Several Goa Congress leaders, including the pradesh committee vice president, were detained Friday night after they protested in the lobby of a hotel demanding they be allowed to meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Washington: President Donald Trump's campaign manager says all campaign events involving the president and his family will either be turned into virtual events or postponed until further notice.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's younger son and state BJP Vice President B Y Vijayendra on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Dubai: The UAE's iconic skyscraper Burj Khalifa on Friday lit up with a colorful LED show in the honor of Mahatma Gandhi's journey, celebrating his 151st birth anniversary.
Bengaluru: At least 15 people sustained burns, two of them seriously, when a fire broke out due to an oil spill in the power generation unit of the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited at Yelahanka in the city on Friday morning, the KPCL said.
Bengaluru: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Karnataka breached the 9,000 mark on Friday, as the state reported 8,793 new cases of coronavirus and 125 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,20,630, the health department said.
New Delhi: Jantar Mantar in central Delhi buzzed with activity on Friday as the venue witnessed perhaps its first biggest protest ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with hundreds of protesters gathering there to demand justice for the Hathras gang-rape and murder victim.
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Friday recorded 9,258 positive cases and 4,092 recoveries, the highest single-day spike and recoveries respectively, as the government decided to prohibit an assembly of more than five people to control the spread of the virus.
Bengaluru: Karnataka government has cleared 147 projects that can bring in investment worth Rs 22,110.84 crore and has the potential to create 54,736 jobs in the last two months, the state Industries department has said.
Keen to scale up testing infrastructure for COVID-19, the Karnataka government has decided to establish RT-PCR labs in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model and the tender process for it would be taken up soon, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Friday.
