The second round of Covid-19 serosurvey for reviewing the status of Covid-19 across the state of Karnataka was initiated on January 25. The survey is an aid to track the people who had infection earlier and for those people who have active SARS CoV-2. The survey will be conducted in the 30 districts of the…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwathnarayan, and Adichunchanagiri Math chief pontiff Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswami on Saturday had a tour to Uttar Pradesh’s Noida for assessing the status of the preparatory stage of the work done fir the 108 feet tall statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, Bengaluru’s founder at the Bengaluru International Airport. Their tour included visit…
Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman K Pratap Chandra Shetty presented his resignation from the post on Thursday and will be succeeded probably by Senior JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti with the coalition formed between BJP and JD(S), which will outnumber Congress. On January 29, MK Pranesh representing BJP was appointed for the post of Deputy Chairman of…
Karnataka government on Wednesday has given the permit of absolute 100 per cent occupancy in theatres for a period of four weeks, as a move succumbing to the pressure of the Sandalwood industry. Stars of the Kannada film industry, have protested on Twitter against the decision of the state government which was about giving only…
The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has organized the 13th edition of Aero India which is the international air show, will be commencing today in Yelahanka, Bengaluru. Amid the event, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is going to release the DRDO export compendium, which is a fresh Procedure for Design, Development and Production of Military…
Basavaraj Bommai, the state law and home minister had on Tuesday revealed that the state government is seriously deliberating on imposing a ban on hookah bars in Bengaluru and the other important cities. During the Question Hour, Bommai revealed to the Legislative Assembly, “Some hookah bars are in restaurants whereas some are standalone in cities…
Around 2,60,844 frontline workers from the state of Karnataka have done their registration on CO-WIN till January 31. These workers will be administered the vaccine from the second consignment of Covaxin doses, from which 1.46 lakh have been received by the state as of January 23. Covaxin, as per the government’s decision was supposed to…
As the Union Budget was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, for the infrastructure aspect, the major funds were allocated for the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal, the state of Karnataka was allotted Rs 14,778 crore as a part of the project extension for Bengaluru metro. Nirmala Sitharaman declared the allocated…
In a road accident that happened on Bellali road on January 31 in the early hours of the night, four youth have been killed. The car slammed into the back of a concrete mixer lorry in the vicinity of Bengaluru’s Chikkajala, leading to a severe accident. As per the statement issued by the police officials,…
Karnataka revealed about the call to put forth an individual sand policy which will be for the coastal region of the state, to meet the long-asked demands of the residents. When inquired in the question hour amid Assembly here, Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani, Mines and Geology Minister responded about a separate sand policy will be launched…
