Bengaluru: A man has been arrested for selling oxygen cylinders to patients at ten times the government price of Rs 300, police said on Saturday.

Bengaluru: Seventy per cent of the available stock of Covishield in Karnataka would be utilised to vaccinate people above 45 years of age who are due for second dose, Health Minister Sudhakar K said on Saturday.

According to a report by Prajavani, new information has surfaced concerning the harassment and targeting of the 17 Muslim BBMP war room employees, who were singled out by the BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and his party’s MLAs. An MLA from the party allegedly pressured the BBMP officials to suspend the 17 employees in question and warned them of trouble in case of non-compliance, even before the ambush, it is learned.

The highest single day count of 592 COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka on Friday showed that clamping curfews was not effective and result oriented steps like a complete 14 day lockdown imposed at the start of the pandemic was necessary, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state will go under complete lockdown from May 10 till May 24 to curb the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state will go under complete lockdown starting May 10 till May 24.

Bengaluru: MP Tejasvi Surya’s office on Friday denied reports of him apologizing to the members of the COVID war room of BBMP for naming them in the alleged bed distribution scam.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday hinted that his government may undertake stringent measures to curb the steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. He said it has become necessary to take further measures amidst the growing number of cases.