Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday attacked the BJP government over changes to land reform act that liberalized farmland ownership, alleging there was a scam bigger than the illegal mining during the previous regime of the saffron party.

Bengaluru: In what has come as a whopping increase in the daily-spike of COVID-19 cases in the state, Karnataka on Thursday reported over 4000 cases for the first time. The state for the first time also breached the 100-mark for the deaths reported in a single day as it recorded 104 deaths due to the virus between Wednesday 5 pm and Thursday at 5 pm.

Bengaluru: Three marshals of the BBMP were on Thursday suspended allegedly for assaulting two people violating the lockdown guidelines in the city here.

Bengaluru: As the global pandemic gripped the country in early March followed by countrywide lockdown announced by the Government of India, several migrant workers, poor families, and daily wage earners’ survival was put in question. Several organizations and volunteers across the country came forward and volunteered in helping these sections of the society survive the pandemic.

Bengaluru: As India's coronavirus tally continues to surge, the health minister in Karnataka - which has logged over 47,000 patients so far - on Wednesday said that "only god can help save us" from the highly contagious illness. B Sriramulu's remarks came as Karnataka replaced Gujarat as the fourth-worst affected state in the country after Maharashtra (2.75 lakh cases), Tamil Nadu (1.51 lakh cases) and Delhi (1.16 lakh cases).

Bengaluru: Two more staff members of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), who had tested positive for Corona infection, died on Wednesday.

Alur: A miscreant on Wednesday killed a Dalit youth in Soppinahalli village of Alur Taluk in Hassan District here, allegedly owing to an old animosity.

Bengaluru: In what has come as a scintillating performance by the students of Shaheen’s Falcon PU College, Bengaluru and Mysuru, more than 25 students secured 95% and above marks in the recently announced PUC Board Examination results.