Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 4: There is no need to call a bandh as it gives people an opportunity to cause inconveniences to others, said Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday.

A soldier from Nerli village in Hukkeri taluk was martyred in an exchange of fire with militants at Srinagar on Wednesday night.

Kodagu, Dec 4: I had said that whoever commits suicide is a coward, never said farmers are cowards, they are the nation's backbone, clarified Karnataka Agriculture Minister, BC Patil on Thursday.

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Karnataka registered 1,446 new Covid cases while 894 recovered in a day, taking its Covid tally to 8,89,113, including 24,689 active cases on Wednesday, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Thursday said the farmers who commit suicide are cowards. "The farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who can't take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (in the water), we have to swim and win," Patil said addressing farmers at Ponnampet in Kodagu district of Karnataka.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Graded opening of schools from January may be considered after carefully assessing the pandemic situation in the last week of December, the state’s Covid-19 technical advisory committee (TAC) told the government.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: The imposition of night curfew between December 26 to January 1 and a ban on New Year celebrations were among suggestions put forth by a technical advisory committee advising the Karnataka government on how to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, warning the state of a second wave in January 2021.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: A special NIA court here has sentenced three people and given them varying jail terms while also imposing a fine for smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), an official said on Thursday.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Multiple left-leaning organisations including Students' Federation of India and All India Democratic Women's Association, staged a protest in Mysore Bank Circle of Bengaluru to support the protesting farmers.

Bengaluru, Dec 3: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested former corporator of Pulakeshinagar ward, Abdul Rakeeb Zakir on Wednesday night in connection with the case of riots in D J Halli and K G Halli that happened on August 11.