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1,000 active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka

With an addition of 229 cases on Sunday, the active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka jumped up to 1,000, according to the bulletin shared by the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Bengaluru Urban district had the highest number of positive cases, 64

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South Western Railway officer selected for award

Satyajeet Harne selected for Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar 2023 for exemplary works in operations, security & safety.

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Kuvempu Trust plans a memorial for the poet in Bengaluru

Trust to construct memorial for Kuvempu in Bengaluru, Mantra Mangalya, staging of plays, book release functions, and other literary events to be organised.

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Illegal tree felling in Belur | Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha’s brother held in Bengaluru

Officers of the Forest Department arrested Vikram Simha, brother of Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha, in Bengaluru on Saturday over the illegal felling of trees on government land at Nandagondanahalli in Belur taluk. Vikram Simha had been absconding since December 25.

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KPCC meeting on Jan. 10 to discuss preparations for LS election: DKS

KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar to convene meeting of party leaders, legislators and central leaders to discuss preparations for Lok Sabha elections in Bengaluru.

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State-level job mela in Bengaluru next month to be curated by ministerial team

The Karnataka government has decided to hold job mela in Bengaluru in the last week of January, 2024

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Plans afoot to turn heritage Kunigal Stud Farm into township to ‘decongest’ Bengaluru

The fate of the nearly 250-year-old Kunigal Stud Farm, one of the top stud farms in the country today, is hanging in the balance

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Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Welcome to the Karnataka Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

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Cash-strapped Bengaluru civic body wants to wrest power to approve building plan for industries from KIADB

A source in the BBMP said Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is looking to boost BBMP revenue, is impressed by this proposal, and has directed officials to pursue it with the government.

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Bengaluru birds flock together in this board game

“Games are an excellent medium to engage with people and draw their attention to issues that they are surrounded by,” says Bengaluru-based ecologist Priti Bangal, the co-creator of Birds in the City, a board game that attempts to capture the relationship between urbanisation and its effects on bird biodiversity in Bengaluru.

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Karnataka HC declines to pass order on New Year’s Eve celebrations

High Court of Karnataka declines to pass order on PIL seeking restrictions on New Year's Eve celebrations in Bengaluru due to COVID-19.

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A marriage of history and science, and why we need it today

Human, social and natural sciences will have to work together as they bear relevance to what and how we study natural and human-induced phenomena, says Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, of Science Gallery Bengaluru and winner of the Infosys Prize 2023 for Humanities

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Private and KSRTC buses continue to stop at Kempapura despite Bengaluru Traffic Police’s orders

BTP orders private & KSRTC buses not to halt near BMTC bus stop in Kempapura, Ballari Road, Bengaluru; enforcement & awareness needed.

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Protest against not using Kannada in signboards turns to vandalism across Bengaluru

Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists stage rally demanding Kannada language in sign boards, leading to violence & traffic jam on Ballari Road.

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Suriya joins list of celebrity owners of Indian Street Premier League 2024; ISPL announces actor as owner of Team Chennai

ISPL T10: Suriya joins Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, and Ram Charan who own the Mumbai, Srinagar, Bengaluru and Hyderabad teams respectively

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Not your regular teenager

Tanya Shanker the eighteen-year-old budding singer from Bengaluru, is set to release her latest single Phoenix, a pop-rock ballad about overcoming hurdles and obstacles on December 8. The song is an ode to fighters all across the world and people who turn “tragedies into their muse.”

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Why Karnataka government brought amendment to BBMP Act, 2020

The Karnataka government brought an amendment to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Act, 2020, with retrospective effect to regularise the collection of ground rent from the property owners. With this, the BBMP aims to avoid repayment of about ₹1,712 crore to the property owners and builders.

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Seven-day home isolation must for COVID-19 patients; doctors to visit houses of infected

State Cabinet sub-committee decides on mandatory home isolation, Tele ICU monitoring & sewage surveillance to tackle COVID-19 in Bengaluru & Mangaluru.

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Renting a villa for New Year’s eve could cost you over ₹1 lakh

Rent out a place in Bengaluru on New Year's Eve & be ready to pay 3-4 times more than usual. Hotels & villas range from ₹30,000 to ₹1.2 lakh per night.

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Pharmacists direct customers seeking COVID-19 self-test kits to hospitals

Pharmacies in Bengaluru redirect customers seeking self-test kits to hospitals to help with record keeping of positive cases. Masks & sanitizers demand lower due to absence of reported cases.

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Bengaluru police extend deadline by an hour on New Year’s eve

Bengaluru City Police extends deadline for establishments till 1 a.m. on New Year's Eve, with elaborate security measures & Women Safety Islands.

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Residents block key road near Ranipet in protest against damage to rural roads by trucks involved in Bengaluru Expressway work

Residents of Ranipet protest against damage of village roads by trucks for Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway work.

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Karnataka CM launches registration for ‘Yuva Nidhi’ in Bengaluru

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on December 26 launched the registration of the fifth and last poll guarantee ‘Yuva Nidhi’ in Bengaluru offering unemployment assistance to graduates and diploma holders.

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COVID-19 JN.1 variant: Karnataka to start comprehensive audit of deaths

Comprehensive audit of COVID-19 deaths in Bengaluru & Ramanagara to identify fatalities & underlying cause of death.

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