Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 23: Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the civic body to ask people who met him to get tested. Prasad initially reported breathing problems on Monday and gave the sample for the RT-PCR test. Tuesday the results confirmed the infection with mild fever and currently in isolation at Mallige Hospital,” he

Bengaluru, Dec 23: There could be a chance that a new mutated variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus which is sweeping through the South of Britain has already made its way into Karnataka through airline passengers, according to scientists. The so-called B1.1.7 mutated variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19 was first identified in the United Kingdom on September 20. However, nearly three

Bengaluru, Dec 23: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said the state government has decided to impose night curfew from December 23 night till January 2 across the state aimed at containing the new COVID-19 strain.

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Tuesday requested the Karnataka government to retain it as the implementing agency for the Bhagyalakshmi scheme aimed at providing financial security to the girl child of families below the poverty line.

Mangaluru, Dec 23: The mastermind behind the recent kidnap of an 8-year-old boy from Ujire in Dakshina Kannada district, was a former partner of the boy’s father, according police.

Bengaluru, Dec 23: The Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) will supervise the investigation into the recent violence at Kolar's Wistron Pvt Ltd, authorities said on Tuesday

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Exams for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) --class 10 and Pre University Course (PUC) --class 12 will not be held in March 2021, announced Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday.

Bengaluru, Dec 23 : In a major setback to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain his plea to quash a private complaint alleging that he had carried out ‘denotification of land recklessly’ when he served as the Deputy Chief Minister in 2006-07.

Bengaluru, Dec 23: A total of 1,141 new coronavirus cases and 14 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the state's Department of Health and Family Welfare.

Bengaluru, Dec 22: The Social Democratic Party of India has urged the BJP government to immediately stop the continuous “misuse of NIA and other investigating agencies against the pro-people activists and organizations”.