Karnataka Lockdown Update: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hinted at implementing more restrictions to reduce the spread of the strain Bengaluru: To combat the spread of Omicron variant, the BS Bommai-led Karnataka government has reimposed stringent precautions in the state, especially across

Addressing reporters in Davanagere, the Chief Minister urged people not to panic about the Omicron variant and strictly follow COVID-19 safety guidelines. Seeking to allay apprehensions, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday, November 29, made it clear that there was no proposal

While all states are on their toes for Omicron reported from other countries, Karnataka has upped its guard as the state is seeing cluster outbreak of fresh Covid infections and many travellers have come to the state from South Africa in the past few weeks.  Bringing back several restrictions

The weather system, which formed around 8.30 am today, is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal by Monday. New Delhi: Heavy rainfall is likely to lash some parts of Karnataka, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

Enraged for being prevented from burning an effigy of Congress leader Siddaramaiah during a protest, BJP leader and former MLA A. Papareddy slapped a police constable in plain clothes in Raichur on Wednesday. A video clip of Mr. Papareddy arguing with the police constable Raghavendra attached to

Various premises of the firm based in North Karnataka were searched by the ED last month. The group is engaged in construction of roads and irrigation projects. The Income Tax (I-T) department has detected unaccounted income of Rs 70 crore allegedly generated by a Karnataka-based group

The residents alleged that the bio-filter commissioned in 2016 to contain the odour does not function properly. Untreated sewage from the plant also directly enters the storm water drain connected to Somasundarapalya lake. In the run up to the 2018 assembly pol

The Chief Minister was apparently referring to the repeated claims made by Maharashtra politicians demanding the merger of Belagavi district and a few border regions of Karnataka with Maharashtra. The Mumbai-Karnataka region will be renamed as 'Kittur Karnataka region' as there is no poin

The school management made all the 270 students undergo Covid-19 tests. Around 33 of them tested positive on Wednesday As many as 33 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Madikeri in Karnataka's Kodagu district have tested positive for coronavirus. The school has been declared a containme

Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Commissioner said that the Covid-19 cases are under control in the state. The Karnataka government has issued fresh travel guidelines and made negative RT-PCR report mandatory for those coming to the state from abroad, in view of the new super-spreader AY.4

The Judge said the marriage amongst Muslims begins with the contract and graduates to the status as it ordinarily does in any other community. The Karnataka High Court has held that the Muslim marriage is a contract with many shades of meaning, not a sacrament unlike a Hindu marriage and

Hitting out at Congress leaders for the allegation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, BJP was going to the election with the love and trust of the people. The Congress in Karnataka on Thursday accused the ruling BJP of distributing Rs 2,000 per vote in the bypoll bound Sindagi a

These buses will be running from Bengaluru to Mysuru, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Madikeri, Virajpet and Davangere. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to operate inter-city electric buses on six intercity routes across the state. The move comes after the Ba

Reacting to an ad on noise pollution caused by crackers on Diwali, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde sought the company to take cognisance of the problems caused “in the name of Namaz”. In yet another backlash on religious grounds, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anantkumar Hegde has raised objection a

The party has suspended media coordinator Saleem and issued show cause notice to V S Ugrappa, a former MP, on Wednesday In a huge embarrassment to Karnataka Congress, the party’s former MP and media coordinator were caught on camera making serious corruption allegations against the Karnat

The waterlogging at the airport made it difficult for the passengers to reach the airport. News agency ANI has tweeted a video in which passengers were seen being ferried on tractor outside KIA. Bengaluru:  Waterlogging was reported from several parts of Bengaluru including Palace Road, Jayam

The intensity of the earthquake that hit Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district on Monday was felt at a radial distance of 50-60 km A magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district, about 630 km from Bengaluru, around 8:07 am on Tuesday. This was the latest in a series of temblors in t

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar claimed that modern Indian women want to stay single and are unwilling to give birth even after marriage while speaking at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, Bengaluru. At the National Institute of Mental Health