BENGALURU: The Karnataka The government has allowed all stores and commercial establishments with 10 or more employees registered under the Karnataka Establishments and Shops Law, 1962, to operate 24×7. The notification issued on Saturday establishes that the last permit for businesses and establishments is only for three years, which indicates …
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BENGALURU: The Karnataka The Department of the Interior, which is continuing its efforts to track down missing British returnees in the state, has yet to find 175 of them, including 80 foreigners. Thirty people who returned tested positive for Covid-19, and seven of them for the new strain. As of …
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BJP Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya, along with Uttara Kannada MP Ananth Kumar Hegde, wrote to civic commissioner Manjunath Prasad on Thursday, opposing the naming of roads honoring Muslim figures in an area of the city dominated by minorities. . Tejasvi Surya in his letter described the decision to name …
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BENGALURU: Thousands of students from classes 10 and 12 are expected to return to classrooms on Friday when Karnataka schools reopen after an interval of nearly 10 months. Students in grades 6-9 will also come to campuses for the Vidyagama program. “Send your children to school with courage. It will …
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BENGALURU: The BJP and Congress on Thursday he claimed important victories of the candidates backed by them in the gram panchayat (GP) elections held recently after the recount of votes concluded on Thursday. “Approximately 60% of the candidates supported by the BJP have won the elections and our party’s supporters …
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BENGALURU: The number of people infected with the British variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus in Karnataka increased to seven on Wednesday from three on Tuesday. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa urged all returnees from the UK and other countries to get tested for their own safety and to help prevent the …
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The Bengaluru City Police have announced further restrictions on New Years celebrations in the city citing the emergence of cases related to the new strain of coronavirus among returnees from the UK. According to the city police commissioner Kamal Pant, Ban orders issued earlier were extended late Wednesday night from …
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BENGALURÚ: Both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday he claimed major victories for his backed candidates in recent elections to more than 5,700 village panchayats, even as the vote count in the grassroots exercise was underway. Elections, not held party symbols, 82,616 seats were held …
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BENGALURU: Civic officials sealed off an apartment complex in Vasanthapura, Bommanahalli area, on Tuesday after its two residents with UK travel histories were reported to have contracted the new strain of the coronavirus. The Covid-19 prevention protocol requires BBMP to switch all contacts from such cases to institutional quarantine, but …
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CHIKKAMAGALURU: Karnataka vice president of the legislative council and leader of JD (S) SL Dharmegowda was found dead in a railway in Chikkamagaluru district early Tuesday. It is suspected that he died of suicide and policeman claimed to have recovered a note near his body. A low-key 64-year-old Dharmegowda was …
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