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Bengaluru breaches 2nd wave peak with 30,540 fresh cases

Hospitalisation is only 1.3% of caseload and less than 0.5% are critical

The Hindu

Mekedatu padayatra: Will KPCC president DK Shivakumar emerge Vokkaliga strongman?

BENGALURU: The fight for political dominance in the Vokkaliga heartland of Old Mysuru region has begun in earnest following KPCC president DK Shivakumar’s recent padayatra seeking the implementation of Mekedatu project across Cauvery, the lifeline of south Karnataka.

The Times of India

Man remanded for harassing actor

A. Hari Nadar, who was arrested in Bengaluru, has been remanded in connection with the harassment of actor Vijayalakshmi in 2020.On Wednesday, the Thiruvanmiyur police formally arrested Hari Nadar ali

The Hindu

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Two held with MDMA, cocaine at Porur

An Excise team seized drugs valued at ₹1 crore from two persons at Porur near Wandoor on Thursday. Salahuddin, 42, from Bengaluru, and Mujeeb Rahman, 40, from Porur were arrested.The Excise team raide

The Hindu

As local cops falter, police chief tells CCB to probe drug case involving constables of CM’s security team

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant took strong exception to the way the case was handled by the inspector of R.T. Nagar and his junior

The Hindu

4 IPS officers transferred

The State Government on Wednesday transferred four IPS officers. Santosh Babu, who was Deputy Commissioner of Police, Intelligence, Bengaluru, has been posted with immediate effect as Superintendent o

The Hindu

ISEC-Bengaluru glows in golden halo on completing 50 years

Governor inaugurates golden jubilee celebrations in Bengaluru; institute to organise functions throughout 2022 to mark golden jubilee

The Hindu

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Drive against hookah bars in Mysuru

Officials said Mysuru police was in receipt of a letter from their counterparts in Bengaluru that referred not only to ill-effects of using hookah, but also the possibility of use of hookah causing spread of COVID-19

The Hindu

Karnataka's daily Covid case count crosses 40,000

BENGALURU: Karnataka on Tuesday recorded another sharp spike in fresh Covid-19 cases, with 41,457 people contracting the disease. Bengaluru accounted for the highest number at 25,595, the city’s second highest-ever infections in a day.

The Times of India

Shift in focus as Karnataka reduces daily Covid-19 testing target

BENGALURU: Taking a cue from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines, the state health department on Tuesday revised daily Covid-19 testing target from 2. 8 lakh to two lakh.

The Times of India

Karnataka: Despite surge in Covid infections, only 5% hospital beds occupied

BENGALURU: Occupancy of Covid-19 hospital beds in Karnataka jumped from 3% on Monday to 5. 3% on Tuesday, a day when more than 41,000 cases were re ported across the state.

The Times of India

Covid-19 cases to peak at 35,000 in Bengaluru next week

BENGALURU: The third wave is likely to peak next week — by January 25 — in Bengaluru, with daily fresh infections touching 35,000 cases, BBMP officials told chief minister Basavaraj Bommai during a Covid-19 review meeting on Monday.

The Times of India

No takers for 290 PG dental seats in Karnataka

BENGALURU: Over 30% of postgraduate dental seats in the state continue to be vacant even after the second round of counselling. This despite the Dental Council of India (DCI) lowering cutoffs this year.

The Times of India

Bengaluru: One-year jail for sacked Nimhans doctor, mom & sisters in DA case

BENGALURU: A special court for CBI cases in Bengaluru sentenced a 58-year-old dismissed senior general duty medical officer at Nimhans, his mother and three sisters to one year in jail and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 each in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

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Karnataka: Association asks CM Basavaraj Bommai to reopen schools

BENGALURU: The Associated Managements of Private Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) has written to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai seeking reopening of schools across the state. Physical classes for grades 1-9 are suspended in Bengaluru and Mysuru currently.

The Times of India

Karnataka: We’re firm on Sanskrit university plan, says minister

BENGALURU: Amid strong opposition, the BJP government on Tuesday clarified there are no changes in its plan of building the Sanskrit university in Magadi taluk, Ramanagara.

The Times of India

Bengaluru: Why punish only the common man when parties also flout Covid rules, ask citizens

BENGALURU: Recently, a video of a man arguing with BBMP marshals when they tried to penalise him for not wearing a mask appropriately went viral on social media.

The Times of India

Two planes fly close, major midair collision in Bengaluru skies averted

BENGALURU: People onboard two IndiGo flights had a miraculous escape when the aircraft were cleared to take off simultaneously in the same direction from the Kempegowda International Airport's parallel runways on January 7.

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I was approached on Insta to fix games: Sathish

CHENNAI: The scourge of match-fixing refuses to die down. Former Tamil Nadu allrounder R Sathish was approached on social media to fix matches earlier this month and he was offered Rs 40 lakhs. The 41-year-old player told TOI that he refused the offer and went on to file a complaint…

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UPA’s Devas deal a ‘fraud on people of India’, govt will use SC ruling to fight in foreign courts: Finance minister

NEW DELHI: Calling the Antrix-Devas satellite deal “a fraud on the people of India and against the country” by the then UPA government, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said liquidation proceedings against the Bengaluru-based company will go on as per the Supreme Court's order.

The Hindu

KL Rahul set to lead Lucknow IPL franchise

It is learnt that Rahul is one of the players Lucknow has picked from the draft ahead of the mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.

The Times of India

Explained: Nuts and bolts of the controversial Antrix-Devas case

NEW DELHI: It all started with signing of a satellite deal in 2005 between Isro’s commercial arm Antrix and Bengaluru-based startup Devas Multimedia.

The Hindu

Kendra Sahitya Akademi president’s wife passes away

Satyabhama Kambar died of a heart ailment in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Restaurant association seeks relaxation of weekend curfew, longer operating hours

The Bengaluru chapter of the National Restaurant Association of India has sought a relaxation of weekend curfew and longer operating hours to provide relief to restaurants, bars, pubs and micro-brewer

The Hindu

Cases in Bengaluru drop, but rise in other districts of Karnataka

Caseload of Bengaluru falls from 75% to below 68%

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