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BS Yediyurappa Breaks Down, Resigns As Karnataka Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa broke down at a two-year celebration of his government today and announced his resignation, ending weeks of speculation raised by unrelenting calls for his removal by a section of the BJP in the state.
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Karnataka Extends Lockdown Till June 21, Some Relaxations For Bengaluru
Treading cautiously even as Covid cases dip, the Karnataka government today extended the lockdown in the state by a week, till June 21, while relaxing some curbs in districts with positivity rates under 15 per cent.
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VK Sasikala, Ex-AIADMK Leader, Released After Four Years In Jail
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...
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5 Dead In Explosion At Quarry In Karnataka's Shivamogga, Area Sealed
Four people were killed in an explosion at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, the police control room said. The possibility of subsequent explosions at the quarry at Hunasondi near village Abbalagere has not been ruled out by the police since some dynamite sticks are still live, the police said. Bomb disposal squads have been...
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VK Sasikala Tests Coronavirus Positive, Shifted To Intensive Care
Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has tested positive for the coronavirus and shifted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit, doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.
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Kannada Actress Sanjjanaa Galrani Arrested As Drugs Probe Widens
Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani has been arrested after the Bengaluru Police widened its probe into the illegal drug market and its alleged links with the Kannada film industry. The actor was questioned today before she was taken into custody, officials said. He arrest comes days after the arrest of another Kannada actress, Ragini Dwivedi, on dru...
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Karnataka Opens Dams As Water Level Rises After Heavy Rain
Heavy rains across several districts in Karnataka, especially areas near the coast, have led to water level rising in the rivers. The state government has opened the gates of a massive dam in Uttar Kannada district to release water and avoid flooding the banks of the Kalinadi and Kadra rivers.
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Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa And Daughter Test Positive, He Is Hospitalised
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted late Sunday night that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a brief post on Twitter, Mr Yediyurappa said that he was fine but had been hospitalised on the advice of doctors. While his daughter Padmavathi has also tested positive for the virus, the Chief Minister's son, Vijayendra, has ...
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100 Deluxe Rooms As Covid Centres For Karnataka Ministers, MLAs, Officers
At a time when citizens are having a difficult time finding a hospital bed for coronavirus treatment, a new order in Karnataka has become controversial. 100 rooms at a deluxe guest house in Bengaluru, Kumara Krupa, have been set aside as a Covid Care centre for ministers, MLAs, MPs and top government officials.
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Bengaluru Google Employee Has Coronavirus, Work-From-Home For Colleagues
Google confirmed on Friday that one of its employees in Bengaluru has tested positive for coronavirus. The 26-year-old man had recently returned from Greece and reportedly visited several places in the Karnataka capital.
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76-Year-Old Karnataka Man First To Die Of Coronavirus In India
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 victim had returned to India on February 29 after a month-long stay in Saudi Arabia and had...
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Coronavirus-Infected Techie Travelled From Bengaluru To Hyderabad: 10 Points
The Karnataka government held an emergency meeting today, a day after a young software engineer who works in Bengaluru was tested positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad. The man is among the two new cases of the deadly virus that has infected more than 88,000 people across the globe and killed over 3,000. All those who came in contact with the techi...
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"Long Live All Nations," Woman Charged For "Pak Zindabad" Slogan Had Said
A sedition case has been filed against a woman in Bengaluru after she raised "Pakistan Zindabad (Long Live Pakistan)" slogansat a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who was present at the event, distanced himself and his party - All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) - from the sloganeering, s...
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Explosive Found At Mangaluru Airport, Police Release Suspect's Photograph
An alert was sounded at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday morning, after security personnel found a live explosive on its premises. Central Industrial Security Force officials said they have zeroed in on a suspect, who was seen leaving the airport in an auto rickshaw.
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After RBI Order On Bengaluru Bank, Tejasvi Surya's 'No Panic' Tweet
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has sought to calm down panicked depositors of a co-operative bank in Bengaluru after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) restricted the bank from doing business with immediate effect and capped withdrawal limit at Rs 35,000.
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BS Yediyurappa Breaks Down, Resigns As Karnataka Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa broke down at a two-year celebration of his government today and announced his resignation, ending weeks of speculation raised by unrelenting calls for his removal by a section of the BJP in the state.
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Karnataka Extends Lockdown Till June 21, Some Relaxations For Bengaluru
Treading cautiously even as Covid cases dip, the Karnataka government today extended the lockdown in the state by a week, till June 21, while relaxing some curbs in districts with positivity rates under 15 per cent.
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VK Sasikala, Ex-AIADMK Leader, Released After Four Years In Jail
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...
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5 Dead In Explosion At Quarry In Karnataka's Shivamogga, Area Sealed
Four people were killed in an explosion at a stone mining quarry in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, the police control room said. The possibility of subsequent explosions at the quarry at Hunasondi near village Abbalagere has not been ruled out by the police since some dynamite sticks are still live, the police said. Bomb disposal squads have been...
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VK Sasikala Tests Coronavirus Positive, Shifted To Intensive Care
Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala has tested positive for the coronavirus and shifted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit, doctors treating the 63-year-old jailed aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.
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Kannada Actress Sanjjanaa Galrani Arrested As Drugs Probe Widens
Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani has been arrested after the Bengaluru Police widened its probe into the illegal drug market and its alleged links with the Kannada film industry. The actor was questioned today before she was taken into custody, officials said. He arrest comes days after the arrest of another Kannada actress, Ragini Dwivedi, on dru...
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Karnataka Opens Dams As Water Level Rises After Heavy Rain
Heavy rains across several districts in Karnataka, especially areas near the coast, have led to water level rising in the rivers. The state government has opened the gates of a massive dam in Uttar Kannada district to release water and avoid flooding the banks of the Kalinadi and Kadra rivers.
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Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa And Daughter Test Positive, He Is Hospitalised
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted late Sunday night that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a brief post on Twitter, Mr Yediyurappa said that he was fine but had been hospitalised on the advice of doctors. While his daughter Padmavathi has also tested positive for the virus, the Chief Minister's son, Vijayendra, has ...
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100 Deluxe Rooms As Covid Centres For Karnataka Ministers, MLAs, Officers
At a time when citizens are having a difficult time finding a hospital bed for coronavirus treatment, a new order in Karnataka has become controversial. 100 rooms at a deluxe guest house in Bengaluru, Kumara Krupa, have been set aside as a Covid Care centre for ministers, MLAs, MPs and top government officials.
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Bengaluru Google Employee Has Coronavirus, Work-From-Home For Colleagues
Google confirmed on Friday that one of its employees in Bengaluru has tested positive for coronavirus. The 26-year-old man had recently returned from Greece and reportedly visited several places in the Karnataka capital.
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76-Year-Old Karnataka Man First To Die Of Coronavirus In India
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 victim had returned to India on February 29 after a month-long stay in Saudi Arabia and had...
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Coronavirus-Infected Techie Travelled From Bengaluru To Hyderabad: 10 Points
The Karnataka government held an emergency meeting today, a day after a young software engineer who works in Bengaluru was tested positive for coronavirus in Hyderabad. The man is among the two new cases of the deadly virus that has infected more than 88,000 people across the globe and killed over 3,000. All those who came in contact with the techi...
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"Long Live All Nations," Woman Charged For "Pak Zindabad" Slogan Had Said
A sedition case has been filed against a woman in Bengaluru after she raised "Pakistan Zindabad (Long Live Pakistan)" slogansat a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who was present at the event, distanced himself and his party - All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) - from the sloganeering, s...
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Explosive Found At Mangaluru Airport, Police Release Suspect's Photograph
An alert was sounded at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday morning, after security personnel found a live explosive on its premises. Central Industrial Security Force officials said they have zeroed in on a suspect, who was seen leaving the airport in an auto rickshaw.
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After RBI Order On Bengaluru Bank, Tejasvi Surya's 'No Panic' Tweet
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has sought to calm down panicked depositors of a co-operative bank in Bengaluru after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) restricted the bank from doing business with immediate effect and capped withdrawal limit at Rs 35,000.
