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Karnataka directs private hospitals to allocate 80% beds for government-referred COVID patients

New proposal, however, has not gone down well with private hospital managements

Till now, private hospitals had been asked to allocate 50% of beds for government-referred COVID-19 patients. File photo

‘Can operate 100% bus schedules even after suspension of staff’

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RTCs tell HC this is possible as many AC buses are not in service due to COVID-19

Operations resume at Majestic bus stand in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Students study in market yard after hostel shunts them out

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Hostel warden cites COVID-19 guidelines

Engineering students of the Backward Classes Welfare Department’s hostel in Mosale Hosahalli, Hassan taluk, preparing for exams at the market yard.

Traders caught off-guard as police swing into action

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It is in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Chief Secretary, clarifies Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil

Confused shopkeepers waiting outside their shops after the police asked them to down shutters at Broadway in the central business district of Hubballi on Thursday.

Till now, private hospitals had been asked to allocate 50% of beds for government-referred COVID-19 patients. File photo

Karnataka directs private hospitals to allocate 80% beds for government-referred COVID patients

Operations resume at Majestic bus stand in Bengaluru on Thursday.

‘Can operate 100% bus schedules even after suspension of staff’

Engineering students of the Backward Classes Welfare Department’s hostel in Mosale Hosahalli, Hassan taluk, preparing for exams at the market yard.

Students study in market yard after hostel shunts them out

Confused shopkeepers waiting outside their shops after the police asked them to down shutters at Broadway in the central business district of Hubballi on Thursday.

Traders caught off-guard as police swing into action

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Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar addressing a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday.

DC lists revised norms

President of Rotary Club of Hubli Surendra Porwal, nephrologist Venkatesh Moger addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Wednesday.

Kidney transplantation centre inauguration at KIMS today

Many business establishments in Hassan city were closed down on Thursday.

Shopkeepers shocked over closure order

Special Correspondent The State government’s directive to close all shops and establishments, except those selling food and other essentials, came as shock to shopkeepers and small businessmen on Thursday. Several teams of officers swung into action to close down business establishments in Hassan.The businessmen, who were under the impression that their firms would be closed only during the weekend-curfew, were taken aback. Some of them entered into an argument with the officers of Hassan City Municipal Council and

The closed Banashankari 2nd Stage shopping complex on Thursday.

It’s near-lockdown all week as police close non-essential establishments

Special Correspondent Taking traders by surprise, the police in many parts of the State on Thursday afternoon went on a drive shutting down several shops and commercial establishments not dealing with essential services like food, medicine and fuel.Many shopkeepers described it as an “undeclared lockdown” that will remain in force till May 4 that they did not anticipate. Ambiguity in orderThe ambiguity in the two sets of guidelines issued on Tuesday and Wednesday on COVID-19-related restrictions imposed on the State

Open temporary cremation grounds in Bengaluru: H.D. Kumaraswamy

Special Correspondent Slamming the Government for not ensuring proper arrangements for conducting last rites of those who died due to COVID 19, the former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy suggested that the Government can open temporary cremation grounds in all the eight directions of Bengaluru.“It is really height of inhuman behaviour on the part of the government which has failed to ensure proper arrangements for conducting the last rites of COVID patients who died due to non availability of proper medical care. I

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Vaccination coverage over 50 per cent in Mysuru city

COVID-19: 37 pvt. hospitals set aside 1,597 beds for patients

Waiting desperately for customers

Nearly 300 people vaccinated at a single site

Makeshift hospitals to be set up soon: Sudhakar

Help people in this hour of crisis, Siddaramaiah tells Cong. legislators

CM seeks more oxygen, Remdesivir

At virtual meeting, he tells PM several healthcare centres may have to be shutdown if the situation continues

Workers at crematoriums want a break

They have submitted a letter to Chief Justice of the High Court on their plight

Open temporary cremation grounds in Bengaluru: H.D. Kumaraswamy

Slamming the Government for not ensuring proper arrangements for conducting last rites of those who died due to COVID 19, the former Chief Minister H

HC says COVID-19 situation in Karnataka is ‘very bad’

Evolve mechanism to purchase Remdesivir, says court

BBMP pushes for integrated booking system

Dry run of the system on Friday with plans to launch it soon: PHANA

Karnataka to buy one crore doses of Covishield at ₹400 cr.

The Karnataka government on Thursday approved purchase of one core doses of Covishield vaccine in the first phase at a cost of ₹400 crore.Chief

Tension in Gantiganahalli

Two days after a banner of B.R. Ambedkar, which had been put at the entrance of Gantiganahalli village, was burnt, villages have threatened to stage a

Students study in market yard after hostel shunts them out

Hostel warden cites COVID-19 guidelines

Ambulance driver, owner arrested for charging ₹60K to ferry body

The Amruthahalli police on Thursday arrested the owner of an ambulance service and a driver for allegedly demanding ₹60,000 from the family of

Kaveri struggles with add-ons

Property registration applications has seen multiple new tasks piled on without any upgrade

RTCs resume services with 16,000 buses across State

Predict fall in ridership due to restrictions

‘Can operate 100% bus schedules even after suspension of staff’

RTCs tell HC this is possible as many AC buses are not in service due to COVID-19

Traders caught off-guard as police swing into action

It is in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Chief Secretary, clarifies Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil

Karnataka’s daily COVID-19 cases cross 25,000 mark

Bengaluru has the highest active cases among big cities in the country at 1,37,813

Set up mechanism in three days to receive complaints on violations: HC

With the surge in COVID-19 infection across the State, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the State government to create a grievance

One BJP MLA criticises govt., another defends decision

BJP leader and MLA Abhay Patil has criticised the State government’s move of closing down non-essential shops with a view to containing the spread of

Adivasis counselled for vaccine reluctance

Drive to cover 32,000 people in 150 hamlets of Chamarajanagar district

DC lists revised norms

Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar has said all business establishments, except those selling food, vegetables and other essential items,

‘Indigenous solutions needed to today’s technical challenges’

Chairman of National Board of Accreditation (NBA) K.K. Agarwal has emphasised the need for finding indigenous solutions to today’s technical

Farmers’ agitation at Kochanahalli completes a month

Nearly 400 acres was acquired for a project that failed to take off

Steep rise in cases in Hassan

Hassan district witnessed a steep increase in COVID-19 cases on Thursday when 663 fresh cases were reported. With that, the total cases reported in

Climbing COVID-19 fatality rate in Mysuru causes worry

Helpline toovercome any shortfall of medical oxygen and drugs needed for COVID-19 treatment

ASUSE till March next year in 16 districts

Sample survey will be conducted in four phases

Sudden police action leaves traders, shoppers high and dry

The decision of the administration to close down all commercial establishments and trading units except those selling essential commodities and

Minister warns of action over black marketing of Remdesivir

95 per cent of patients don’t need hospitalisation, can be treated at home with telemedicine aid, says Sudhakar

Kidney transplantation centre inauguration at KIMS today

Rotary Club of Hubballi has helped Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital set up a Rotary Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Centre

Shopkeepers shocked over closure order

The State government’s directive to close all shops and establishments, except those selling food and other essentials, came as shock to shopkeepers

It’s near-lockdown all week as police close non-essential establishments

Taking traders by surprise, the police in many parts of the State on Thursday afternoon went on a drive shutting down several shops and commercial

Weekend curfew similar to last year’s lockdown: Bommai

4,000 beds to be identified in next three days in Bengaluru

Karnataka directs private hospitals to allocate 80% beds for government-referred COVID patients

New proposal, however, has not gone down well with private hospital managements

Karnataka asks Centre for 1,500 tonnes of oxygen, one lakh vials of Remdesivir

JSW steel supplied 40 metric tonnes of oxygen in the last two days required for Bengaluru.

Karnataka CM discharged after COVID-19 treatment

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19, was discharged from hospital on Thursday morning.He is likely to

Clubs to remain closed

The State government has added clubs to the list of places where activities are to be prohibited till 6 a.m. on May 4. Clubs were not included in the

Senior IPS officers appointed to seven ranges to supervise enforcement

Additional Director General of Police Bhaskar Rao heading Railways Police is among the seven seniors officers made in charge at the seven ranges

Labs told to provide RT-PCR results within 24 hours

Following directions from the Karnataka High Court, the State Health Department has directed all laboratories and testing agencies to provide RT-PCR

Differential pricing discriminatory: DKS

KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar termed ‘discriminatory’ the differential pricing of the COVID-19 vaccine by States and private hospitals and said it

Patients in a dilemma as hospital beds become scarce

They are finding hard to acquire oxygen and other essential COVID-19 drugs too

HDK pulls up govt. over lack of preparedness

Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who on Tuesday participated in the all-party meeting convened by the Governor, said that the government is yet

Oxygen demand expected to touch 1,500 tonnes a day in Karnataka

People can call 8951755722 for oxygen and Remdesivir-related queries

Steel firms told to supply 600 tonnes of oxygen a day

To ensure supply of oxygen amidst the pandemic, JSW Steel and other steel firms have been asked to supply 600 tonnes of liquefied oxygen per day to

Ministers told to review situation in districts

A day after the all-party meeting, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday instructed all his Ministers, who are in-charge different districts,

No land 27 years after being freed as bonded labourers

Forest Dept. recently took back the land on which they were allowed to cultivate; officials assure alternative land will be identified

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