The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday.

The Karnataka government was taking all necessary steps to control spread of COVID-19, which was haunting like a monster, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Tuesday, as he announced a slew of initiatives for the poor, whose livelihoods have been hit due to the state-wide lock down.

The government on Tuesday banned export of all sanitisers and ventilators with immediate effect in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Mangaluru: In the latest development of the spread of Coronavirus four new positive cases of the virus were reported in the city on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday announced that it will lift the three-month lockdown on more than 50 million people in the central Hubei province, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, on Wednesday as the COVID-19 began to abate.

Kadaba: Local Police on Tuesday afternoon had to resort to lathi charge to disperse people from the streets in the wake of section 144 and lockdown clamped across the State to contain the spread of Corona Virus.

Mangaluru: Local police on Tuesday arrested at least seven people for allegedly violating the section 144 imposed by the District Administration and the District lockdown in the wake of spread of Corona Virus.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday waived minimum bank charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens deal with the lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis.