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Bengaluru, May 21: Karnataka will remain locked down till June 7 to contain the spread of Covid-19, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today. The announcement came three days before the current lockdown is scheduled to end on May 24.

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka has reported 28869 fresh cases of the COVID-19 disease in the last 24-hours, taking the total number of people infected from the pandemic, so far in the state to 2335524 on Thursday.

Bengaluru, May 20: Of the total Covid-19 cases and fatalities in Karnataka since the outbreak of the pandemic, one-third took place in the last two-and-half months when the second wave hit the State, reveals official data.

Mangaluru, May 20: The Public Distribution System has completely collapsed in Karnataka, alleged former food minister and Mangaluru MLA U T Khader.

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday indicated that police and the Home Department will go for stricter implementation of lockdown measures, like seizure of vehicles, in the days to come, by making them more effective, as the state battles second wave of Covid-19.

Mangaluru, May 20: A woman lost her life and her daughter suffered critical injuries after the scooter they were on was hit by a speeding car on the flyover at Thokkottu near here today morning.

Mangaluru, May 20: Amidst social media rumours that “essential shopping” will be allowed only two days a week henceforth, the district administration of Dakshina Kannada has clarified that no such decision has been taken.

Bangaluru, May 18: Paediatric Covid Care Centres will be set up in each district as there are fears that children will be the worst-hit during the third wave of Covid-19, Karnataka Women & Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle said Tuesday.

Mangaluru, May 18: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R Ashoka on Tuesday said that Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr K V Rajendra has been asked to conduct a probe into the tug mishap.

Mangaluru, May 18: When the body of a 44-year-old person, who died of Covid-19, was shifted to the crematorium in Kariyakallu in Karkala, the family realised that they had received the wrong body due to a mix-up by the staff at a private hospital in Mukka, here on Monday.