A 56-year old man from Kalaburagi became the 26th COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, as the state reported 28 new cases, taking the total number of infections to 642, the Health Department said on Monday.

Booze lovers ushered in the resumption of liquor sales in a spirited fashion in Karnataka on Monday thronging stores hours before shutters went up at several places and made no secret of their celebratory mood.

Bengaluru: As the lockdown restrictions have been relaxed to a certain extent, Bengaluru City, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar, and Bengaluru rural are being considered as a single zone. There is no need to get a pass for traffic movement in these areas,” said TM Vijay Bhaskar, chief secretary of state government.

Campaign Against Hate Speech, an organisation fighting hate speech, has condemned the state government's decision to issue show-cause notice to IAS Officer Mohammed Mohsin for a tweet from his personal account.

As we promised yesterday, the KPCC is giving a cheque of Rs 1 crore to KSRTC to facilitate free transportation to passengers. They are, however, not ready to accept the cheque. Anyhow we will send the cheque, KPCC president DK Shivakumar said.

Davangere: In the highest single day spike in coronavirus cases, Davangere reported 21 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday. With this the tally has climbed to 31 in the district.

Erection of barricades and drawing up of boxes or circles aimed at maintaining social distancing were seen in front of liquor shops in different parts of Karnataka on Sunday, a day ahead of their reopening after a gap of over 40-days, due to the lockdown.

 In a bid to help people, including large number of labourers, from Karnataka stranded within the state due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said free bus services would be operated for three days from Sunday for them to reach their native places.