Veteran politician and former Belagavi MP S B Sidnal passed away on Tuesday, family sources said. Sidnal, 85, was suffering from age-related ailments, they said adding, he is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and grandchildren.

Expressing concern over several  Muslims not showing interest in taking Covid vaccine to save themselves from the deadly virus, noted cleric and president of Ahle Sunnat Jamat, Maulana Sayed Tanveer Hashmi has appealed all the Muslims to take the vaccine without fail as it is the only to save lives from Covid.

M Jagannath, has taken charge as ZONAL MANAGER of Life Insurance Corporation of India, South Central Zone, Hyderabad, which comprises of three states i.e., Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in its jurisdiction. 

Hours before the stringent lockdown to contain COVID-19 in Karnataka came into effect on Tuesday, people flocked to railway stations, central bus terminus and waited in serpentine queues at toll plazas on national highways to board vehicles to reach their homes.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 29,744 COVID-19 fresh cases and 201 fatalities, taking the caseload and deaths to 13,68,945 and 14,627 respectively, the health department said.

Bengaluru: Kannada film producer Ramu on Monday evening succumbed to COVID-19 at a private hospital in the city where he was being treated after testing positive for the virus.

Bhatkal: Taking note of the unprecedented crisis the state is in amidst one of the worst COVID crisis, a lawyer hailing from Bhatkal Syed Imran Lanka on Monday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka blaming the state government and alleging negligence on its part in dealing with the deadly virus.

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has called for curtailing election victory celebrations, and postponement of all byelections and local elections by six months as part of measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.