Bengaluru: Karnataka reported 580 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 more fatalities on Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 9,54,393 and the death toll to 12,359.

Bengaluru: A city court on Saturday issued a temporary injunction against media organisations from telecasting or publishing of any defamatory and unverified news items against six Karnataka ministers.

Bengaluru: Vaccination against COVID-19 will be done at about 3,000 centres including PHCs, Taluk Hospitals and District Hospitals from March 8, and the target is to vaccinate 1.5 lakh people each day, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Saturday.

According to reports, Bhadravathi MLA Sangameshwar’s son, Basavesh was arrested by the Bhadravathi Hale Nagar Police on Saturday morning, for his involvement in a fight that broke out during a Kabaddi tournament.

Karnataka Ministers, who moved a court here seeking injunction against the media from publishing or airing anything 'defamatory or unauthenticated' against them, on Saturday said it was a precautionary measure against a 'big political conspiracy' targeting them.

Noted Kannada poet, critic and translator N S Lakshminarayana Bhatta died here early on Saturday. He was 84 and was suffering from age related ailments, family sources said. 

Six Karnataka ministers have moved a Bangaluru court here seeking to restrain media organisations from publishing or airing any “defamatory or unauthenticated” material against them.

Bengaluru: B M Lingaraju, Deputy Director of the Mines and Geology Department in Karnataka, was suspended on Friday for allegedly indulging in corruption and harassing people.