The decision to announce the holiday comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced on Sunday a three-week holiday for students and teachers in Karnataka schools. The holiday announcement means teachers do not need to report to schools and there will be no online classes …
Read More »Congress demands firing of Karnataka CM BSY over corruption allegations against her grandson
By: Express News Service | Updated: October 11, 2020 7:37:55 pm Congressional spokesman Abhishek Singhvi called it a case of “blatant, blatant and blatant corruption coupled with blatant inaction and silence”, in response to a report in The Sunday Express, and demanded an investigation into the matter by a “Acting …
Read More »Congress calls for Karnataka CM to resign over corruption allegations and mocks Prime Minister Modi
The Congress party on Sunday renewed calls for the resignation of Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa over Rs 662 million corruption charges against him, his son, grandson and son-in-law. Launching a strong attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said it is …
Read More »Active Covid-19 Cases Below 9 Lakh For Second Day In A Row | India News
NEW DELHI: India’s active Covid-19 cases remained below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday of the Union. Total Covid-19 recoveries have risen by nearly 60 lakhs (59,88,822) …
Read More »Karnataka court asks police to file FIR against Kangana Ranaut for her tweet about farmers protests
A first-class court of judicial magistrates in Karnataka’s Tumkur district ordered state police on Friday to record a first information report against actress Kangana Ranaut for her tweets about farmers’ agitations against the new agricultural laws, Living law reported. Ranaut had called the protesting farmers terrorists. Attorney Ramesh Naik L …
Read More »With 73,272 new cases, India’s Covid-19 count reaches 6.97 million
Continuing a steady downward trend, India recorded 73,272 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. While the number of recent deaths was 926, bringing the death count to 107,416, according to figures released by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The number of active cases stood at 883,185. Up …
Read More »Karnataka court orders case against Kangana Ranaut for agricultural laws Tweet
Bangalore: A Karnataka court ordered an FIR report or first information report against actress Kangana Ranaut for her tweet in which she criticized protests against the Center’s agricultural laws. The Tumakuru district took the action based on a complaint from a lawyer. “The office is hereby ordered to send intimidation …
Read More »Idli lovers unite after a British teacher called Idli ‘the most boring thing’
The outrage over idli quickly turned into a sambhar war over which state does better. A British professor’s tweet brings South Indians together on the social media platform. No, the history teacher wasn’t talking about colonialism, not even about cricket. The academic’s dig into the humble idli, a basic breakfast …
Read More »CM Pinarayi Vijayan, medical experts get down to work as Covid-19 cases mount in Kerala
Amid mounting Covid-19 cases and a sharp rise in the test positivity rate, Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and medical experts on Tuesday battled control measures for the pandemic in the state. While the CM maintained that the state’s Covid-19 control measures have paid dividends, experts want the government to …
Read More »Deja Vu for Shivakumar as CBI knocks on their doors before Bypolls
File photo of the head of the Congress of Karnataka, Shivakumar. Monday’s searches may not have come as a surprise to Shivakumar, who, on a few occasions in the recent past, had made some references in his remarks to an impending CBI operation. News18 Bangalore Last update: October 5, 2020 …
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