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April 13, 2021 14:02 IST
Jaleel wrote on Facebook, "I have submitted my resignation to the CM as a mark of my political integrity even as a petition against the Lokayukta order is before the Kerala High Court."
Tue, Apr 13, 2021
April 09, 2021 22:47 IST
While 29 of these fatalities were recorded in Bengaluru Urban alone, five deaths were reported from Mysuru. Two deaths each were from Belagavi and Kalaburagi, as per the bulletin.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 09, 2021 22:14 IST
Among them, Kalaburagi has reported 1,668 new cases and 17 deaths in the first 10 days of April.
Sat, Apr 10, 2021
April 08, 2021 21:05 IST
Union minister Nitin Gadkari hailed the initiative, saying it ‘provided relief to farmers, and is saving crops and precious lives.’
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 08, 2021 17:02 IST
Commuting in Ola, Uber or using services of online app-based taxi aggregators have now become costlier. Here's why
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
April 07, 2021 16:09 IST
Ecological researchers at Azim Premji University have developed a tale with embedded illustrations featuring ‘gunda thopes’ (translated to wooded groves) in Bengaluru as many trees have made way for urban development.
Thu, Apr 08, 2021
April 06, 2021 21:04 IST
The government's decision to take action against the employees, incidentally, comes a day after Deputy CM Laxman Savadi cited the model code of conduct for the upcoming bypolls as the hindrance for the govt to take a decision on revising their salaries.
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
April 05, 2021 16:51 IST
According to sources in the SIT which is probing the case, Jarkholi had cited illness as the reason for not making himself available for investigation on Friday.
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
April 05, 2021 15:45 IST
While KSPCB estimates that there around 5,000 industry players (including small-scale) active across the state, over 40% of them are said to be in Bengaluru alone.
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
April 02, 2021 20:37 IST
Karnataka is third among all states and union territories in India in terms of cumulative caseload.
Fri, Apr 02, 2021
April 01, 2021 22:02 IST
Eshwarappa had written to the Karnataka Governor, complaining against Yediyurappa’s ‘interference’ in his ministry and the CM's ‘authoritarian ways’.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
April 01, 2021 19:31 IST
Karnataka Covid-19 Cases Update: From the beginning of March 2021, the situation changed as the state began to report a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, in first signs of a second wave.
Sat, Apr 03, 2021
March 31, 2021 22:57 IST
Senior bureaucrat Gaurav Gupta will replace N Manjunatha Prasad as the commissioner. Gupta, a 1990-batch IAS officer, had taken over as the administrator of BBMP in September last year after the term of the council came to an end.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
March 31, 2021 21:02 IST
In a letter running into five pages, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa also accused the CM of making allocations from his department bypassing him.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
March 31, 2021 19:59 IST
Yediyurappa had earlier dismissed the audio clip as fake. He later admitted to the conversation, but blamed Kumaraswamy for conspiring against him using the complainant, Sharanagouda.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
March 31, 2021 12:41 IST
The Bengaluru International Airport Limited issued a passenger advisory informing that cab services have been impacted.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
March 30, 2021 22:00 IST
According to CBI sources, the accused has been identified as Jitendra K Dagur, who was working as the GST superintendent in Honnavar Range of Uttara Kannada (Karwar).
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
March 30, 2021 20:47 IST
This is the first time the woman has appeared in public since she went missing on March 2.
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
March 30, 2021 08:21 IST
Bengaluru Urban reported 1742 new cases of Covid-19 out of the total 2792 from across the state on Monday. Meanwhile, 16 more deaths in the last few days were linked to the pandemic by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services on March 29, 2021.
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
March 27, 2021 18:50 IST
This fund is expected to enable financial and administrative decentralisation at the zonal, ward, and assembly-constituency levels of areas falling under the jurisdiction of BBMP.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 26, 2021 21:30 IST
After lodging the FIR, Kumar told reporters that he first met City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant with the complaint after which it was referred to Cubbon Park police
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
March 26, 2021 19:47 IST
The total number of active cases in the cluster is 667 as on Friday. MIT had reported 111 new cases on Thursday out of the 145 total in Udupi.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
March 25, 2021 21:03 IST
While the impact of the pandemic is likely to affect the outlay of the budget, a call to improve public health infrastructure in the city itself is one of the major expectations put forth by experts this time.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
March 25, 2021 18:33 IST
The move comes a day after the Union Health Ministry identified Bengaluru Urban as the only city outside Maharashtra to be among the ten with the highest active Covid-19 caseload.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
March 25, 2021 16:23 IST
Officials claimed that two operational runways at BLR Airport are expected to provide the necessary impetus to aviation in Karnataka and India.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021





