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Losses, lockdowns, and continuing COVID-related restrictions contribute to the decision; number of theatres have come down from 24 to 8 in the last few years

HC directs Govt. not to take coercive steps against direct selling company Vihaan India

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the State Government not to take any coercive measures against Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Pvt.

Cooperative societies told to postpone polls

The Cooperation Department of Karnataka has issued a circular postponing the elections to various cooperative societies in the State till March 2022

Match-fixing in KPL cricket matches did not amount to offence of cheating under IPC: HC

Court quashes chargesheet filed against players and others; says it is BCCI that can act on charges of match-fixing for breaching its bylaws

Covid-19: Holiday for schools in Channarayapatna taluk in Karnataka

Deputy Commissioner cites increase in cases of Covid-19

Farmers in Mysuru seek release of water from dams

On the one hand, farmers are in doldrums due to unseasonal rains having a negative bearing on yield while, on the other, standing crops are starved of water

No need to worry about impact of third wave on children: Shivamogga COVID-19 expert panel

According to the panel, parents need not worry if children are infected as the impact would be mild. Educational institutes can conduct classes with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocol

BJP CMC member arrested for killing money-lender in Sankeshwar

He had taken a loan of ₹25 lakh from her, and did not want to return the money

Weekend curfew a few futile exercise, says Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister, said in Mandya on Wednesday that the imposition of a weekend curfew was a futile exercise. Speaking to

Kidu research centre will not be shifted: Union Agriculture Minister

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has said that there is no plan before the Union Government to shift the

Forest Department to provide wildlife mortality details on its website

The details will be made public as and when the authorities confirm the news and establish the cause

4 IPS officers transferred

The State Government on Wednesday transferred four IPS officers. Santosh Babu, who was Deputy Commissioner of Police, Intelligence, Bengaluru, has

Govt. school teacher accused of harassing students

As many as 10 cases have been registered against the teacher at N.R. Pura

Revised criteria for containment zones

The Health and Family Welfare Department has revised the criteria for containment zones, stating that a cluster will be declared if there are five or

Residents of Shivamogga to get 24/7 water supply, says Eshwarappa

RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa has said that residents of villages on the outskirts of Shivamogga will get 24/7 drinking water supply by next year. Mr.

Third wave affecting more adults than children: War room

‘This might be because not everyone who has a cold, cough and fever is getting tested this time’

Hassan reports 1,819 new COVID cases

Hassan district reported 1,819 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, increasing the total number of active cases to 7,937. Among them 10 people are

More arrests in ghee adulteration racket

The Mysuru district police has arrested three more persons in the Nandini ghee adulteration racket, taking the total arrests to seven.Speaking to

Police arrest cattle thieves

The police has arrested two persons involved in cattle theft in Nanjangud rural and Varuna police station limits on the outskirts of Mysuru and

40,499 new COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths in Karnataka

Karnataka continued to record a massive spike with 40,499 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths on January 19. Of this, 24,135 cases were registered in

Don’t be complacent with pandemic, Kumaraswamy tells Govt.

Expressing concern over the State witnessing fresh COVID-19 cases in upwards of 40,000 a day, the former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy has appealed

New rule on transfers riles senior engineering cadre in PWD

Now, power of transfers has been vested with respective departments and not DPAR

Confusion in BJP on imposition of night curfew: Congress

Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president M.S. Raksha Ramaiah on Wednesday said there was confusion among the BJP leaders on the State

HC cautions against trend of making reckless allegations of negligence against doctors

Quashes 12-year-old case and lauds doctors and paramedics for serving the society, particularly during COVID-19

Temples continue to hold festivals despite COVID-19 restrictions in Karnataka

In an apparent violation of COVID-19 guidelines, several temples and mutts, most of them in northern Karnataka, have organised annual car festivals and other events this fortnight

NCB uncovers drug ring operating in South India

Three dealers from Tamil Nadu, foreign national arrested

Drive against hookah bars in Mysuru

Officials said Mysuru police was in receipt of a letter from their counterparts in Bengaluru that referred not only to ill-effects of using hookah, but also the possibility of use of hookah causing spread of COVID-19

Opposition to night curfew grows in Mysuru amidst rise in COVID-19 cases

Business and trade organisations have argued that despite the outbreak, the severity of Covid-19 infection is less due to high rate of vaccination and, hence, does not warrant a lockdown

Decision on relaxing COVID-19 curbs in Karnataka after meeting with experts on January 21: CM

Besides opposition Congress, some BJP leaders, including Ministers, have been opposing the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka Government

Bajrang Dal leader among four held in Nargund over murder of youth

Bajrang Dal leader Sanju Nalvade had addressed a crowd in front of the police station in Nargund where he had called upon the gathering to beat up Muslim youth and dared the police to file a case against him

Writer Channaveer Kanavi battling COVID-19 complications in Hubballi hospital

Condition deteriorates, 93-year-old is on oxygen support

Penalty on unauthorised tobacco reduced

The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has decided to reduce the penalty on unauthorised tobacco for the season 2021-22, providing relief to

Collection centres get an influx of used disposable and cloth masks with dry waste

Lack of segregation of masks as bio medical waste poses a health hazard

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