Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government on Friday issued a new set of COVID-19 guidelines to slow the spread of the virus in the state. According to the notification issued by the state government, in the Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts, including BBMP, Mysuru, Kalburgi, Dakshin Kannada, …
Read More »Four Bajrang Dal Men Arrested for Attacking Interfaith Friends
Four activists from Bajrang Dal of Mangalore, Karnataka, have been arrested in connection with an incident of alleged ‘moral surveillance’ a day after they allegedly attacked a young man and woman, of different religious backgrounds, on a city bus local police said on Saturday. An attempted murder case was recorded …
Read More »Nearly 500 children tested positive for COVID-19 this month in Bangalore
Nearly 500 children tested positive for COVID-19 this month in Bangalore Bangalore: The capital of Karnataka, Bangalore, is seeing a huge increase in COVID-19 numbers and children are not spared from this increase. According to data released Tuesday night, of the nearly 2,000 positive cases, 50 were children under the …
Read More »Bengaluru pub temporarily closes after 16 employees received COVID-19
The pub has been closed and the employees who have COVID-19 are all asymptomatic and self-isolating. The Bengaluru civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has identified a new group in the northern part of the city in Mathikere. Up to 16 staff members of a popular pub, 1522, The …
Read More »Negative RT-PCR report must be for all passengers arriving in Bangalore.
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said Thursday that all passengers traveling to Bangalore, from any state in India, will be required to submit a negative RT-PCR report. Addressing journalists, the minister said that this guideline will apply only to the boundaries of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). For the rest …
Read More »Ease of Living Index: Bengaluru’s ‘most livable’ city, Delhi ranked 13
BENGALURU HAS been named the most livable city in India, followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Surat, according to the government’s ease of living index released Thursday. Of the 49 cities ranked in the livability index in the category of more than one million inhabitants, Delhi is ranked 13. At …
Read More »Telangana resumes daily COVID-19 bulletin after 3 days following HC instructions
The Telangana Superior Court ordered the state government to resume the daily bulletins, which would be replaced by weekly updates. After a three-day lapse, the Telangana government resumed publishing a daily press release on the state of COVID-19 on Friday. The state health authorities, which had stopped issuing the daily …
Read More »Karnataka government issues new rules for containment zone
Containment zones have been reclaimed with other protocols for schools and hostels in Bangalore. Karnataka has now mandated that all those arriving in the state from Kerala and checking into hotels, resorts, hostels, home stays and dormitories must compulsorily present a negative RT-PCR certificate that is not older than 72 …
Read More »Data from 100 million credit and debit cardholders leaked on the Dark Web
The first week of the year has seen what could well be the biggest data breach in a long time. The transaction data of some 100 million Indians, allegedly obtained from the financial technology service provider Juspay, was sold on the Dark Web. Bengaluru-based digital payments platform Juspay processes transactions …
Read More »In photos: first train from Bangalore city arrives at airport amid fanfare
Bangalore Central MP PC Mohan was among the passengers who boarded the train along with other railway officials. Amid much fanfare and optimism, the first train operated by the Bangalore Southwest Railway Division arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport stop station on Monday morning from the city. As scheduled, the …
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