Karnataka News

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday called on the people not to worry or be afraid of COVID-19 infection, as he vowed to build a "welfare state" with development as the only mantra, while fighting the pandemic.

Karnataka Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy on Friday lodged a complaint with the police after his house and property were attacked during the violence that erupted in Bengaluru over a social media post allegedly put up by his relative, and said the loss may be to the tune of Rs 3 crore.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today inaugurated the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre (SDC) established at Indian Institute of Science's Challakere campus in Chitradurga district, 225 km from Bengaluru, through a video conference today.

Leader of opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was discharged today after the report of his second coronavirus test also came out negative, his office said in a statement, adding that he has now been advised home quarantine.

An emotional Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, the Congress MLA from Pulakeshinagar, says he is deeply hurt by the attack on his home in Bengaluru's D J Halli on Tuesday evening. The 50-year-old leader's home - along with two police stations - was the target of mobs that set fires, damaged property and threw stones. The violence left three dead and many injured, including dozens of policemen.

The violence in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening in which three persons died in police firing, was "planned", Karnataka Minister CT Ravi told reporters on Wednesday. The minister also said the state would recover the costs of the assets destroyed -- much like Uttar Pradesh which made a similar move after clashes over the Citizenship Amendment Act earlier this year.

Five people, including a baby, were killed while 27 people were critically injured after a bus caught fire near National Highway 4 at Hiriyur in Karnataka's Chitradurga on Tuesday.

Sixteen people have died so far while four are missing in flood and landslide ravaged Karnataka, which has been witnessing torrential rains since the beginning of this month.

The state-run Victoria and Vani Vilas Hospital in Bengaluru has delivered 200 babies born to COVID-19-positive mothers, and all 200 are healthy and are Covid-negative

Having contracted and recovered from COVID-19, this Bengaluru Corona Warrior is back to his job on the frontline as the ACP (traffic) but not without first fulfilling his social responsibility of donating plasma.

An industrialist in Karnataka's Koppala district, some 353km from Bengaluru, celebrated the house warming ceremony for his wife's dream home with a life-size silicon statue of hers three years after she died in a car accident.

The Shiv Sena today said that the "silence" of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's devotees in the Maharashtra BJP over the removal of his statue in Karnataka is worrying, and asked what is the use of such "fake devotion".

Coronavirus patients isolating at home in Karnataka will be considered discharged 10 days after their last positive test, according to revised guidelines from the state government

Karnataka's 77-year-old chief minister, BS Yediyurappa, has recovered from COVID-19 and has been discharged from Bengaluru's Manipal Hospital where he was admitted after testing positive for coronavirus last week.

Alleging that political leaders from the south were deprived of opportunities by "Hindi politics and discrimination", JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said it has prevented many South Indians from being the prime minister.