Deepa Balakrishnan
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Bengaluru, KA, India
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Covid-19: Karnataka Allows Ganesh Utsav With Conditions; No Immersion Beyond 9pm, Pandals Allowed
The Karnataka government on Sunday allowed partial celebration of the upcoming Ganesh Utsav in the state, with Covid-19 norms and conditions in place. → Read More
Karnataka Mandates 7-day Institutional Quarantine For Travelers from Kerala, Night Curfew Eased
The Karnataka government on Monday mandated week-long institutional quarantine for people coming from Kerala. → Read More
Pleas to CM, Hospitals Refusing Admissions: Bengaluru's Horrid Covid-19 Tales
The catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 ravaging the country has left Bengaluru battered, with its active caseload currently hovering over 3. → Read More
Karnataka Imposes 'Night Corona Curfew' in Seven Worst-hit Districts till April 20
The Karnataka government on Thursday has imposed a night curfew from April 10 to 20 in seven districts worst-hit by covid-19 amid the second wave of covid-19 infections. → Read More
Battle for Puducherry: Simplifying the Complexities of a 30-member Assembly
Barely a month before elections, the Congress, which had ruled Puducherry since 2016, lost power when six MLAs quit between January and February. → Read More
OPS's Big Gamble in Tamil Nadu Polls: Thevar Strongman's Bid to Stay Relevant in Party and Polity
As AIADMK's chief coordinator, he has to get together the traditional support base effectively or end up losing control over the party soon after the elections. → Read More
AIADMK Vows to Ask Centre to Drop CAA if Voted Back to Power, Red-faced BJP Says It'll Convince Ally
The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Sunday announced its election manifesto that was filled with the usual freebies. → Read More
Sasikala's Properties Worth Crores Seized Three Days after Her Return to Tamil Nadu
Barely three days after former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa’s aide VK Sasikala returned to Chennai, authorities in different parts of the state have launched a crackdown against the jailed leader and her family members. → Read More
Karnataka Cabinet Expansion Today, 7 New Ministers Likely to Take Oath
Karnataka is headed for a Cabinet expansion on Wednesday afternoon with seven new ministers expected to be sworn in. → Read More
3 Killed, Over 100 Arrested in Bengaluru after Mob Attacks Congress MLA's House over Communal Post
Tensions simmered after a relative of an MLA shared an offensive post about a community on Facebook. → Read More
US May Have to Pay Heavy Price for Its Restrictions on Foreign Students, Say Experts
The United States has announced that international students may have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities move classes entirely online in the upcoming fall semester. → Read More
Siddaramaiah Alleges Graft in Purchase of Covid-19 Equipment, Says Karnataka CM Unable to Handle Crisis
Stating there was a squabble for supremacy among ministers, Congress leader Siddaramaiah said, "I'm not sure whether the ministers listen to the chief minister." → Read More
India to Allow Startups, Private Firms to Build Rockets and Satellites, Provide Launch Services
ISRO chairman K Sivan said the first reform will be to enable private sector to carry out end-to-end space activities, and said this will generate large-scale enmployment. → Read More
First Bengaluru Patient to Recover from Coronavirus has A Message for All: You Can Come Out of It
PK Venkat Raghavan has made videos of what he went through and shared them on YouTube for the world to see. → Read More
ISRO Gaganyaan Manned Mission and the Vyommitra Humanoid Robot: A Closer Look
News18 takes a look inside ISRO's space capsule prototype that will take us to space, and the Vyommitra robot that will be used in upcoming unmanned missions. → Read More
Southern States Say Modi’s Idea of Curbing Population Growth ‘Unacceptable’ as Problem Lies Only in North
Hours after Narendra Modi tweeted about the issue of population explosion, activists from the southern region highlighted the huge mismatch in population growth between the north and the south. → Read More
VG Siddhartha Missing LIVE: Sorry to Let Down People, Says Cafe Coffee Day Founder in Letter
VG Siddhartha Missing LIVE: VG Siddhartha, the founder of India's largest Coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day who also owns Asia's single-largest coffee estate, is missing since Monday evening. → Read More
ISRO To Launch Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission In Mid-July, Landing Expected in September
ISRO, which has been working on the Chandrayaan 2 for over three years, said it has zeroed in on a launch window between July 9 and July 16, with an expected landing on the moon by September 6. → Read More
36 Targets and 50 Shooters: Gauri Lankesh Murder Suspect's Diary Reveals Chilling Details
The diary is mostly written in code and besides targets, it also identifies 50 potential ‘shooters’ from Maharashtra and Karnataka to be recruited for the operations. → Read More
With Siddaramaiah Sending Mixed Signals, the Cong-JDS Alliance in Karnataka Faces Open Discord
Just as the Congress stitches up different kinds of delicate alliances across the country, having any discord openly expressed will go against the party in the south. → Read More