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Bengaluru, Aug 28: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar gave a green signal to the new pension scheme for teaching and non-teaching staff in Medical Education Department on Thursday. The scheme will benefit all the permanent teaching and non-teaching staff of government-affiliated medical, dental colleges, and super-specialty hospitals. A total of 5,949 employees of 27 institutions

India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 33 lakh mark on Thursday with 75,760 fresh infections and 1,023 deaths, in the last 24 hours. The total caseload in the country rises to 33,10,235 including 7,25,991 active cases, 25,23,772 cured/discharged/migrated & 60,472 deaths, as per the latest Ministry of Health Data. According to the ICMR upto 3,85,76,510 samples including 9,24,998 ones on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Aug 27: About 60 healthcare warriors of a private hospital in the city's upscale eastern suburb tested Covid positive despite wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), an official said on Thursday. "About 60 staffers comprising doctors, nurses, paramedics and attendants tested positive for the virus since mid-June though they have been wearing PPE and taking precautions," Chinmaya

Bengaluru, Aug 27: A director of a Karnataka-based cooperative society has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bengaluru on money laundering charges, the central agency said on Thursday. The man, N Nanjundaiah, was arrested by the agency under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday and he was produced before a local court that sent him to ED custody

New Delhi, Aug 27: Amid a chorus by non-NDA ruled states for compensation of GST revenue shortfall, the Centre on Thursday presented two options to states under which they can borrow from the market to make up for the estimated deficit of Rs 2.35 lakh crore this fiscal. At the end of a five-hour long meeting of the GST Council, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there was no proposal to

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Milind Parande on Thursday welcomed the Karnataka government's action against rioters involved in the recent violence in the city and demanded harsh punishment for them. Parande, on a visit to the city, also appealed to the people to boycott all Chinese goods and expressed hope that the work on Ram temple at Ayodhya would be

Konni, Aug 27: Investors may lose around Rs 2,000 after the owners of Kerala’s Popular Finance shut down the firm and went underground. With the increasing number of complaints against the firm and its owners, a special team has been appointed to investigate the matter. However, the owner filed an insolvency petition in the court the other day. Popular Finance had 274 branches inside and outside

Mangaluru, Aug 27: A special court in Mangaluru today sentenced Beltangady police circle inspector Y Gangi Reddy to four years in prison after finding him guilty in a disproportionate assets case. Pronouncing the verdict, Lokayukta special court judge B B Jakati also ordered the convict to pay a penalty of Rs 5 lakh fine, failing which he will have to undergo one more year of imprisonment. As many

Mangaluru Aug 27: Air India will be shifting its reservations, tickets and sales office from Hathill Lalbagh to Mangaluru International Airport with on August 31. Business hours will be from 9:45 am to 5:20 pm from Monday to Saturday with lunch break from 1 pm to 1:45 pm. People can contact at Air India, airport office to 0824-2220450 / 2220451. For further information, contact Air India call

New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant a stay on proceedings in the income tax evasion case against Congress' Karnataka unit president D K Shivakumar. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justice A S Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian allowed the Income Tax department to file its reply in the matter and scheduled the matter for further hearing after four weeks