Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 18: Congress legislator Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, whose house was destroyed during violence that broke out in parts of Bengaluru on August 11, has demanded CBI probe into incident.

Bengaluru, Aug 18: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that some patients were shifted to various hospitals including Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Hospital after a shortage of liquid oxygen at Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital and Research Centre, Bengaluru.

Narayanpet, Aug 17: Thirteen villagers from Pedda Kurmam village in Karnataka State went missing after their raft capsized due to heavy rains on its way to Pasupula village in Narayanpet district on Monday.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: The Karnataka government would set up 16 universities and 34 autonomous educational institutions in three years, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Monday. With the setting up of the institutions, the aim is to achieve the goals of the new Education Policy by year 2030, he told a press conference.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: With no one reportedly coming to their aid due to the Covid-19 scare, a family was forced to transport a body on a bicycle amid heavy rains at a village in Belagavi district on Sunday.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: The Karnataka government has decided to approach the High Court for the appointment of a 'Claim Commissioner', in order to assess the damage caused to public and private property during the August 11 Bengaluru violence, and to make the agitators pay for these damages.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: A senior police official has rejected rumours that the Central Crime Branc raided the SDPI office in Hegde Nagar in connection with August 11 Bengaluru violence.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Karnataka's coronavirus toll crossed the 4,000 mark to reach 4,062 as 115 more patients succumbed to the virus, while 6,317 new infections took its tally to 2.33 lakh, an official said on Monday.

Kasaragod, Aug 17: The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (Kerala RTC) is set to resume interstate bus services to and from Karnataka owing to the Onam festival. Kerala RTC announced that the bus services between Kerala and Karnataka will resume between August 25 and September 6.

Bengaluru, Aug 17: A fact-finding team formed by the BJP to look into the August 11 Bengaluru violence has held Congress and SDPI responsible for the incident.