A video purportedly showing health workers burying inappropriately some bodies of COVID-19 victims in a large pit allegedly in Ballari district in Karnataka has surfaced, triggering an outrage on social media.

Bengaluru: KPCC president D K Shivakumar has demanded that a case be booked against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and ministers B Sriramulu and Eshwarappa, who violated the government guidelines on COVID-19.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday recorded over one thousand fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state for the second consecutive day. The state reported 1,105 new cases and 19 deaths on Monday, a health bulletin from the Health and Family Welfare Department Department.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday asserted that the Congress leaders who violated the Corona lockdown norms to protest against fuel prices hike on Monday, will be booked and FIRs will be registered against them.

Bengaluru: Private hospitals and nursing homes in the city have been directed to set apart an additional 2,500 beds for treatment of COVID-19 patients, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Monday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Monday indicated that more stringent rules are likely to be put in place after July 7 to control the spread of COVID-19 in the city and other parts of the state, amid a spike in cases.

Bengaluru: The results of second pre-university and the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination results will be out by July last week and August first week, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Monday.

Former minister H Vishwanath has 'warned' Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa not to face disrepute by failing to live up to his word, especially since Yediyurappa is believed to fulfill his promises.