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Puttur, June 19: A 32-year-old woman in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district died due to complications caused by dengue yesterday. The deceased is Naseema (32), wife of Nazeer Master, a resident of Parpunja village in the taluk. She was not well for past few weeks and she was diagnosed with dengue fever with chills a week ago. Initially she underwent treatment at a hospital in Puttur. After

Bengaluru, June 19: The throat swabs of a Bengaluru-based Kannada journalist, who passed away on June 18, were tested positive for the covid-19, officials said. Gauripura Chandru (54), who was one of the sub-editors of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper, had reportedly suffered cardiac arrest. It is learnt that Chandru wasn’t keeping well for past few days. He collapsed at his home on

Jun 19: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should sign an agreement with neighbouring Karnataka to avoid a repeat of flood in part of the state like it happened in August last year. In August 2019, Kolhapur, Sangli districts and some other parts of the state faced unprecedented floods triggered by huge release of water from dams in western

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah has accused the BJP-led government of not passing the benefit of the low price of crude to the common man and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to bring down prices of petroleum products. Hitting out at the BJP-led government, he termed it as "opportunistic" and said the price of petroleum products

Bengaluru, Jun 19: The Karnataka government has been advised by its Educational Advisor to cancel holidays observed in educational institutions on the occasion of various Jayantis (birth annivesaries). Advisor to Karnataka government on Education, Professor MR Doreswamy, has recommended cancellation of holidays on Jayanti and celebrate the day with more meaningful programmes remembering the great

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Congress leaders BK Hariprasad and Naseer Ahmed filed their nominations as party candidates for Legislative Council elections in Bengaluru and KPCC chief DK Shivakumar said that the two leaders have been given ticket to strengthen the party with their guidance. "The Legislative Council means the Upper House and the Elders House. We have unanimously agreed to select and send

Bengaluru, Jun 18: As many as 210 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total cases to 7,944 and death toll to 114, said State Health Department. Today, 179 persons have been discharged across the State while 4,983 persons have been discharged so far. The number of total active cases in Karnataka stands at 2,843. The COVID-19 count in India has reached 3,66

Vijayapura, June 18: Shoukat Ali Sumbad, a local farmer, has donated land for the construction of Chennamma memorial, modelled on the Kittur fort, at Sindagi town in Vijayapura to celebrate the town's connect with the valorous Lingayat queen who fought the British in 1824. Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swamiji of Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha Kudala Sangam said Shoukat Ali came forward to donate his land

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has deployed a COVID-19 infection control "surveillance team" to look after travellers coming from other states. Those coming to Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural Districts must undergo a 14-day home quarantine. The Bengaluru Mayor today inaugurated surveillance team at Dr Raj Kumar Glass House. Deputy Mayor Ramamohan Raju, Health

Mangaluru Jun 18: Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, June 18, reported 23 fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total number of the cases detected in the district to 401. Among the 23 corona-positive patients, there are 21 males and two females. 21 are Saudi returnees, while the other two have contracted infection from P-6618. No cases were reported in Udupi district on Thursday. The total number of cases