Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and his 32 Cabinet Ministers will donate their one year salary to Covid-19 relief fund. The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) has issued this order based on Yediyurappa’s direction. The donation is with effect from May 1. The salary money will be used for relief measures and…
Bengaluru: On behalf of Apex Bank, Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar was handed over a cheque for Rs. 5 crore towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, on Wednesday. On this occasion, one lakh N-95 masks were also given to CM B.S. Yediyurappa. Apex Bank Chairman and MLA Belliprakash, Marketing Federation Chairman Rajendra Kumar…
Eight patients can be accommodated at a time up to two-four hours Bengaluru: Taking a leaf out of Chennai NGO ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ playbook, Karnataka yesterday launched its own version — OxyBus service — to help COVID patients breathe during emergencies. Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa in his tweet said that each makeshift OxyBus supports…
Bengaluru/Mysuru: Realising that thousands of migrants and daily wage workers are going hungry in the absence of work and lack of volunteer organisations that supply free food, during the on-going lockdown, the State Government has ordered all Indira Canteens across the State including Mysuru to provide free food till May 24. The order has been…
Bengaluru: Bitten hard in the current wave of COVID-19 pandemic for lack of preparedness, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has suggested officials to constitute a Task Force following experts opinion on the possible third wave of pandemic in the coming months. Speaking at a meeting of his Ministers and top brass of various Departments here yesterday,…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that aerospace major Boeing India would set up a 200 oxygen beds hospital in the city. In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he said the sudden surge in the Covid-19 cases has led to an exponential demand for oxygen. At present growth rate, the State may…
Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition Siddharamaiah on Sunday urged Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to announce a package for daily wage workers during the 15-day lockdown in the State. In a letter to Yediyurappa, the former CM urged for providing a ration of 10 kg of rice along with cooking oil. With compensation of Rs. 10,000…
People flock provision stores to buy essentials for next weeks Traffic more within city limits Mysore/Mysuru: Panic buying gripped the city this morning with people crowding provision stores to buy essentials ahead of the 15-day total lockdown from May 10 to check the surge of COVID-19 pandemic across the State. Since early morning 6 when…
High Command game plan: Pralhad Joshi as CM, B.Y. Vijayendra as Dy.CM; Yediyurappa as Puducherry Governor Bengaluru: There are murmurs of a possible change in leadership in Karnataka and political circles are abuzz with talk that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa could be changed by the BJP High Command citing his age-related problems. Yediyurappa is 78…
CM warns of stern action against violators; Will public adhere? Bengaluru: Heeding to experts’ advice, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has announced a total lockdown in the entire State from 6 am on May 10 till 6 am on May 24 in view of spiralling Covid-19 cases. There was already a curfew in place in the State…
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