Bengaluru: The Karnataka Education Minister Suresh Kumar on Sunday, March 22 informed that the 2PU exam which was scheduled to take place on Monday, March 23 has been postponed. The move comes after a lockdown was announced in nine districts of Karnataka. As transport services have been cancelled

Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday informed that the government will be giving free ration to all in one go for the next two months as the number of positive cases in the state reached 20. Addressing media persons he said, “We have decided to turn the 1,700-bed Victoria Hospital i

Bengaluru: Appealing for support to the Prime Minister’s call for observing ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has asked people not to come on roads immediately after the end of curfew time as it can nullify the measure. Noting

Bengaluru: City police on Friday, March 20 busted a warehouse with more than 8000 counterfeit hand sanitizers worth more than Rs 50 lakhs. The police have arrested two persons. The arrested are said to be owners of chemical firms at New Taragupet and Kasturba Nagar. Later, the police warned

Bengaluru: A new novel coronavirus case was reported in Karnataka on Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 15 in the State, Health Minister B Sriramulu said. This is the first COVID-19 infection confirmed in Kodagu, he said. "This person had returned from Saudi Arabia after a trip

Bengaluru: As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf has issued an advisory to mosques, dargahs and other religious institutions, requesting them to conclude the Friday congregation in 15 minutes for the next three weeks. "Respected head o

Bengaluru: The state government on Wednesday extended the lockdown period till March 31 due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Karnataka. The decision was taken at the emergency meeting held by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa earlier in the day. Earlier on March 13 Chief Minister BS Ye

The Karnataka government has announced that all passengers arriving in the state from abroad will be quarantined for 15 days. The decision was communicated on the floor of the Karnataka Assembly by Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday. "All international passengers who come to Bengalu

Kalaburagi/Bengaluru: A doctor who had treated a Coronavirus-infected man who died in Kalaburagi last week has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said here on Tuesday. The 63-year-old doctor has been placed under quarantine at his home along with his family members and is being shifted to an

Mysuru: In the wake of Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, Karnataka’s Mysore Palace will remain closed for tourists for a week from March 15 to 22, Palace committee said on Saturday. The Karnataka government had ordered shut down for all places and activities where people gather in large number inclu

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced postponement of annual examinations for classes seventh to ninth till March 31 as part of measures to prevent spread of coronavirus, which has claimed one life and affected five others in the state. Revised exam dates will be declared later and th

Bengaluru: The lecturers and principals of the Pre-university colleges in the state have warned of boycotting the evaluation process of II PU examinations once again in protest against the government for not fulfilling their demands. Representatives of the Karnataka Pre-University Lecturers Assoc

Bhopal: In a reprieve for beleaguered Kamal Nath-led government, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned till March 26 in view of the state government’s concern over coronavirus even as the BJP raised the demand for holding of a floor test as directed by Governor Lalji Tandon. After the Budget

BENGALURU : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday said that malls, universities and colleges, movie theatres, night clubs, marriages and conferences and other public areas with high footfall will be closed or cancelled for a week, as a precautionary measure amid the growing scare of th

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The government from Monday will open booking of website names in nine Indian scripts including Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Kannada, Oriya, Sindhi and Malayalam. The autonomous body National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) , under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, has invited appl

Bengaluru: The Health Department of the Karnataka government is planning to have a separate hospital where all cases of COVID-19 will be kept in quarantine. Presently, it is in the process of setting up of separate isolation wards for COVID-19 cases at eight Bengaluru hospitals. Dr K Sudhakar,

New Delhi: A 76-year-old man who died in north Karnataka's Kalaburagi district on Tuesday has tested positive for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, Health Minister B Sriramulu said late Thursday night. This is the first case in India of a death linked to coronavirus. The news was later confirmed by th

Bengaluru: In a latest development in Karnataka politics, former minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar was on Wednesday appointed as the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) by the Congress high command. In a tweet from official Twitter handle of the party, the hig