Two FIRs have been filed at the Upparpet Police Station and nine people have been arrested for assaulting the on-duty staffers of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). The FIRs were registered while having links with the strike invoked by the state transport department on Saturday. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), West, said, “In yesterday’s incidents,…
Karnataka has performed better pertaining to all elements of women’s reproductive health and child health, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-20), which was presented by the Government of India on Saturday. The sex ration in Karnataka has also improved, with 979 females to 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 1,034. Alongside, the neonatal mortality…
As the transport staff continued the strike for the second consecutive day on Saturday, which has affected the transport services throughout the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa appealed to the staff to restart the work and further urged them to have a discussion with the transport minister Laxman Savadi. Yediyurappa stated in an official…
The strike initiated by the transport corporation employees has continued to affect the bus services for the second day in a row. The KSRTC and the BMTC, which normally have seen thousands of departures by as early as 10 am in the morning, have recorded a meagre of 100 services. As the strike continues for…
The local bus services operational under the state government of Karnataka will be affected, as the transport employees have called for a strike with the demand to be considered as employees of the government. The state of Karnataka has over 1.2 lakh workers working with KSRTC, BMTC< NEKRTC and NWKRTC. According to sources, the bus…
The Karnataka High Court has issued an intricate interim order pertaining to enforcement of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The high court has passed an order directing the state government to compile together and register the details, which comprises of the present status of the cases registered and…
Namma metro services will be affected on the purple line for Saturday and Sunday this weekend as the trains starting from Byappanahalli will be terminated at Vijayanagar for the two days. In a release, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) stated that it will be working on electrical cable laying at Mysore road metro…
Bengaluru’s municipal area is all set to widen further by 1-kilometre radius which will include the outlying villages and suburbs, with which it is anticipated that the property rates will elevate in the outskirts of Bengaluru. In the Legislative Assembly meeting held on Wednesday, joint house committee presented its report on the BBMP Bill, and…
With the rising protests by the farmers associations over the contentious farm bills in Bengaluru city, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa appealed to the farmers to pull out from the demonstrations and protests and invited them for further talks with the government. While addressing the reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Yediyurappa stated that repeated protests will not…
Bharat Biotech, though filed for emergency use authorization for its vaccine candidate Covaxin, Vydehi hospital, based in Bengaluru is still battling to find adequate volunteers who can participate in the clinical trials. The trials via the hospital commenced on December 2, the hospital had a plan to administer the primary dose of vaccine to a…
