Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 29: Vice-President M Venkaiah Nadu arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day state visit to Karnataka.

New Delhi, Dec 29: The samples of six UK returnees in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have been found to be positive with the new variant genome, the central government said on Tuesday, adding that they have been kept in a single-room-isolation in designated healthcare facilities.

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the state government will not allow any New Year celebrations at public places in view of the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom.

Bengaluru, Dec 29: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah, on the eve of the Congress Foundation Day, said that the party can grow only if its workers were committed towards the ideology of the party.

Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda allegedly died by suicide on the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday, sources said. He was 64 years old.

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Karnataka Cabinet has decided to come out with an ordinance to ban cow slaughter in the State as Anti-Cow slaughter bill is yet to be passed in the Legislative Council.

Mysuru, Dec 28: Indigo airlines began new flight services between the City of Palaces Mysuru and Pearl City Hyderabad on Monday.

Bengaluru, Dec 28: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) Cyber Cell Special squad has nabbed three people who had indulged in giving loans and collecting huge money in the name of interest, compound interest and broker charges on behalf of companies owned by Chinese people.

Bengaluru, Dec 28: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday clarified that there is no change in the State government's decision to reopen schools from January 1 as announced already.

Bengaluru, Dec 27: Karnataka Home Secretary D. Roopa on Sunday sought an inquiry into the role of Additional Commissioner of Police Hemant Nimbalkar in the tender process for the Nirbhaya safe city project.