CM to make formal announcement later today Fresh guidelines by evening Tough measures to check surge of positive cases Bengaluru: It is now certain that Karnataka will shut completely from May 10 to May 25 in the wake of galloping Corona positive cases and casualties across the State despite clamping Corona Curfew since last ten days….
District in-Charge Ministers: CM initiates minor reshuffle
May 7, 2021Bengaluru: Days after effecting a reshuffle in District in-Charge Ministers of six districts, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa today went in for another minor reshuffle, this time changing District in-Charge in respect of three districts. According to today’s reshuffle, Minister for Forest, Kannada and Culture, Aravind Limbavali has been appointed as the new District Minister of…
Nodal Officer to take care of COVID-19 orphaned children
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As the second wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus continues to take its toll, the State Government on Monday appointed K.P. Mohan Raj, a senior bureaucrat to take care of children who are orphaned by the death of their parents due to COVID. In the order issued yesterday, N. Manjunatha Prasad, Revenue Department Principal…
State COVID-19 Task Force reconstituted
May 3, 2021Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa has reconstituted the COVID-19 Task Force and appointed Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan as the new Chairman of the Task Force. The Task Force has the objective of examining the measures taken to contain the surge of the pandemic and creating awareness among the public with regard to COVID-19 management….
CM reshuffles District In-charge Ministers
May 2, 2021Bengaluru: Even as the counting process for the bypolls held for Belagavi Lok Sabha Constituency and Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly segments was on, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, in a surprise move, reshuffled District Ministers in charge of six districts of the State this morning. According to the reshuffle that was telecast by a Kannada news…
MLC lashes out at Govt. for sale of Ballari land to Steel Co.
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Hitting out against his own party Government in the State for agreeing to sell over 3,600 acres of land to Jindal Steel Works (JSW) at Ballari, senior BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath has urged the Government to reconsider its decision. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Vishwanath wondered why the B.S.Yediyurappa…
Tanveer Sait writes to CM to utilise his MLA grants to tackle COVID
April 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause havoc in the State, N.R. Constituency MLA Tanveer Sait has written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa seeking to use his (Sait) MLA Fund (Local Area Development Fund) for the year 2021-22 to tackle the dreaded pandemic. In his letter, Sait, a Congress MLA, said that Yediyurappa can…
14-day COVID Curfew
April 26, 2021Bengaluru: The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa met in Bengaluru this morning to deliberate on COVID situation in Karnataka and the guidelines are expected to be released by this evening. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the CM refused to use the word ‘lockdown’ but Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai coined the…
14-day lockdown? Cabinet decision tomorrow
April 25, 2021Bengaluru: Amid the rising Coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the State Government wants to impose a complete lockdown on all weekdays, Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar confirmed yesterday. Seeing the good response for weekend curfew, night curfew and semi-lockdown voluntarily by people, Ravi Kumar hinted that more lockdown-like measures will be implemented and added that Chief…
Pandemic uncontrollable, admits CM Yediyurappa
April 22, 2021Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, who was discharged from Manipal Hospital this noon, has admitted that COVID-19 situation in Karnataka has become uncontrollable. He has called for a meeting of Ministers this evening to discuss the pandemic situation. “Directions are being issued on what they need to do in the districts. I’ve been in constant…
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