Chikkamagaluru

COVID-19: Karnataka logs 1,806 new cases,42 deaths

11:57 pm July 16, 2021

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Friday reported 1,806 new COVID infections and 42 deaths, pushing the caseload to 28,80,370 and death toll to 36,079, the health department said. Active cases stood at 31,399. As many as 2,748 patients recovered today, taking the total recoveries to 28,12,869. The positivity rate for the day was 1.18 per cent and […]

Karnataka logs 1,157 fresh COVID cases

9:54 pm November 16, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 1,157 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 8,62,804 and 11,541 respectively, the health department said. Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted, “1,157 new Covid cases have been reported in Karnataka today and 2,188 recoveries…8,25,141 people have recovered in the state so far with […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Rain batters several parts of Karnataka, flood situation looms large

3:12 pm August 6, 2020

Bengaluru: Battered by torrential rains, several parts of Karnataka are facing a flood-like situation for the third consecutive year, putting lives and property at risk. Several districts of the state’s coastal, Malnad and north interior regions are receiving heavy rains and the showers are expected to continue, while there are reports of landslides in hilly […]

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: H D Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy attacks Karnataka govt over flood relief

6:44 pm October 7, 2019

Bengaluru: Senior JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the BJP-led government in Karnataka for its “failure” to meet the expectations of farmers, who lost their land and livelihood in the floods. Kumaraswamy specifically mentioned the distressed farmers of Chikkamagaluru district, which saw the devastating floods damaging crops in huge swaths of land and […]