Indicating the gravity of Covid pandemic in Bengaluru, Karnataka's epicentre, total number of containment zones in the city rose to 19,001
There are 528,242 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, says health ministry
These amendments are retrograde, anti-farmer and anti-labour, the former Prime Minister alleged
Karnataka reported the biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases so far, according to the health department
The death toll due to the disease rises to 28,732 with 648 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) on July 30 and 31 across the state
Rao said he would get himself tested on Monday, which will be his fifth test in the past three months
Detailed guidelines in this regard will be issued on Monday
The Chief Minister urged people to adhere to the guidelines as a precautionary measure to control the spread of coronavirus
Karnataka High Court has stayed the Karnataka government's order banning conduct of online classes by schools stating that banning it encroaches upon the Fundamental Right to Life and Education.
Court directs concerned parties to file any rejoinders by July 29
Recently, the Anti Corruption Bureau had raided the office and residence of Vasudeva Maiya, the former CEO of the Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank, and a few other executives of the bank
On Sunday Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary had tested positive for the deadly infection
A Covid-19 patient escaped from a hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Vikas Kumar
Shivakumar has always been in the Congress since he joined the Youth Congress when he was in college. He was general secretary of the Youth Congress in the state between 1983 and 1985
Karnataka reported its biggest single day spike of 1,839 new Covid-19 cases and 42 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections in the state to 21,549 and the death toll to 335
The judge also said the observations of the court shall not influence the investigation
The order directed the respective Tahsildars to register these chunks of land as reserved for burial grounds and not to use for any purpose
"North interior and south interior Karnataka are likely to experience light to moderate rainfall during the next five days," CS Patil, Director of IMD Bengaluru told ANI
After a video showing health workers allegedly tossing bodies of coronavirus victims in a large pit in Karnataka, BSP President Mayawati on Wednesday stated that the incident is the "height of cruelty and insult to humanity".The former UP Chief Minister demanded that the guilty must be punished."The tragedy that the bodies of COVID-19 victims being thrown into trenches in Ballari, Karnataka is the height of cruelty and an insult to humanity. Though incidents related to inhuman cruelty with corona patients are rampant but guilty of Ballari must be punished by the state government," Mayawati said in a tweet.Also, in another tweet, she asked the Central government to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till the end of the coronavirus pandemic."In order to check ignominy of starvation on account of long unprecedented hardship & unemployment due to coronavirus and the subsequent nationwide lockdown, the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna must continue not till November but ...