National Green Tribunal has appealed to the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) to address the Monitoring Committee led by retired Supreme Court Judge Santosh Hegade pertaining to the subject related to the restoration of Bellandur, Agara and Varthur lakes based in Bengaluru. “The issues raised in both the applications (BDA…
An increase in the serious respiratory problems among the people which has elevated their admission requirement in the ICU which has been alarming for the city doctors in Bengaluru. The hospitals have registered an increase in the respiratory problems 15 to 20 per cent in their occupancy of their ICU facilities by patients. The common…
The Karnataka Government announced on Saturday about granting the permission to all the shops and commercial establishments which employ 10 or more staff to function for 24 hours in a day. The revised rule is applicable for every day till the duration of 3 years. The decision was passed into action with the intent of…
The Covid-19 vaccination drive will have a dry run at the three Primary Health Centers (PHCs) of the city on Saturday which will be a mock drill for the immunization programme. The dry run will be organized at the Kamakshipalya urban PHC (BBMP West Zone), Vidyapeetha Urban PHC(south zone) and Hargade PHC in Anekal Taluk….
Post a gap of more than nine months, the schools and pre-university colleges in Karnataka resumed for the students on Friday with absolute adherence to Covid-19 safety guidelines. One side as the students of class 10 and PUC (class 12) have regular classes to prepare for the upcoming board exams, the students from class 6-9…
A dry run for Covid-19 vaccination drive will be organized in five districts of Karnataka – Bengaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi, Shivamogga and Kalaburagi on Saturday. While the BBMP has detected three Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs), which are selected as vaccination sites, one each in West and South Zones and Anekal whereas the other four districts have…
Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai revealed on Thursday about the primary investigation into the death of the state’s Legislative Council Chairman, S L Dharme Gowda was on-going and the required action will be taken based on the report. While addressing the reporters on the issue, Bommai said, “The police is conducting a preliminary investigation regarding…
Health and Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar stated to the reporters on Wednesday that 4 people from Shivamogga district who returned from UK have been tested positive for the new Covid-19 strain discovered in UK. Though they have seven contacts, three from them have been tested positive for the new strain of Coronavirus. The minister…
A special house committee has been formulated to investigate the chaos created pertaining to a no-trust motion passed against Legislative Council chairperson K Pratapachandra Shetty. The committee, constituted by Shetty, was created exactly at the demise of Council deputy chairperson Dharme Gowda, who was heckled amid the confusion and chaos on December 15. The committee…
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) officials made an attempt to shift 22 families out of complex to institutional quarantines or hotels in a multi-storeyed apartment complex based in Vittalnagar of Vasanthpura Ward, where a mother and her daughter tested Coronavirus positive for the new variant discovered in UK. However, the officials took back the decision…
