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Coronavirus | Karnataka govt. sets up war room to monitor supply of oxygen, Remdesivir

The Drug Controller of Karnataka appointed 26 government employees and officers to manage the war room.

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Oxygen cylinders distribution center at Peenya in Bengaluru on Tuesday 20 April 2021.

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Oxygen shortage: Hospitals ask families to shift patients

This continues to be a huge problem despite the State government claiming that oxygen is not in short supply

Universal Gas factory, an oxygen cylinder distribution centre at Peenya, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Biggest single day spike of 21,794 new cases, 149 fatalities

Special Correspondent

Karnataka on Tuesday logged its biggest single day spike of 21,794 new cases of COVID-19. This is more than double the highest number of cases

Volunteers of Mercy Angels and Archdiocese of Bangalore, wearing PPE kits and carrying the bodies of COVID-19 victims for last rites at Indian Christian Cemetery off Hosur Road, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

COVID-19: Differing voices emerge on lockdown, other measures in Karnataka

Special Correspondent

The all-party meeting chaired by Governor Vajubhai Vala on the COVID-19 situation in the State had leaders reaching no consensus on the “strong

A virtual all-party meeting being held on Tuesday to discuss the COVID-19 crisis in the State.

Oxygen cylinders distribution center at Peenya in Bengaluru on Tuesday 20 April 2021.

Coronavirus | Karnataka govt. sets up war room to monitor supply of oxygen, Remdesivir

Universal Gas factory, an oxygen cylinder distribution centre at Peenya, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Oxygen shortage: Hospitals ask families to shift patients

Volunteers of Mercy Angels and Archdiocese of Bangalore, wearing PPE kits and carrying the bodies of COVID-19 victims for last rites at Indian Christian Cemetery off Hosur Road, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Biggest single day spike of 21,794 new cases, 149 fatalities

A virtual all-party meeting being held on Tuesday to discuss the COVID-19 crisis in the State.

COVID-19: Differing voices emerge on lockdown, other measures in Karnataka

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Syed Zulfikar Hashmi

Former MLA Zulfikar Hashmi dead

Operation Jumbo to send this wild elephant back into the forest concluded on Tuesday. The pachyderm strayed onto the Karnatak University campus on Saturday night.

Wild elephant chased back into the safety of the forest

Basavarajappa Appa

Basavarajappa Appa passes away

Staff Reporter Philanthropist and social worker Basavarajappa Appa (80), the second son of the seventh Mahadasoha Peetathipathi of Sharanabasaveshwar Samastan Poojya Doddappa Appaji, died after a prolonged age-related illness in Kalaburagi on Tuesday. He breathed his last in his ancestral house at Godutai Nagar in the city close on the heels of the death of his wife Nalini Tai on April 17. He was the younger brother of the eighth Mahadasoha Peetathipathi of the Sharnabasaveshwar Samasthan Poojya Dr.

Minister in-charge of Mysuru district S.T. Somashekar during his inspection of K.R. Hospital in Mysuru on Tuesday.

No shortage of beds, medical oxygen for patients in Mysuru, says Minister

Special Correspondent Somashekar pays surprise visit to K.R. Hospital where severely-ill patients in need of oxygen support are being treated

View of Bengaluru during the lockdown in April 2020. File

Karnataka introduces weekend curfew, curbs on businesses

Special Correspondent The restrictions will be in force till May 4

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Badiger Devendra applauds his 'Rudri' team

Shilpa Anandraj

The début director, dedicates every award his film has won to his cast and crew

Shilpa Aravind: We did what we knew best — make a film

Shilpa Anandraj

Aravind Kaushik and his wife, Shilpa, used the lockdown to create a four-part web series 'Dog Doll Watermelon'

Prathima Devi, veteran actor, passes away

Prathima Devi, veteran actor and one of the early pioneers of Kannada cinema, passed away owing to age-related ailments in the city on Tuesday. She

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Coronavirus | Karnataka govt. sets up war room to monitor supply of oxygen, Remdesivir

Oxygen shortage: Hospitals ask families to shift patients

Govt. under fire for failure to prepare for second wave

Biggest single day spike of 21,794 new cases, 149 fatalities

Extensive damage even after negative report: Autopsy

Nodal officers for apartments to prioritise testing

Karnataka ULB polls: As COVID-19 cases rise, SEC restricts campaigning

In the midst of a pandemic expanding its tentacles further, parts of the State will be facing another election on April 27, close on the heels of the

COVID-19: Differing voices emerge on lockdown, other measures in Karnataka

The all-party meeting chaired by Governor Vajubhai Vala on the COVID-19 situation in the State had leaders reaching no consensus on the “strong

Karnataka introduces weekend curfew, curbs on businesses

The restrictions will be in force till May 4

Former MLA Zulfikar Hashmi dead

The former MLA and Janata Parivar leader Syed Zulfikar Hashmi died in Bidar on Tuesday. He was 57. He was suffering from kidney ailments. He is

Katti says he is not in favour of immediate lockdown

Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Umesh Katti said in Belagavi on Tuesday that he was not in favour of a lockdown immediately. “I think we should

COVID-19: Big jump for fourth successive day

Mysuru has reported a big jump in COVID-19 cases for the fourth continuous day, swelling the active case tally.On Tuesday, 699 new infections were

MoU signed

In a move to enable joint academic programmes, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture

Five KSRTC staff suspended

Chikkamagaluru division of KSRTC has suspended five driver-cum-conductors of Mudigere depot for participating in the protest and attempting to assault

144 cases in Abanal village

Officers rushed to Abanal village near Khanapur in Belagavi district after nearly half the villagers tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.Health

50% beds each in 17 pvt. hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients

With experts predicting further escalation in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the next fortnight, the Dharwad district administration has

41 fresh cases in Hassan

As many as 411 fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hassan district on Tuesday. With that, the total number of COVID-19 cases increased to 32,676.

Wild elephant chased back into the safety of the forest

Operation Jumbo launched by the Forest Department to send back a wild elephant that had strayed onto Karnatak University campus on Saturday night

Despite spike, no closure of tourist sites in Mysuru

Tourist destinations in Mysuru will not close over the spike in COVID-19 cases but the visitors must comply with COVID-19 Appropriate Behavior (CAB),

Basavarajappa Appa passes away

Philanthropist and social worker Basavarajappa Appa (80), the second son of the seventh Mahadasoha Peetathipathi of Sharanabasaveshwar Samastan Poojya

Vishwanath lashes out at govt. over its ‘failure’ to tackle COVID-19 situation

He claims medical infrastructure has collapsed

No shortage of beds, medical oxygen for patients in Mysuru, says Minister

Somashekar pays surprise visit to K.R. Hospital where severely-ill patients in need of oxygen support are being treated

Resolve strike issue amicably: CITU

The KSRTC management should resolve the employees’ protests amicably instead of taking disciplinary action against them, said Dharmesh, State

People grab beer bottles from toppled truck

Many people took away beer bottles from a toppled truck near M.C.Halli in Tarikere taluk on Monday. The truck was carrying Kingfisher beer bottles

NWKRTC employees stage silent protest

Taking exception to the apathy of the State government towards the indefinite strike of transport employees seeking fulfilment of their rightful

Ram temple opened in Siddaramaiah’s native village

(A Ram temple in Siddaramanahundi near here, whose renovation was patronised by former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, was opened by his wife

If cases rise, more medical oxygen needed: Sudhakar

Minister for Health K.Sudhkar, on Tuesday, said one or two COVID-19 patients could have died due to the non-availability of medical oxygen. Speaking

Transport strike: Not the right time for it, says HC

Hopes employees resume work without prejudice to their demands; says it violates fundamental rights of other citizens

Governors of all States are holding all-party meetings, says Home Minister

Bommai asks DKS to desist from politicising the issue

Bommai, Ashok meet Governor ahead of all-party meeting

Ahead of the all-party meeting scheduled in Bengaluru this evening, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Revenue Minister R. Ashok met Governor Vajubhai

No examinations for Classes 1 to 9: Karnataka Minister Suresh Kumar

Assessment will be based on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, which will be the deciding factor for their promotion, says Education Minister Suresh Kumar

Watch | A library of 11,000 books destroyed in fire in Mysuru

A video on a man from Mysuru and his library with over 11.000 books which was destroyed in fire

Karnataka Congress blasts BJP govt for asking Governor to chair all-party meeting

The Karnataka Congress hit out at the BJP government for asking Governor Vajubhai Vala to chair a virtual all-party meeting on the pandemic situation

Shetty, wife restrained from mortgaging assets

HC order comes on bank’s plea

HC expresses shock over lack of basic facilities in nearly half of anganwadis

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday expressed shock on the status of infrastructure provided to anganwadis in the State after noticing that only

Stagnation of lexicographic work caused him concern

GV made the request at his centenary celebrations in 2012

Lexicographer G. Venkatasubbaiah — His was the last word

Lexicographer G. Venkatasubbaiah, who passed away at 107, leaves behind an irreplaceable legacy

Postponement of ZP, TP polls under study

Following a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government is considering postponing elections to zilla panchayats (ZPs) and taluk panchayats

Allocate ₹30,000 crore to health sector, says D.K. Shivakumar

Following the rapid spread of COVID-19, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar on Monday urged the State government to

Man caught trying to sell fake Remdesivir vials in Bengaluru

City Crime Branch (CCB) officials caught a pharma company executive trying to sell fake Remdesivir vials on the road at Shivajinagar, in Bengaluru,

Karnataka unprepared despite COVID-19 second wave warning in November: Experts

Although experts had warned of the onset of a second wave of COVID-19 in Karnataka in November 2020 itself, the State did little to keep its health

Lockdown in Bengaluru is now inevitable, say some experts

A complete lockdown in Bengaluru has become inevitable now to cut the transmission chain and the State government should consider it seriously, say a

Karnataka sees 15,785 new COVID-19 cases, 146 deaths

Karnataka on Monday reported 15,785 new cases of COVID-19, taking the cumulative total to 11,76,850. Of these, 9,618 cases were from Bengaluru Urban

Operation to capture elephant continues

The operation to capture the wild elephant that strayed onto the Karnatak University campus in Dharwad on Sunday continued on Monday.After being

KSRTC dismisses 13 trainee employees

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has dismissed 13 trainee employees of Chikkamagaluru division for taking part in the strike. They

‘Lockdown will not help control COVID-19 surge’

“Lockdowns are not necessary as they will not help control COVID-19. The State government should come up with solutions other than lockdowns,” Ramesh

Trauma Care Centre to treat patients from Wednesday

Decision comes in the wake of big rise in cases and need for more oxygenated beds for critically-ill patients

Karnatak University puts off all exams

In the wake of a spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the region and the ongoing indefinite transport strike, Karnatak University Dharwad

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