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Three from Bengaluru were found to be infected with the new variant of the UK coronavirus on Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning, four more patients in Karnataka have tested positive for the new genome variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK, bringing the state total to seven. Three, including a woman …

The BBMP said the relatives and neighbors of those who tested positive did not want to move into an institutional quarantine facility. Following two patients who tested positive for the new British variant of the novel coronavirus, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sealed an entire apartment complex in the …

Karnataka’s cabinet took the ordinance route on Monday to enforce the strict anti-slaughter law in the state, after the government failed to introduce it to the Legislative Council in the recently concluded legislative session. “As Congress sabotaged the session at Vidhana Parishad, the bill could not be passed. But, BJP …

Karnataka Home Secretary D Roopa claimed on Saturday that Hemant Nimbalkar was trying to favor a private company. me IPS official Hemant Nimbalkar said on Sunday that the bidding process in the Bengaluru Safe City Project, from several countries, was not biased amid allegations of irregularities in the bidding process. …

Samples from these patients have been sent for genome sequencing to establish whether they have been affected by the new variant. Up to 10 passengers who returned from the UK since Nov. 25 have tested positive for Covid so far in Karnataka, State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr …

D Roopa has written to Karnataka’s chief secretary, requesting an investigation against Hemant Nimbalkar over a contentious bidding document that was eventually dropped. Karnataka Home Secretary D Roopa wrote a letter dated December 26 to the Chief Secretary of State Vijaya Bhaskar, alleging that her partner, IPS officer Hemanth Nimbalkar, …

The unidentified IPS official allegedly posed as the Home Secretary to obtain confidential details of the Bengaluru Safe City project. An IPS officer in Bengaluru has been scanned for phishing. The officer allegedly posed as the Secretary of the Interior by phone and email to access classified information related to …

The woman is now in quarantine and test results are awaited to confirm whether she is infected with the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 found in the UK. A 47-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh, who tested positive for the coronavirus in Delhi after arriving from the UK, has caused panic among …

Although the night curfew has been lifted, restrictions on Christmas and New Year celebrations will continue to apply. In a major U-turn, the Karnataka government announced Thursday that it is withdrawing an order issued Wednesday imposing a night curfew in the state from December 24 to January 2. In a …

Karnataka’s Health Department said it had screened all travelers who came to the state from the UK on December 20 and 21 and their test results are awaited. The Karnataka government on Wednesday issued a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for returnees from the UK, requiring RT-PCR testing at airports …