festivities in Karnataka

Covid-19 and grim flood situation in certain parts of Karnataka have cast their shadow on the Ganesha festival this year with lacklustre celebrations across the state

7,571 new Covid-19 cases in Karnataka; Bengaluru tally at 100,000-mark

Karnataka reported 7,571 new cases of Covid-19 and 93 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 2,64,546 and death toll to 4,522, the health department said

Karnataka Health Minister's mother dies after recovering from Covid-19

The mother of Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu died in Ballari district, a day after she recovered from coronavirus, he said on Friday

Karnataka HC to take up PIL for appointment of Claim Commissioner on Aug 25

The Karnataka HC ordered that the government's petition for recovery of losses from those who damaged public property during Bengaluru violence be tagged with another related pending plea.