Bengaluru, Dec 30: Seven people who returned to Karnataka from the UK, were found to be infected with the mutated strain of coronavirus, state Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday.

Mangaluru/Udupi, Dec 30: Counting for votes of for the recently-concluded gram panchayat elections is underway across Karnataka. In twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi BJP backed candidates are reportedly gaining upper hands.

New Delhi, Dec 30: India on Wednesday extended the ban on flights to and from Britain till January 7 to contain the spread of the mutant strain of coronavirus prevalent there.

Bengaluru, Dec 30: Counting of votes for 5,728 gram panchayats in Karnataka that went for polls in two phases, is taking place on Wednesday. The counting began at 8 am.

Bengaluru, Dec 29: Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that passing anti-cow slaughter bill in legislative assembly without allowing discussion, reflects "the coward nature" of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka.

Patna, Dec 29: young man was found hanging from the ceiling of his home in Bihar hours after being forced to lick his own spittle by a kangaroo court that accused him of harassing a girl he was supposedly in love with, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Chainpur police station area of this west Bihar district where the body of Shivshankar Gupta (22) was found hanging from the ceiling of his house on Monday night, Dilnawaz Ahmed, Kaimur district Superintendent of Police, told reporters.

New Delhi, Dec 29: Protesting farmer unions on Tuesday wrote to the Centre on the talks scheduled between the two sides on Wednesday, saying the discussion will only be on the modalities of repealing the three legislation and giving a legal guarantee on the MSP.

Moodbidri, Dec 29: “We have to co-exist with nature instead of competing with it. Changing our mindset is need of the hour,” said Dr Kurian, Principal, Alva’s College, Moodbidri.

New Delhi, Dec 29: Madame Tussauds, the iconic museum of wax statues at Connaught Place in Delhi, has been closed. The exercise of reopening it at another location will begin in Delhi NCR itself.

Bengaluru, Dec 29: A multistorey apartment in the city, where a mother and her daughter tested positive for the new Coronavirus variant, stayed in the City on Tuesday was sealed by the BBMP.