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A day after violence, cops detain several residents of Bengaluru East
Following the violence in Bengaluru East, the police have detained over one hundred people and arrested several people. Trouble started on Tuesday night after a group of people from the Muslim community gathered at the DJ Halli police station demanding action against a derogatory post allegedly uploaded by Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew, against Prophet → Read More
Lockdown aggravates lack of access to justice in Bengaluru
Lawyers tell TNM that for many, justice has gone further out of reach during the pandemic. → Read More
Bengaluru reports 2,270 new cases of COVID-19, Karnataka's tally rises to 1.12 lakh
For yet another day, Karnataka reported more than 5,000 cases of COVID-19, taking the state’s total tally of active cases to a new high of 67,448 cases. There have been 1,12,504 cases reported in the state so far. Out of the 5,503 new cases reported in the state on Wednesday, Bengaluru reported 2,270. With this, the total reported cases of coronavirus in the city rose to → Read More
As Bengaluru’s Chickpet market opens, shops witness less than 25% of the business
After the seal down was lifted in Chickpet area by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) following an alarming number of cases in the area, it was reopened after a gap of over a month. TNM spoke to traders of Bengaluru’s central city market on how the lifting of the temporary ban and the new restrictions imposed has impacted business. Praveen Kumar Doshi, the Vice → Read More
Karnataka students anxious as colleges demand payment of fee before deadline
Even as the discussion around whether schools can charge full fee rages on in education circles in Karnataka, students in universities and colleges alleged that they are under immense pressure to pay their fees even though it is not known whether they will have classes any time soon. → Read More
‘Beneficial for donors too’: Karnataka urges COVID-19 recovered to donate plasma
The Karnataka government inaugurated its first plasma bank in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening, run by the HCG Cancer Centre. At the inauguration, Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan said, “All hospitals can benefit from this plasma bank and all people can benefit from this plasma therapy bank. Donors are most important for plasma therapy, and we encourage them to come forward. → Read More
In new decentralisation push, Bengaluru wards to monitor COVID-19 response
Following the rising number of cases in the city, local governing bodies in the form of disaster management cells have been pressed into service to monitor and report the ground-level situation of the battle against COVID-19 in Bengaluru. Bengaluru on July 22 reported that there were 22,969 active cases of the coronavirus in the city, with 2050 new cases reported in the → Read More
Of 4764 new cases in Karnataka, over 2000 are from Bengaluru
The Karnataka on Wednesday reported 4,764 cases of the novel coronavirus, which takes the total cases in the state to 75,833. This is the highest single-day spike in the state. A total of 47,069 patients are under treatment for COVID-19 in Karnataka. → Read More
Watch: KC General Hospital staff reveal staff shortage to K’taka Minister Sudhakar
Karnataka Education Minister K Sudhakar, who has been tasked with overseeing the COVID-19 crisis in Bengaluru, went on a surprise visit to KC General Hospital on Friday night and discovered a huge shortage of staff at the hospital. KC General Hospital is one of the designated government hospitals for COVID-19 patients in Bengaluru. → Read More
Watch: Danish Sait is an auto driver in 'The Bengaluru Song' from 'French Biriyani'
The song is part of Danish Sait s upcoming film †French Biriyani†which is releasing on Amazon Prime Video. → Read More
The govt lost a controlled situation in Bengaluru: Cong MLA Rizwan Arshad to TNM
Bengaluru, once touted as the ‘model city’ for the management of coronavirus in the country, has now become one of the cities with some of the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. As of the July 16 bulletin, Bengaluru reported that it had 25,288 cases of coronavirus in the city, with 18,8827 active cases. → Read More
Karnataka reports 3176 COVID-19 cases, 1975 new cases in Bengaluru
In the latest bulletin released by the Karnataka state health department, 3176 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the state as of Wednesday evening. This is the highest increase of coronavirus cases in the state, on a single day, as other districts have also reported an uptick in cases. The new reported cases take the tally of the total active cases of coronavirus in → Read More
Bengaluru COVID-19 patient left stranded by ambulance, forced to wait hours on street
The patient was dropped outside the gates of Haj Bhavan, and refused entry due to a lack of beds at the facility. → Read More
Bengaluru reports 994 new COVID-19 cases in highest single day spike
Karnataka reported a total of 1,694 new COVID-19 patients on Friday, taking the state’s tally of active cases to 10,608. The state for the first time, has surpassed 10,000 active cases. Karnataka has so far reported a total of 19,710 cases. Bengaluru Urban reported 994 new cases on Friday, the highest on a single day. The number of patients currently being treated in the state → Read More
Cycling the new normal in Bengaluru, sales shoot up after lockdown
Pointing to a surge in the demand for bicycles, several shops in Bengaluru are reporting a shortage of cycles. Residents wanting to shift to the healthier form of transport are finding that most models of bicycles are sold out at many of the city’s cycle retailers. → Read More
889 new COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, contacts to be traced for most patients
Karnataka reported 1502 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total active cases in the state to 9,406. The total cases so far reported in the state is 18,016. 889 new cases were reported in Bengaluru. Out of this, 872 cases have reported that the contacts are yet to be traced. A majority of the patients without known contacts are in Bengaluru, the data shows. On July → Read More
Migrants in Bengaluru shelter continue to face poor living conditions, uncertainty
Activists allege that there is no government interest in coordination, which would make the process safer and easier for migrants waiting for trains to go home. → Read More
Karnataka contract doctors say they’ll discontinue services if not regularised by July 8
On the occasion of National Doctors’ day, hundreds of contract doctors wrote to the state government that they will not be offering their services beyond July 8, as their jobs have not been regularised despite assurances. This is projected to affect lakhs of people who avail government health services in rural areas, the statement signed by the doctors on Wednesday said. → Read More
735 new COVID-19 patients reported in Bengaluru, more than 1,000 in Karnataka
Karnataka reported 1,272 new coronavirus patients on Wednesday, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 8,194. Karnataka has reported 16,514 cases of coronavirus till date. 822 of the new cases reported have no known contact history at the time of reporting the bulletin, and contact tracing for them is underway. 145 people were discharged after they recovered → Read More
NIOS postpones board exams again, leaving students in the lurch
When Rahul began preparing for his Class 10 board exams with the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in February this year, little did he know that he’d still be preparing for the exams even five months later. The practical exams have been postponed indefinitely, while it was announced that the theory exams will be held between July 17 and August 13. → Read More