Bangalore: Meitra Hospital has collaborated with Chennai-based MGM Healthcare to set up comprehensive Heart and Lung as well as Liver Transplant Programs. Mr. Faizal E Kottikollon, Chairman, Meitra Hospital and Dr. KR Balakrishnan, Director at Institute of Heart & Lung Transplant& Mechanical Circulatory Support at MGM Healthcare and Dr. Thiagarajan Srinivasan, Director, Institute of Liver Diseases, Transplant & HPB Surgery, MGM Healthcare signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Dr. Ali Faizal (Director, Meitra Hospital), and Mr. Harish Manian (CEO, MGM Healthcare) were present at the MoU Signing ceremonies.

New Delhi: BJP general secretary Arun Singh on Thursday disapproved of Karnataka minister K S Eshwarappa writing a letter to the governor against the chief minister's style of functioning, saying this was not an appropriate step.

Bengaluru: Taxi drivers serving the city's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) stayed off the roads on Wednesday after a colleague who had allegedly set himself ablaze died last night.

Bengaluru: Registering a sharp spike in daily infections, Karnataka on Wednesday reported 4,225 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 more fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,97,004 and the death toll to 12,567, the Health department said.

Manjeshwar: A retired Indian Army personnel died in a road accident on Wednesday evening at Talapady. The deceased has been identified as Dinesh (45).

Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa on Wednesday wrote a letter to Governor Vajubhai Vala accusing CM BS Yediyurappa of ‘interfering in the affairs of his ministry'.

Bengaluru: Former Indian Prime Minister HD Devegowda and his wife Chennamma on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the SIT, probing the alleged sex scandal involving former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, was looking into all angles as per the set criminal procedures, and will bring out the truth without buckling under any political pressure.