With the Karnataka government further easing restrictions under 'Unlock 3.0' effective from Monday, life seems to have returned to normalcy as shops, restaurants, malls, private offices and religious places began their operations in full swing.
India took only six days to administer one million COVID-19 vaccine doses, a count which is higher than that of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday as the number of beneficiaries who have received the anti-coronavirus shots inched close to 16 lakh.
The ultimate consequences of Rahul Gandhi's yatra may be known only in 2024, points out Dr Sudhir Bisht.
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, there would be heavy rain for the next 24 hours in coastal areas, in the northern and in the interior parts of the south.
The flooding in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra has left people without homes and brought about destruction worth crores.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.44 per cent.
A Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was on Friday booked for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 23-year-old woman in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka but the legislator dismissed it as "false" claiming it was a bid to extract money from him.
The VHP leader, at a rally in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, had demanded installation of a Datta idol at Bababudanagiri, the Hindu-Muslim shrine.
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The Karnataka government on Saturday declared 19 more taluks as drought-hit taking the total taluks affected by scarcity conditions to 142.
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Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
The 58-year-old businessman, who is also the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, has been missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru.
Ruling out any conciliatory talks with the party central leadership, sulking Bhartiya Janata Party strongman in Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he was contemplating to float his own party.
Work is under progress for building minor airports at Shimoga, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Hassan.
In significant upsets, the Congress on Wednesday wrested a Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka and an assembly seat in Gujarat in two Bharatiya Janata Party strongholds after 15 years but it was routed in Andhra Pradesh due to the Telangana factor.
Several states of the country are battling grim flood situations that have affected lakhs of people and have also resulted in loss of life and property.
In Hubli on a mission of show of strength, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday made it clear that he would not ask the Bharatiya Janata Party high command for chief ministership and that he would not campaign for the March 18 Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll in the wake of the attack on him by chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
Residents in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra continue to struggle as floods leave them in a watery hell.
A Member of Parliament, representing the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency, Gowda was pitch-forked into the reckoning as a chief ministerial candidate following the resignation of B S Yeddyruppa as he was seen as a non-controversial candidate.
Jeevaraj's speech has come at a time when the police are still unsure of the motives behind Gauri's murder.
Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
In the second phase on April 18, 97 seats,spread across 13 states and one Union Territory, will go to the polls.
Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank, a regional rural bank, would be merged with the Corporation Bank.
With relaxations in the COVID-19 lockdown, temples across the country are all set to reopen from Monday in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Union home ministry to prevent coronavirus spread.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday urged Christian missionaries not to go for forcible conversion saying there is no room for such actions in a democracy. "There is no room for forcible conversion in democracy. No one should indulge in it," he said.
This is a first-of-its kind offering by Classic Coffees, a 150-year-old specialty coffee firm. The basic premise is that if you don't feel the same throughout the day, then why should your cuppa taste the same.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar-promoted Jupiter Aviation kickstarted the development work at Hassan airport.
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in districts like Kodagu and Chitradurga, coastal regions among others, where local communities are opposed to the celebrations.
Corporation Bank has stopped proceedings for the merger of Chikmagalur Kodagu Grameena Bank with itself.
The Coffee Board plans to include the new variety (Chandragiri) developed by the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), Chikmagalur, in the plantation rejuvenation scheme to be taken up under the 11th Five Year Plan.
The government has asked the eleven municipal areas to step up monitoring in old cities, urban slums and other high density pockets like camps and clusters for migrant workers for management of COVID-19 cases.
Dhanoa said that IAF's preparedness was amply displayed in the recently concluded exercise Gaganshakti.
Team MRF's Arjun Balu beat teammate Gaurav Gill by a mere six seconds in the 3km super special stage on the opening day of the Coffee Day Championship Rally.
The 23-year-old from Delhi and co-driver Moosa Sherif finished the nine special stages of the Coffee Day Championship Rally in Chikmagalur a whopping 1 minute 52 seconds ahead of MRF teammate Arjun Balu and co-driver Kumaraswamy.
Radhika Ramaseshan reports on why the Karnataka chief minister risked crossing swords with his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and its ideological wellspring, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
India's Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Karan Rastogi advanced to the second round of the Chikmagalur Challenger
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
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