Beijing: Three lakh more Rapid Antibody Test kits being used for the quick detection of the COVID-19 have been dispatched to India from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, the Indian envoy here said on Saturday, as India ramped up the global hunt to procure more coronavirus testing kits to tackle rising cases of the infection.

Chikkamagaluru: Senior BJP leader and Chikkamagaluru, Udupi MP, Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday urged centre and state governments to initiate action against people who attended Tableeghi congregation in Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi.

Bengaluru: The call of duty during the unprecedented time of nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus has made a deputy superintendent of police in Karnataka postpone her marriage.

Chikkamagaluru: In a tragic incident reported from Moodigere Taluk’s Balehole, three women members of a family died after lightening struck their house on Saturday evening here in the District. The incident was reported under Kalasa Police Station limits.

Bengaluru: A 42-year old man, who died after suffering cardiac arrest on April 16, has reportedly tested positive for Corona Virus. The death has taken the toll of total deaths due to the virus in the state to 14.

Virtually defending the Gowda family for conducting a marriage reportedly defying lockdown restrictions, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said it was performed in a simple manner and well within their limits, "for which they are to be congratulated."

The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to ease many lockdown restrictions after April 20, including allowing industries to operate and for thirty three per cent staff in the IT-BT sector to attend offices, to give a thrust to economic activities.

Pune-based filmmaker Nachiket Guttikar was packing up things to leave for his home state Maharashtra when a nationwide lockdown was announced to combat the coronavirus threat.