Top Stories

Bengaluru, Nov 7: In view of its critical role in emergencies, the '108' ambulance service in Karnataka would be revamped for better Covid care, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar said on Friday. "The ambulance service will be revamped to ensure better healthcare during the golden hour in Covid times," Sudhakar told reporters here after a review meeting with health officials and representatives of

New Delhi, Nov 6: The information technology (IT) industry may not get back to the old style of working from office and around 75 per cent of the workforce may continue to work from outside office going ahead, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney said on Friday. He said the IT industry showed resilience during the lockdown, with up to 97 per

Mangaluru, Nov 6: The executive committee meet of Karnataka BJP in Manglauru was confined to its internal politics as it failed to discuss major issues people of the state, said Congress leader and Mangaluru city MLA U T Khader. Speaking to media persons, said that the state executive committee of a ruling party should guide the government in the right direction by giving suggestions to solve the

New Delhi, Nov 6: Air pollution may lead to a faster spread of Covid-19 infections as it causes coughing and sneezing, government officials told a parliamentary panel on Friday, according to sources. Top officials of the Union environment and health ministries and the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development to find a

Mumbai, Nov 6: There was no immediate relief for Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in a 2018 abetment of suicide case, on Friday as the hearing on his interim bail plea before the Bombay High Court remained incomplete. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik said they would continue the hearing on Saturday because of lack of time. “We will assemble for this matter

New Delhi, Nov 6: The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to Arnab Goswami in the Maharashtra assembly breach of privilege motion case and issued a show cause notice to Secretary of legislative assembly for his letter to the journalist purportedly cautioning him against disclosing house notice to the apex court. The top court directed the Secretary of Maharashtra legislative

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Karnataka on Friday joined Delhi and Maharashtra by banning the sale and burning of crackers on Deepavali in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic which has already claimed thousands of lives. Announcing the ban, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said that the state government will, within a day or two, come out with GO in this regard and people should cooperate in its

Udupi, Nov 6: Police have arrested ten fishermen from Andhra Pradesh and seized one boat on the charge of indulging in illegal bull trawl fishing in deep sea around ten nautical miles away from Gangolli in Udupi district. Police said on Friday that two boats were engaged in this illegal activity but only one could be confiscated. Assistant Director of Fisheries Department Sumalatha, said that

Mangaluru, Nov 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state has formulated a strict law against "Love Jihad." Addressing a party executive committee meeting in Mangaluru, the CM said, "We have taken conversion in the name of 'love jihad' seriously and formulated a strict law. I have already discussed with the authorities the law against those who engage in 'love

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Terming the Karnataka BJP govt’s ‘love jihad’ rants as “absurd and ridiculous”, PFI state president Yasir Hasan has reminded that the police department, investigation agencies and central government have already clarified that love jihad doesn’t even exist. “Amidst the allegations Kerala and Karnataka police had investigated love jihad issue and came to a conclusion that such a