Bengaluru: Vikasa Soudha, the building that houses various departments and offices of several ministers, will be closed on Friday to take up a sanitization exercise after a staffer working in the complex tested positive for COVID-19.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday registered 210 new cases of COVID-19 in the state along with 12 deaths due to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. Taking the total number of cases to 7,944. The latest health bulletin by Health and Family Welfare Department confirmed.

Bengaluru: Taking a dig former Karnataka Chief of JD(S) H Vishwanath, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Thursday joked that he was the high-command of BJP and that the ruling party takes him into consideration before taking internal decisions.

Bengaluru: The English examination for II PUC, which was postponed due to lockdown, is to be conducted across the state on Thursday, in spite of widespread fear about the spread of Corona.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to conduct random testing on slum dwellers, vendors, and bill collectors at markets, delivery, and courier boys among others, aimed at effective surveillance following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the state.

Bengaluru: The COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka breached the 100-mark as the state on Wednesday reported eight new fatalities and 204 cases, taking the total number of infections to 7,734.

 With the concept of "Work-from-Anywhere" gaining popularity, a meeting of all stakeholders will be called soon to improve the telecommunication system in Karnataka and action will be taken in this regard, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said here on Wednesday.

Congress party on Wednesday nominated BK Hariprasad and Naseer Ahmed for the Karnataka legislative council elections.