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The central government today told the parliament that random sampling for Covid tests of incoming international travellers has started at airports. PM Narendra Modi is also to hold a review meeting after 3.30 pm in light of a new spurt in China. Two per cent of the travellers will have to give samples, after which they will be allowed to go, and the RT-PCR tests will thus be carried out, it is

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said the state government will increase testing and send all the samples of fresh Covid-19 cases for genome sequencing to the laboratory. His statement came in the wake of the detection of new variant BF.7 of the novel Coronavirus in the country, which is believed to be linked to the surge in Covid cases in certain parts of the

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Backward Classes Commission Chairman Jayprakash Hegde submitted the interim report to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at Suvarna Vidhan Soudha on Thursday. This comes amid the Lingayat Panchamsali community's demands for 2A reservation to meet the educational and employment needs of people. Bommai on Wednesday informed that he has asked the Backward Classes Commission Chairman

Mangaluru, Dec 22: Telecom giant Airtel is facing a criminal case in Mangaluru for digging a pit without permission and failing to close it after its work was finished. The Mangaluru City Corporation has submitted a complaint against Airtel after a woman fell into a pit dug by them without taking precautionary measures near Ambedkar Circle in the city. The pit was dug to repair cables, but the MCC

Kasaragod, Dec 20: A teenage student lost his life in a fatal road mishap at Pallikere near Bekal in Kasaragod district today morning. The deceased is identified as Ashfaq (18), a resident of Mavval in Bekala. He was a plus one student from Chandragiri school in the district. It is learnt that Ashfaq was on his way to school in the morning when his scooter collided with a speeding truck that was

Mangaluru, Dec 20: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have urged city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar not to issue permission for parties that are likely to feature indecent dances, and supply of drugs in the name of New Year celebrations. In a memorandum submitted to the commissioner, Bajrang Dal divisional coordinator Bhujanga Kulal and district coordinator Puneeth Attavar, said that

Bengaluru, Dec 19: A class 4 student lost his life after he was beaten up and pushed off from the first floor by his teacher at a government-run school in Karnataka’s Gadak district. The accused teacher is missing following the incident and the police have launched an operation to nab him. The teacher, Muttu Hadali, beat 9-year-old Bharat Barakeri with a thin iron rod at government primary school

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Calling 'BJP's Hinduism a drama,' Karnataka Congress unit president D K Shivakumar on Monday asserted that the Hinduism practised by him and others in the party was better than that practised by the ruling party. The KPCC chief, however, said what Congress propagates is the Constitution. "We all are Hindus, we are born Hindus, we will die as Hindus. We are performing (practising

Belagavi, Dec 19: C M Ibrahim, the Karnataka state unit president of Janata Dal (Secular) today announced the party’s first list of 93 candidates for the 2023 assembly elections. Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy are contesting from Channapatna and Ramanagara constituencies Here’s the list of 93 candidates.

Belagavi, Dec 19: Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's life size portrait was unveiled inside the Assembly chamber at the 'Suvarna Vidhana Soudha' here, along with several national icons, drawing criticism from opposition Congress, which alleged that it was a unilateral decision, keeping them in the dark. The portraits of Swami Vivekananda, Subash Chandra Bose, B R Ambedkar, Basaveshwara