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Bengaluru, June 24 (IANS) The Karnataka Health Department is on an alert after the Covid cases in the state breached 800-mark in the last 24 hours. The state reported 858 new Covid cases inching closer to 1,000-mark against 682 discharges. The positivity rate for the day recorded was 2.36 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.63 per cent as per the latest statistics available with the state health department. Taking serious note of the development, marshals are being deputed to monitor wearing of masks in Bengaluru. The government is yet to decide on imposing a fine for breaking Covid protocols. The Health department is likely to convene a high-level meeting soon against the backdrop of an alarming rise in cases. Also Read Covid vax prevented over 42 lakh deaths in India: Lancet According to the data, the total active cases in the state rose to 5,067 cases. The health department has conducted 36,289 Covid tests on a single day in the last 24 hours. The case fa

Bengaluru: The alumni of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in an open letter slammed the institute for punishing two girl students who raised voice against sexual harassment . The alumni have appreciated the courage of the girls for choosing not to apologise and cough up the fine as directed by NLSIU in connection with the incident. The alumni, about 179 of them, have expressed “deep disappointment” and also expressed their concern over handling of the issue. According to sources, the accused is studying in fourth year. He was a CLAT topper. “It has come to knowledge that NLSIU initiated disciplinary proceedings against two female student facilitators appointed under its Code to Combat Sexual Harassment, for narrating a particular survivor’s experience of sexual harassment by a current student of NLSIU,” the letter stated. It further said, two facilitators narrated the incident over email and on a private Facebook group comprising students of the university. T

Bengaluru: Adopting a defiant posture, the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Thursday hit back at the Congress saying the previous Congress governments changed the syllabus of the textbook to “please minorities”. Ever since opposition Congress and the JD(S) targeted the BJP over insulting Kuvempu, revered by Kannadigas especially by Vokkaliga community, in the revised syllabus, the ruling party tried to pay it back in their own coin. Also Read Experts fear textbook revision row will dent image of Karnataka as education hub Minister for Revenue, R. Ashok, a prominent Vokkaliga leader, slammed opposition parties over making hue and cry over the issue. Ashok said that Congress does not want Hindu gods, freedom fighters in syllabus and is unnecessarily creating issues. Addressing a press conference, Ashok said, State Congress president D.K. Shivakumar tore the draft of the revised syllabus having a lesson on Nadaprabu Kempe Gowda, the architect of the Bengaluru city. He should have torn

Bengaluru: An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook parts of Hassan district and neighbouring regions in Karnataka in the wee hours of Thursday, a disaster management official said. The earthquake was also felt in many villages near Somwarpet in the Kodagu district. People ran out of their houses following the tremor. According to Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority Commissioner, Manoj Rajan, the epicentre was Maluganahalli village under Nagaranahalli village panchayat in Holenarasipura Taluk of Hassan district. He said as per the seismic intensity map of the said earthquake from the epicentre, the intensity observed is moderate and the tremor may be felt up to a maximum radial distance of 40-50 km from the epicentre. This type of earthquake does not create any harm to the local community, although there might be slight shaking observed locally. As the epicentre falls in Seismic Zone-II, the chances of occurrence of earthquakes are significantly less and t

Bangaluru: The Income Tax department was conducting raids at the offices and buildings of some reputed private educational institutes in Bengaluru on Thursday. According to sources, the I-T sleuths were conducting raids since early morning on Sri Krishnadevaraya Education Institution, Reva University and Divyashree Institute and others in Bengaluru. The raids were taking place in multiple locations simultaneously. Both corporate offices and education institute buildings were raided at more than 10 places. Sources said that an I-T officers’ team from the Karnataka and Goa Zone were conducting the raids. A team of 250 officers from the Income Tax Department were involved in the action. The raids were being conducted following complaints that the institutes were charging heavy amounts of fees from foreign students, were blocking seats and indulged in tax evasion. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on Wha

Bengaluru : The BJP high command has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to Delhi. Accordingly, Bommai will leave for the national capital on Thursday afternoon and return on Friday. Those eyeing an entry into the state Cabinet are now hopeful that this time Bommai will get a green signal for a Cabinet expansion. There are five vacant posts in the Cabinet and the upcoming Assembly elections are less than a year away. The BJP reportedly wants to bring new faces into the Cabinet and drop the non-performing ministers. Sources in the BJP said that Bommai has been summoned to Delhi to discuss the Presidential election along with other CMs from the BJP-ruled states. However, party sources also said that the top BJP leadership might take a final discussion on Cabinet expansion. BJP leaders in Karnataka are upbeat after the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party is preparing for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections after the 40-month chal

Hassan : Expressing dissatisfaction over the Centre’s newly launched Agnipath Scheme, Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy alleged that it was a programme to bring Nazi forces in India which was back then in the Hitler era. Taking a dig at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he said, “Agnipath is the RSS idea, being implemented to enable their activities to infiltrate into the army.” Speaking to the media persons, he further asked about the need to implement the scheme despite it being opposed by the youth all across the country. Asking the Centre about their intention behind the scheme, he questioned, “Has the country not been protected under the existing old system? Agnipath, whose plan was this?” “Has the Parliamentary Committee on Defense suggested it? Or did the army itself recommend something to implement this scheme?,” he further asked urging the Centre to answer. “For what purpose are you recruiting ten million young people? Some Bharatiya Janata Party leader