Around 1,000 passengers arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi on Thursday on board the first train to Karnataka since limited rail services resumed in the country, officials said.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,549 and the number of cases climbed to 78,003 on Thursday, registering an increase of 134 deaths and 3,722 cases in the last 24 hours since Wednesday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Eight migrant workers were killed and nearly 50 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Guna town in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning, police said.
Mangaluru: Pregnant women, children below 10 years of age, and senior citizens above 80 years of age, will be subjected to home quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19 in the first report , as per the state government's new guidelines; said Deputy Commissioner Sindhu b. Rupesh.
Udupi: Refuting the claims doing rounds in local media, newspapers and social media, BRS Health and Research Institute Private Limited has issued a press statement adding that it has not surrendered the Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital, Udupi to the Government of Karnataka and that they were being misquoted by the media and newspapers.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Ashwath Narayan who also holds the portfolio of Higher Education, on Wednesday announced that the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) examinations will be held in the last week of July. The exams will be held on July 30 and 31.
Karnataka Tourism Minister C T Ravi on Wednesday hinted at the government permitting opening of gyms, fitness centres and golf courses after May 17 when the third phase of the COVID-19 induced lockdown comes to an end.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday sought to clear the air around Prime Minister's self-reliance call, saying it does not mean that India will look only inwards and become an "isolationist" country.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs.