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Amid on-and-off talk about leadership change in the state, chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday claimed he will remain in the post for the remaining two years. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Two weeks after BBMP issued a notification to name 11 roads in ward 135 (Padarayanapura), Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday opposed the proposal. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The BJP and Congress on Thursday claimed major victories of candidates backed by them in the gram panchayat (GP) elections held recently after the counting of votes concluded on Thursday. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on January 01, 2021) from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Thousands of class 10 and 12 students are expected to return to classrooms on Friday when Karnataka reopens schools after a gap of nearly 10 months. Students from grades 6-9 will also come to campuses for Vidyagama programme.“Send your children to school boldly. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The Karnataka home department, which is continuing its efforts to trace the missing UK returnees in the state, is yet to find 175 of them, including 80 foreigners. Thirty returnees have tested positive for Covid-19, and seven of them for the new strain. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The Karnataka government on Friday transferred several IPS officers, including Hemant Nimbalkar and D Roopa. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

In its bid to diffuse infighting in the Karnataka unit, the Congress high command is mulling fighting the 2023 assembly polls under the dual leadership of KPCC president DK Shivakumar and leader of opposition Siddaramaiah.“The message is clear. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on December 31, 2020 from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Two passengers were arrested at the international airport here for allegedly smuggling 1.26 kg of gold worth Rs 64.13 lakh by way of rectal concealment, authorities said on Thursday. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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While the Centre is yet to decide whether to extend the deadline for mandatory FASTags for all four-wheelers from January 1, around 25% of the toll payments in the state are still happening through cash. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

A transgender candidate has won from a ward reserved for SC women in Saligrama panchayat. Devika, who contested from ward no. 7, has won with a margin of five votes. She defeated her nearest candidate Yashoda by securing 110 votes. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Police are all set to resume enforcement against drunk driving in the city after almost nine, when New Year revellers hit the roads on Thursday night. Owing to Covid-19, cops had suspended drunk-driving checks from early March. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Flyers and airport employees can travel by suburban trains to and from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in less than a week. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

More than 20,000 teachers in Mysuru district will undergo a Covid-19 test once every 20 days, officials said as they prepared to restart on-campus classes for SSLC and PU students and Vidyagama sessions for some other grades. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The number of people infected by the UK variant of SARS-CoV2 virus in Karnataka went up to seven on Wednesday from three on Tuesday. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

A day after Karnataka legislative council deputy chairperson SL Dharmegowda was found dead on a railway track in Chikkamagaluru district, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday called for a high-level probe through an independent agency into his death. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on December 31, 2020) from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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Even as schools are set to reopen on Friday after a nine-month gap, government school teachers in Bengaluru are yet to be relieved of Covid duties. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

With new-strain Covid cases coming to light in the past 48 hours, Bengaluru police on Wednesday said prohibitory orders in the city will start at 12 noon Thursday and end at 6am Friday for New Year’s celebrations. An earlier order had said the curbs will kick in at 6pm on Thursday. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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The school had a leaking roof and also lacked back basic amenities. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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Results of the GP polls will be declared on Wednesday. Counting of votes polled in two phases in over 5,762 GPs will begin at all taluk headquarters 8am onwards. On Tuesday, villagers were seen betting on the margin of votes that will be in double digits at many wards. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

A city court on Monday denied bail to a 38-year-old real estate businessman who is accused of killing his wife’s boyfriend in January 2017. He had sought bail on various grounds, including good conduct during his recent interim bail period. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Prof Parameswaran Ajith, scientist with the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR) in Bengaluru, has been awarded the inaugural young scientist award for frontier science (TWAS-CAS) in physical sciences, by the Italy-based from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

SL Dharmegowda was not only a politician but also a businessman and farmer. He owned commercial establishments, bars and tractor showrooms and had an areca plantation. Before getting elected to the legislative council in 2018, he was elected to the assembly in 2004 from Birur segment. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

In November, west division police had arrested a 48-year-old man, Bore Gowda, from Mandya, and recovered 12 stolen tractors from him. Now, his five associates have landed in police net and 14 other tractors, stolen in and around the city, have been recovered from them. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

(This story originally appeared in Bangalore Mirror on December 30, 2020) from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Results of the gram panchayat (GP) elections will be declared on Wednesday. Counting of votes polled in two phases in over 5,762 GPs will begin at all taluk headquarters from 8am onwards. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The health ministry on Tuesday said seven UK returnees are found to have been infected with the UK variant of coronavirus which causes Covid-19, and three of them are in Bengaluru.A woman and her daughter, from Bommanahalli, are among the three persons from Bengaluru. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

In a bid to stop revellers from heading towards MG Road and Brigade Road to usher in the New Year, Bengaluru City police have imposed a six-hour ban on vehicular movement on the night of December 31. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Meat traders, beef consumers and farmers in Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief after the government issued an anti-cow slaughter ordinance with certain exemptions. As per the new law, cows, their calves, bulls and bullocks are prohibited from being slaughtered irrespective of age. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Counting of votes for 5,728 gram panchayats in Karnataka that went for polls in two phases, will take place on Wednesday. Counting will begin at 8 am. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka has reported 662 new cases of Covid-19 and four related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,17,571 and the death toll to 12,074, the health department said on Tuesday. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on December 29, 2020 from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar on Tuesday said three people in the city have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2 and necessary measures have been taken for their treatment, and to control its spread. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The fatal heart attack suffered by a driver of a state-owned transport corporation while on duty is an “accident as well as personal injury caused to him during the course of employment”, the high court observed. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

A teenager has accused cops attached to a police station in Chikkamagaluru Rural district of assaulting him and forcibly trimming his hair after he remarked on the photograph of a gram panchayat candidate on Facebook. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

A 29-year-old electrical engineer who had saved Rs 70,000 over six years and hidden it under his bed lost the money after his house was burgled at Vinayakanagar near HAL. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Financial prudence and realistic estimations of expenditure have been promised for the city as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials have started preparing the civic budget for 2021-22 in the absence of an elected council. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

JD(S) leader and Karnataka legislative council deputy chairman SL Dharmegowda (65) was found dead on a railway track near Kadur in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka in the wee hours of Tuesday. Police suspect that he may have committed suicide by coming under a moving train. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

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The stage is set for resumption of campus learning in Karnataka with chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday declaring that Class 10 and 12 will restart on January 1. “There’s no more debate on it,” he said. from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on December 29, 2020) from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka’s testing effort, which focuses more on Bengaluru, appears to be the most skewed among states with the highest Covid-19 caseload. Tests are more evenly distributed in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh covering all districts equally. P 2 from Bangalore News: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Live News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India