Bengaluru, Dec 29: Karnataka Minister for Health Dr K Sudhakar on Monday hinted at stringent action against those returnees from the UK who failed to get themselves tested for COVID-19 and were now untraceable and had switched off their mobile phones.
Bengaluru, Dec 29: Vice-President M Venkaiah Nadu arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day state visit to Karnataka.
Udupi, Dec 29: BJP Lok Sabha member Shobha Kharandlje hoisted the international Blue Flag at the Padubidri Beach in the district.
Udupi, Dec 29: A teenage boy was critically injured when a swarm of honeybees attacked him at Chitpadi in Udupi this morning.
New Delhi, Dec 29: Before the world could even warm up to 2020, the novel coronavirus brought everything to a standstill. Sporting events were no anomaly. With India struggling to latch onto any ray of hope, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the decision to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League in UAE from September 19 to November 10.
Chennai, Dec 29: Superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday announced he will not take the political plunge and start a party as announced earlier, citing his frail health. Discharged from a Hyderabad hospital on Sunday after being treated for blood pressure fluctuations, the top actor expressed fears over those accompanying him in his possible political journey facing "mental and economic" problems in the due course.
New Delhi, Dec 29: The samples of six UK returnees in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have been found to be positive with the new variant genome, the central government said on Tuesday, adding that they have been kept in a single-room-isolation in designated healthcare facilities.
Bengaluru, Dec 28: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the state government will not allow any New Year celebrations at public places in view of the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom.
Bengaluru, Dec 29: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah, on the eve of the Congress Foundation Day, said that the party can grow only if its workers were committed towards the ideology of the party.
Melbourne, Dec 29: No Virat Kohli, no Rohit Sharma, no Ishant Sharma, no Mohammad Shami and the humiliation of getting bundled out for 36 in the second innings of the first Test notwithstanding, Team India under stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane scripted a majestic comeback in the Test series against Australia as they won the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by eight wickets on Tuesday.