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

Bengaluru: After noted IPS officer of the state Annamalai resigned from the services earlier last year, another senior IPS officer of the state, Sanjay Sahay has resigned from the services. ADGP Sanjay Sahay, who is a 1989 batch IPS officer, has decided to take voluntary retirement from the servi

Belagavi: The Coronavirus outbreak has created a sense of panic among people across the country. Rumours circulating on social media state that the consumption of chicken could lead to spread of the virus which has severely impacted the chicken prices. Following the massive decline in the chicken

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will have its old, out of use buses into mobile toilets for women. A Pune-based private entity has been roped in to convert the buses. These buses will be put out around bus stands and other public places. Each bus will have six to

Bengaluru: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed 4 positive cases of Corona in Karnataka and within minutes of ICMR stating the positive case in the state, B Sriramalu, state health minister took to twitter confirming the news and asked the citizens to take precautions. IT engin

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government is mulling providing additional health insurance coverage to doctors and paramedics treating the COVID-19 cases and working in the laboratories besides existing schemes, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Tuesday. Stressing that their safety was '

Bengaluru/New Delhi: Former Union law minister and Congress veteran Hansraj Bhardwaj died after a cardiac arrest at a hospital here on Sunday evening. He was 83. Bhardwaj breathed his last around 6.30 pm at Max Hospital, Saket, where he was admitted since Wednesday due to kidney-related ailments,

Bengaluru: Three Infosys employees, attached to the Income Tax department’s Centralised Processing Centre here, were arrested for allegedly taking bribes from tax-payers for speedy processing of their refund, police said on Sunday, March 8. According to police, the key accused among the three w