New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held protests against the attack on farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru and has also demanded strict action and inquiry into the incident.
Bengaluru Mar 30 PTI Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah will have a series of engagements in Karnataka on April 1 including a visit to a prominent Lingayat Mutt and attending the ruling BJPs core committee Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday Shah will also lay the foundation stone for a medical college and attend a conference of cooperatives The union minister who will arrive in Bengaluru late on March 31 will be visiting Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru and Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapura the next day before heading back to the city At 1030 am on April 1 he Shah will be participating in the 115th birth anniversary and Guru Vandana programme of late Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Mutt Post lunch there he will heading to Muddenahalli to participate in ground breaking ceremony of new medical college and public function at 2 pm Bommai told reporters here Later in the day Shah will be in Bengaluru to participate in the Sahakara Sammelana Conference of Cooperatives at the palace grounds where he will be releasing the logo of the state governments proposed Nandini Ksheera Abhivruddi Bank and relaunch the Yeshashwini Scheme he said adding that at 7 pm Shah will be participating in the state BJPs core committee meeting at the party office here Interestingly Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also visiting Siddaganga Mutt on March 31 to pay his respect to late Shivakumara Swamiji who is highly revered in the state Visits by Shah and Gandhi gain significance as both BJP and its rival Congress are preparing for assembly polls in the state scheduled next year even as there are speculations about the possibility of early elections Noting that the Nandini Ksheera Abhivruddi Bank was announced in the budget and a government order has also been issued Bommai said this has been done following the demand and realisation about the need for a financial institution to support dairy farmers The share capital of Rs 100 crore will be provided by the state government for this and a total of Rs 260 crore will be provided by milk cooperative societies and federations and unions This is the first such a bank in the country he said adding it will further give a boost to the dairy industry in the state and increase the income of the farmers There are about 26 lakh dairy farmers 14900 milk producers cooperative societies and 15 milk unions in the state Stating that the government has decided to reintroduce Yeshashwini scheme with modifications to fulfill the demands of the farmers Bommai said in two-three weeks we will work it out aimed at providing quality medical facilities to farmers and their families with the help of farmers cooperatives The state government had provided Rs 300 crore for this in the recent budget PTI KSU SA SA
Bengaluru Mar 21 PTI Karnataka on Monday registered 71 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities thereby taking the total to 3944785 and 40039 respectively till date As many as 173 patients got discharged today the number of recoveries was 3902813 according to a bulletin Of the new cases 53 were from Bengaluru urban that recorded 110 recoveries and one death said the bulletin The number of active cases in the State was 1891 While the positivity rate for the day was 035 per cent the case fatality rate was 281 per cent The two deaths reported today were from Bengaluru Urban and Hassan After Bengaluru urban Chitradurga recorded the most number of cases with five followed by Chikkaballapura 4 two each from Ramanagara and Shivamogga Bengaluru urban district now has 1781060 cases Mysuru 229447 and Tumakuru 159830 Cumulatively 65315408 crore samples have been tested so far with 20272 examined today PTI KSU NVG NVG
Bengaluru March 20 PTI Karnataka on Sunday registered 109 fresh coronavirus cases and two related fatalities thereby taking the total case count in the state to 3944714 and toll to 40037 respectively As many as 143 patients got discharged on the day and the number of recoveries across the state has now reached 3902640 according to a health bulletin Of the new cases 91 were from Bengaluru Urban that also recorded 125 recoveries and one death the bulletin said The number of active cases across the State was 1995 While the positivity rate for the day was 039 per cent the case fatality rate was 183 per cent The two deaths reported today were from Bengaluru Urban and Hassan After Bengaluru urban Mysuru recorded the highest number of cases with 4 followed by two each from Chikkaballapura and Tumakuru followed by others Bengaluru Urban district now has a total 1781007cases Mysuru 229447 and Tumakuru 159829 Cumulatively 652 crore samples have been tested so far with 27838 being examined today PTI KSU ROH ROH
Bengaluru Jan 31 PTI Registering a further decline in fresh infections Karnataka on Monday reported 24172 new cases of COVID-19 and 56 fatalities taking the tally to 3809467 and death toll to 38998 The state on Sunday had reported 28264 daily cases There were 30869 discharges taking the total number of recoveries to 3526108 a health bulletin said Of the new cases 10692 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 8813 people being discharged and 12 virus-related deaths The total number of active cases across the state is now at 244331 While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1711 per cent the case fatality rate CFR was 023 per cent Of the 56 deaths 12 are from Bengaluru Urban Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada 6 Ballari 5 Hassan 4 Kalaburagi 3 Chamarajanagara Chikkaballapura Mandya Mysuru Raichur Shivamogga Udupi and Uttara Kannada 2 followed by others After Bengaluru Urban Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases with 1327 Tumakuru 1090 Dharwad 1044 Belagavi 900 and Mandya 809 Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 1720890 cases Mysuru 221970 and Tumakuru 154569 According to the bulletin Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 1570258 followed by Mysuru 209090 and Tumakuru 144264 Cumulatively a total of 61889413 samples have been tested of which 141240 were on Monday alone PTI KSU BN BN
Bengaluru Jan 26 PTI Registering a surge in numbers again Karnataka on Wednesday reported 48905 new cases of COVID-19 and 39 fatalities taking the tally to 3654413 and death toll to 38705 The state on Tuesday had reported a dip in daily cases at 41400 There were 41699 discharges taking the total number of recoveries to 3257769 a bulletin said Of the new cases 22427 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 18734 people being discharged and 8 virus-related deaths The total number of active cases across the state is now at 357909 While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2251 per cent the case fatality rate CFR was 007 per cent Of the 39 deaths 8 are from Bengaluru Urban Dakshina Kannada and Hassan 4 Mysuru 3 Chikkaballapura Kalaburagi Mandya Ramanagara and Uttara Kannada 2 followed by others Apart from Bengaluru Urban Mysuru recorded the second highest with 2797 new cases followed by Tumakuru 2645 Mandya 2186 and Hassan 2016 Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 1648758 cases Mysuru 211426 and Tumakuru 148223 According to the bulletin Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 1416078 followed by Mysuru 192638 and Tumakuru 132026 Cumulatively a total of 61068141 samples have been tested of which 217230 were on Wednesday alone PTI KSU BN BN
Bengaluru Jan 25 PTI After fresh infections dropped over the past two days the number of discharges overtook new coronavirus cases in Karnataka on Tuesday which further declined to 41400 taking the tally to 3605508 According to a health department bulletin 52 deaths were recorded pushing the death toll to 38666 The state had recorded 46426 fresh infections on Monday as against 50210 on Sunday There were 53093 discharges taking the total number of recoveries to 3216070 a bulletin said Of the new cases 19105 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 33011 people being discharged and 19 virus-related deaths The total number of active cases across the state is now at 350742 While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2670 per cent the case fatality rate CFR was 012 per cent After Bengaluru Urban Kalaburagi accounted for the second highest number of deaths with 5 Dakshina Kannada and Belagavi 4 each Bengaluru Rural 3 followed by Chikkaballapura Chitradurga Hassan Mysuru and Tumakuru 2 each Apart from Bengaluru Urban Kolar recorded the second highest with 2185 new cases Tumakuru 2026 Dharwad 1511 Mandya 1495 Mysuru 1494 followed by others Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 1626331 cases followed by Mysuru 208629 and Tumakuru 145578 According to the bulletin Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 1397344 followed by Mysuru 188584 and Tumakuru 128041 Cumulatively a total of 60850911 samples have been tested of which 155054 were on Tuesday alone PTI KSU BN BN
Bengaluru Jan 19 PTI Karnataka on Wednesday reported 40499 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 fatalities taking the tally to 3329199 and the death toll to 38486 The state which has been witnessing a steady surge in cases since the last week of December had recorded 41457 fresh infections on Tuesday Of the new cases on Wednesday 24135 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 18081 people being discharged and five virus-related deaths The total number of active cases across the state is now 267650 There were 23209 discharges taking the total number of recoveries to 3023034 a health department bulletin said While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1880 per cent the case fatality rate CFR was 005 per cent Of the 21 deaths five are from Bengaluru Urban four from Mysuru three in Dakshina Kannada and one each from Bagalkote Belagavi Chikkaballapura Gadag Hassan Raichur Shivamogga Tumakuru and Vijayapura Apart from Bengaluru Urban Tumakuru recorded the second highest with 1804 new cases Hassan 1785 Mysuru 1341 and Mandya 1340 followed by others Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 1482484 cases followed by Mysuru 191803 and Tumakuru 131569 According to the bulletin Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 1281636 followed by Mysuru 180264 and Tumakuru 120917 Cumulatively a total of 59606693 samples have been tested of which 215312 were on Wednesday alone PTI KSU KSU HDA HDA
Chikkaballapura (Karnataka) [India], December 23 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit Karnataka's Chikkaballapura on Thursday, informed the National Center for Seismology (NSC).
Bengaluru Dec 22 PTI Two back-to-back mild earthquakes hit parts of Chikkaballapura district bordering Bengaluru on Wednesday morning official reports said Epicentre of the quakes with magnitude of 29 and three on Richter scale that happened around 710 am and 715 am was close to Mandikal and Bhogaparthi villages according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre KSNDMC As per the seismic intensity map of the earthquakes from the epicentre the intensities observed are low and the tremors might have been felt up to a maximum radial distance of 10 km to 15 km it said in a statement These types of earthquakes do not create any harm to the local community although there may be slight shaking observed locally The community need not panic as the intensity observed is low and not destructive the statement said The National Centre for Seismology NCS had also tweeted about the occurrence of the two earthquakes about 70 kms north-north east of Bengaluru PTI GMS RS ROH ROH