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The police suspect that beds were being blocked in the name of asymptomatic patients in home isolation, only to be sold to others later.

The doctors were in charge of war rooms in two zones

Bed allotment scam: CCB arrests four people, including 2 doctors

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The doctors were in charge of war rooms in two zones

Tejasvi Surya, MP, and other leaders at the south zone war room in Bengaluru on Tuesday

Bed allotment scam: Tejasvi Surya, other BJP legislators draw flak for communalising COVID-19

Three people have been booked in a case of bed-blocking at a private hospital. (photo for representation)

COVID-19 bed allotment scam: Three arrested for selling bed for ₹1.2 lakh

File photo of T.S. Shanbhag.

T.S. Shanbhag, owner of legendary Premier Book Shop, passes away

Tejasvi Surya, MP, and other leaders at the south zone war room in Bengaluru on Tuesday

COVID-19: Questions raised over veracity of BBMP quota beds

People wait outside a oxygen production unit at Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru on Tuesday. K. MURALI KUMAR

Oxygen shortage: Two patients die in Yelahanka hospital

Last year, the Chamarajanagar district administration had blocked roads winding through forests and connecting hamlets and villages, to minimise contact with the outside world, and stay ahead of the COVID-19 curve.

Chamarajanagar: Surge came mostly from rural pockets

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COVID-19 sees people with disabilities ignored K.C. Deepika

In the clamour for beds and vaccines, the voices of the differently abled are drowned out

Cab drivers accuse police of high-handedness

Congress criticises lack of clarity over vaccination

Vaccine shortage: Even people in older age group turned away

Furnaces in electric crematoria are breaking down

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How cycling communities are helping Indian cities deal with the second wave of COVID-19

Step-down hospitals to tackle bed shortage for COVID-19 patients: Minister

Bed allotment scam: HC seeks status report on probe

COVID-19 sees people with disabilities ignored

COVID-19 bed allotment scam: Three arrested for selling bed for ₹1.2 lakh

Bed allotment scam: Software and war room management under scanner

Bed allotment scam: CCB arrests four people, including 2 doctors

The doctors were in charge of war rooms in two zones

COVID-19: Bed management system down

Engineers could not respond immediately as they were being questioned by police

Bed allotment scam: Tejasvi Surya, other BJP legislators draw flak for communalising COVID-19

Of the 204 staff manning the war room, they read out 17 names, all members of a minority community

High Court asks Centre to increase oxygen allocation to Karnataka

Court has directed that it be hiked from the present 865 MT per day to 1,200 MT

Karnataka to increase rapid tests and optimise RT-PCR kits

Orders for procuring 30 lakh rapid antigen tests being placed

Coronavirus | Karnataka reports over 50,000 new cases, 346 deaths

In Kerala, the day’s incidence on Wednesday was 41,953 cases from 1,63,321 samples.

T.S. Shanbhag, owner of legendary Premier Book Shop, passes away

He was hospitalised for a few days and passed away on Tuesday night

Chamarajanagar: Surge came mostly from rural pockets

With no proper infrastructure in villages, pressure is high on the district hospital

Ruling party legislators allege bed blocking scam in Bengaluru

Police conduct sting operation, arrest two suspected to have contacts in BBMP war room

Namma Metro: Surge in cases and lockdown slow land acquisition

Officials claim no metro workers have left the city and phase-2 work is on schedule

COVID-19: Questions raised over veracity of BBMP quota beds

‘Some are trying to make money out of the shortage of oxygenated and ICU beds’

Oxygen shortage: Two patients die in Yelahanka hospital

Authorities say both patients had come in a critical condition and families had been informed about oxygen shortage

Citizen groups write open letter to CM on handling pandemic

Many citizen organisations and activists have written an open letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa expressing concern over the management of the

Bed blocking scam: Social worker, nephew held in sting operation

Police suspect they have ties with BBMP war room personnel

IAF to open 100-bed COVID care facility at Air Force Station, Jalahalli

The Indian Air Force has decided to establish a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment facility at Air Force Station Jalahalli for the general public. As per the

Company booked for cutting ITPL main road

Contractors were using a permission letter from BBMP that had expired

COVID-19: Banner near crematorium draws criticism

It featured the MLA of Yelahanka

Police turn to pressure cooker steam therapy

They are using custom-made equipment to stay safe from COVID-19

Sumanahalli crematorium shut down

The two furnaces have broken down on account of overload, says official

COVID-19: 100 oxygen concentrators for six CCCs

Civic chief seeks help for procurement of medical equipment

COVID-19: Portal on beds in private hospitals to go live on Wednesday

PHANA attributes delay to technical issues

People desperate for beds and medicine dial police control room

Many complain about violation of social distancing norms or lack of masks in public

Oxygen shortage: Many hospitals in Bengaluru stop admitting COVID-19 patients

Oxygen shortage, which has been a major issue ever since the second wave of COVID-19 set in, continued to hit patients in the city with several

Hospitals asked to use ‘scarce resource’ oxygen judiciously

Hours after the tragedy in Chamarajanagar that claimed 23 lives in the district hospital, allegedly on account of oxygen scarcity, the State

Once a ‘green district’, Chamarajanagar saw massive COVID-19 surge in April

During the second wave, active cases in the district shot up to 2,390 on April 30 from 34 on March 31

Karnataka CM asks officials to ramp up oxygen supply to hospitals

Rattled by the severe shortage of oxygen supply in hospitals burdened with COVID-19 patients and the death of 23 patients at a district hospital in

SBI officials in the dock for sanctioning loan against fake gold deposits

The Hoskote police have registered a cheating case against six persons who allegedly availed themselves of gold loan worth ₹ 17.8 lakh from State Bank

COVID-19: Man booked for ₹1,028 profit on oxygen cylinders

He is an employee of Peenya Industrial Gases Private in Dabaspete

‘Advisory on testing domestic workers for COVID-19 discriminatory and regressive’

They have to undergo RT-PCR testing every fortnight

Bengaluru abandons random testing to focus on qualitative testing

The civic body will focus on people with COVID-19 symptoms, and on contacts of patients

Urban forester S.G. Neginhal succumbs to COVID-19

Many of Bengaluru’s tree-lined avenues and boulevards are his legacy

COVID-19: Lockdown adds to commuting woes of employees engaged in essential services

With limited buses and no metro services, people dependent on public transport have to hire autos and taxis or rely on friends and relatives to drop them to work

COVID-19: SWR builds loading facility for oxygen tankers

They will be loaded on flat wagons at Whitefield and Doddaballapur

Pharmacy employee arrested for selling a vial of Remdesivir for ₹20,000

He claims to have stolen the vial from the pharmacy

CFR lower in 2nd wave, but no time to be complacent: Experts

They anticipate rise in absolute numbers in the coming days

Revanna demands medicine, vaccination for Hassan dist.

Former Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna has said he will stage a dharna in front of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s residence in Bengaluru

Community radio station is a ray of hope for rural populace

Jana Dhwani bridges information gap on bed availability in H.D. Kote-Saragur belt

Visionary urban forester S. G. Neginhal succumbs to COVID-19

Incidentally, he passed away a day after his 93rd birthday on Saturday. He is survived by four daughters and a son and their families.

Revenue inspector, three others booked for property tax fraud

The Banashankari police have registered an FIR against a BBMP revenue inspector and three of his assistants for property tax fraud and cheating a

Short-term tender for biomedical waste

The surge in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the city has also led to an increase in the quantum of sanitary and biomedical waste that is

Cab drivers accuse police of high-handedness

Taxi drivers who are allowed to operate in emergency situations and to ferry passengers to and from the airport or railway stations have accused the

Congress criticises lack of clarity over vaccination

Siddaramaiah blames Modi

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