The Karnataka government on Friday said returnees from six states with high COVID-19 caseload -- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh -- will be kept in institutional quarantine for seven days.

The number of novel coronavirus infections saw the biggest spike in India with 6,654 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,25,101 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 3,720 after 137 more fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued an order allowing employers and hiring companies abroad to send their Indian employees back to India on chartered flights. The letter stated that the order was in reference with Ministry of External Affairs’ UO Note No. 138 dated 15-05-2020 and D.O letter dated 18-05-2020 regarding repatriation of stranded Indian labourers from abroad particularly in Gulf region.

Ninety-seven people were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a deadly crash after a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International Airport here, officials said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao has said that, following the relaxation of the Corona lockdown, curfew has been imposed on the city from 7 pm on Saturday till 7 am on Monday.

Bantwal: Bantwal Town Police on Friday has registered case against 30 people for allegedly gathering and holding a protest in the sealed down zone, here.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh, on Friday evening announced that the District will completely be sealed down from Saturday evening to Monday morning in the wake of spread of Corona Virus.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Qazis on Friday evening confirmed that both the Districts will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday as the crescent moon was not sighted on Friday evening. This will mean both the Districts will now observe a full 30-day holy month of Ramadhan.