Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 6: The Karnataka government on Friday has entered into an agreement with Tata Technologies Limited to upgrade and modernize 150 Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and thereby increase employment opportunities for the youth in the State.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Bengaluru Youth Congress president Mohammad Haris Nalapad has received around 20,000 suggestions for improving the infrastructure in Karnataka and Bengaluru city. The promotional song for his campaign 'Let's Take Charge' has received more than one million views within a few hours of its launch, party workers said on Friday.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: The Karnataka Government appointed Technical Committee has suggested postponement of the scheduled Gram Panchayat election in December to next year due to Covid-19 threat.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Police on Friday nabbed a computer operator working for the city's famous Navaratan Jewellers on charges of stealing gold worth Rs 1 crore from his employers.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Karnataka on Friday joined Delhi and Maharashtra by banning the sale and burning of crackers on Deepavali in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic which has already claimed thousands of lives.

Mangaluru, Nov 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state has formulated a strict law against "Love Jihad."

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Terming the Karnataka BJP govt’s ‘love jihad’ rants as “absurd and ridiculous”, PFI state president Yasir Hasan has reminded that the police department, investigation agencies and central government have already clarified that love jihad doesn’t even exist.

Kodagu, Nov 6: Two persons had to drive back from Madikeri to Kodagu in Karnataka to collect waste they threw in open, on the behest of the police after Kodagu Tourism Association's General Secretary posted the video of garbage on social media.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: As of November 6 evening, cumulatively 8,41,889 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 11,347 deaths and 7,97,204 discharges, the department said in a bulletin. It said 32,418 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 901 in the intensive care units. Bengaluru Urban district continued to remain the worst hit by the deadly virus, adding 1,568 infections and 12 deaths on Friday.

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Post COVID-19 care and rehabilitation centres will be set up in all district hospitals in Karnataka for the benefit of those cured of the viral infection, state Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Thursday.