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People from flood-hit Muttur village in Jamkhandi taluk being shifted to safer place in the boat. DC photo

Flood situation in North Karnataka remains grim

Thousands of villages were submerged and several people had died in similar flood last year

17 Aug 2020 1:43 PM IST

A coronavirus theme based model on a road during the intensified lockdown due to surge in COVID-19 cases, in Chennai. PTI photo

Man kills wife, daughter, hangs himself over Covid-19 fear

He reportedly poisoned his wife and daughter and committed suicide by hanging

26 July 2020 1:24 PM IST

Women rolling beedi

2.2 lakh beedi rollers left reeling by coronavirus lockdown

It is estimated that over 2.2 lakh women are involved in beedi rolling, who earn anywhere Rs 150-200 beedis

3 Jun 2020 6:07 PM IST

Posters renaming the flyover after V D Savarkar in Mangaluru.

Row over Savarkar in Mangaluru now

Bajrang Dal supporterd quietly pasted signage naming a flyover after Hindutva icon

3 Jun 2020 12:05 PM IST

Guest workers with their families walkswith their belongings after arriving from Maharashtra state. AP Photo

Karnataka worries about the Mumbai link to rising Covid19 cases

What made the contagion worse was that the government cut short the 14-day institutional quarantine mandatory for the...

2 Jun 2020 6:11 PM IST

A healthcare worker takes swap sample of a passenger at the KSR Railway Station in Bengaluru. DC Photo

Swab testing of Maharashtra returnees at KSR railway station

This is for the first time in the country, after the resumption of railway services, that passengers had to undergo...

2 Jun 2020 2:50 PM IST

After a long hiatus, South Western Railway resumes operations

After a long hiatus, South Western Railway resumes operations

Keeping in mind the surge in number of cases from Maharashtra the state has mandated seven day institutional quarantine...

1 Jun 2020 8:40 PM IST

Medics on their way to collect samples of residents of Arjun Nagar for the COVID-19 test, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown

Jubilant pharma resumes production after bitter episode of being...

However, the exact cause of infection related of the Jubilant cluster has remained a mystery so far

1 Jun 2020 6:11 PM IST

Officials work in the Karnataka Chief Ministers Covid-19 War Room at DIPR Building in Bangalore (PTI)

Trouble brewing in Bengaluru's Dharavi as corona crosses 3k

Five international travellers from Doha, Indonesia and Malaysia are also among the positives recorded in Bengaluru today

31 May 2020 9:44 PM IST

The situation for 42 stranded workers from Assam is grimmer. Though they were told by the police that the train to Guwahati would leave on May 26 the wait is unending.

Watch | All that the grim faced guest workers get is 'Tareekh pe...

The policemen have told the migrants that soon they will be evicted out of the place as the shelter is used for marriage...

30 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

A passenger undergoes screening after arriving at Kempegowda International airport for domestic travel, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Bengaluru. PTI Photo

Travellers to Karnataka will be charged Rs 650 for swab sample test

'Pooled testing' involves putting multiple swab samples together, and testing them through a single RTPCR test.

30 May 2020 3:06 PM IST

Karnataka bans chewing tobacco and spitting in public, violators to be penalised. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka bans spitting of tobacco in public places, violators will be...

To prevent spread of Corona the state banned usage of chewing tobacco products and pan masala products and spitting them...

30 May 2020 1:50 PM IST