Karnataka CET exam 2020 to be conducted on July 30, 31
Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted on July 30 and 31, said state Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday.
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Buses start plying in Udupi district
COVID-19 lockdown in Karnataka, KSRTC and a few private buses started services in select routes in Udupi district Wednesday following the decision taken by the district administration.
About 500 migrant workers from Jharkhand persuaded to stop walking back to their native places
Around 500 migrant workers, including men, women and children, frustrated on not getting an opportunity to travel back to their home town in Jharkhand State and had set out on foot on Tuesday night ...
Ready to welcome passengers, says Bengaluru airport
With stringent operating procedures in place, the Kempegowda International Airport (BLR Airport) here on Wednesday said it was ready to welcome passengers.
Siddaramaiah alleges RSS giving communal colour to COVID-19 by blaming Tablighi for spread; BJP refutes allegation
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday alleged the RSS was giving communal colour to the coronavirus issue in India by blaming the Tablighi Jamaat for the COVID-19 spread, prompting a ...
Karnataka hikes excise duty on liquor by 11 per cent
The Karnataka government on Wednesday hiked excise duty on liquor by 11 per cent to mop up revenues, two day after allowing its sale, following the easing of COVID-19 induced lockdown. This hike is in ...
Yediyurappa to meet Cong leaders, rules out special assembly session
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said he will soon meet Congress leaders to discuss measures taken by his government to help those in distress due to the COVID-19 induced ...
Lockdown distress: Karnataka govt announces Rs 1,610 cr package
The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,610 crore relief package for the benefit of those in distress due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. The measures announced by the Chief Minister ...
Kannadigas stranded at UAE to be brought back home in special flight
After continuous pressure on Union government from Karnataka NRI Forum- UAE, the first special flight carrying 180 Kannadigas who stranded at UAE due to Covid-19 pandemic will fly to Mangaluru on May ...
Two-month waiver on fixed electricity charges for MSMEs
In its attempt to take some burden off Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), the Karnataka government on Wednesday waived monthly fixed electricity charges for two months. It also announced that ...
Lockdown: Karnataka stops special trains for migrants
As the exodus of migrant workers triggered by the coronavirus lockdown continued, the Railways said on Wednesday it has ferried over 1.25 lakh stranded people across the country from May 1 in 122 ...
COVID-19: 5 new cases in Karnataka; total rises to 606
Five new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 606, the Health department said on Sunday.
Coronavirus lockdown: Karnataka announces free bus travel for labourers
The Karnataka government on Sunday announced that migrant labourers returning home could travel for free for the next three days on state-run buses.
Karnataka Congress raid unearths BJP-branded ration
In a major embarrassment to the ruling BJP, the Opposition Congress raided a state-run godown where government ration was allegedly repackaged in covers that had the saffron party’s logo.
Karnataka allows distilleries, breweries and wineries situated outside containment zones to begin production
The Excise Commissioner of Karnataka has issued an order granting permission to distilleries, breweries and wineries situated outside the containment zones to begin production activity. The ...
Karnataka approves COVID-19 quarantine in star hotels for asymptomatic international passengers on payment basis
The Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare Services in the government of Karnataka KA Dayanand issued an order approving quarantine of asymptomatic COVID-19 infected international ...
Yediyurappa requests Maharashtra govt to release 6 TMC water in view of drought in North Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa requested his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray to release six TMC water from his state's reservoirs to rivers in Karnataka to meet acute drinking ...
K'taka Govt permits movement of stranded persons as 'one-time measure' between districts
Karnataka Government has allowed the movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons who are stranded and also those who want to go to their residence as a "one-time ...
24 new cases, one death in Karnataka, total COVID-19 infections at 589
Twenty-four new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Karnataka, taking the number of infections in the state to 589, the health department said on Friday, as the Bengaluru corporation made wearing of ...
Migrant workers from other states stranded at Old Port in Mangaluru
An expert team headed by Dr Shivkumar Magada, professor and head, department of Aquatic Environment Management, along with Dr Lakshmipathi and Dr Annappaswamy from the College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, ...
