Karnataka government has made a week’s institutional quarantine mandatory for all people coming from Kerala in the wake of high COVID-19 positivity rate in the neighbouring State. Revenue Minister R. Ashok told reporters in Bengaluru on August 30 that the mandatory institutional quarantine norm w

Karnataka School Reopening News Today: After reviewing the coronavirus situation, the Karnataka government on Monday decided to reopen schools in the state from September 6. Issuing an order in this regard, Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh said that the classes from 6 to 8 will resume in taluk

The government is said to be keen on opening primary schools, i.e., Class 1 to 8 in the districts which are registering less than 2 per cent of Covid positivity in consultation with the experts  Karnataka government is all set to reopen primary schools in the state, as no untoward incident in

Five accused in the Mysuru gang rape case have been arrested. While the Karnataka Police caught four of them from Sathyamangala, Tamil Nadu, the fifth person was nabbed at Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. New Delhi: Karnataka Police on Saturday have reportedly arrested the five accused persons in t

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, who had created a controversy by blaming the Mysuru gang rape survivor, withdrew his statement and apologised after CM Basavaraj Bommai opposed it. Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, who had earlier made two controversial statements in the afterm

The government has also decided to set up a ‘secondary agriculture directorate’ which will focus on food processing and agro products Aiming at becoming the first state to double farmers income by 2023-24, Karnataka will constitute a committee to prepare a report about the same, Chief Ministe

BENGALURU: Neurologists say they have noticed a spike in complications like Guillain-Barre syndrome, facial palsy and stroke among people who have recovered from Covid-19 across the state. The spike has been significant after the second wave and the issues tend to linger for some time. Doctor

BENGALURU: With schools in Karnataka reopening from August 23, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said the government has taken "extreme care" to ensure classroom learning for students while protecting them from the Covid pandemic. "Preparations have been made for reopening schools. Nec

The four accused fired country-made rifles as they welcomed Minister of State Bhagwanth Khuba to the 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra' planned by the BJP across the country. The Yadgir Police in Karnataka arrested four persons for opening fire in public in the district’s Yargol village on Wednesday, Augus

A farmer’s daughter in Davanagere district cracked the common law admission test (CLAT) and is set to enroll for the five-year integrated course at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in Patiala. Revathi Nayaka, 21, bagged 176th rank at the national level in the ST category despite contractin

The flowers blossomed at Mandalapatti hill in Kodagu district, Karnataka. A few pictures of a rare type of flower wowed people after they were shared online. The images show Neelakurinji flowers that blossom once in every 12 years. The pictures show these special flowers blossoming in Karnata

Bengaluru: Amid possible threat of the third wave, the Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka government issued a notification for the formation of district-level COVID-19 Technical Expert Committees (TEC) for providing technical guidance to the district administrations.  As per the notification signed by A

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS): A day after Karnataka accorded him the cabinet rank, B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday requested Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to withdraw the same. In his nine-line letter written in Kannada to Bommai, Yediyurappa stated that he was content to receive legitimate benefits whic

Bengaluru, May 26: Veteran freedom fighter H S Doraiswamy died on Wednesday, May 26 in the city. He was 103. Doraiswamy was suffering from heart ailment and age-related sickness. He died of a heart attack. He also tested positive for Covid on May 6. But he recovered without the need of an oxygen

Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS): In the wake of a surge in the number of Covid and black fungus cases in the rural parts of the state, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyruappa said on Tuesday that ministers and health officials must take steps to increase the number of Covid tests in these areas by encour

The Karnataka government on Saturday clarified that the dates for the COVID-19 vaccination of those in the 18-44 age group are currently not available and frontline workers and priority groups in this age group who have been identified for vaccination will be informed of the same by concerned nodal

Bengaluru, May 10: Bengaluru city police commissioner Kamal Pant has asked police personnel not to resort to lathi-charge against violators of lockdown. The videos of policemen using lathis to beat the violators has gone viral on social media. The use of brute force by police has drawn objection

 The first center to perform this  type of surgeries  in this region Manipal, 2nd January 2021: Department of Surgical Oncology at Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal has been performing complex cancer surgeries, which are performed only in few reputed cancer centers in India.