BENGALURU: STRICT LOCKDOWN IMPOSED IN ALL THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS

Highlights

• Areas like KR Market, Siddapura, Kalasipalya and VV Puram have been declared as containment zone

• CM Yediyurappa said that in order to curtail the spread of COVID-19, strict measures must be imposed

• Bengaluru Urban district reporter mor...

BENGALURU: 20 DUBAI RETURNEES TEST CORONA-POSITIVE

Highlights

• All the international passengers were brought back in a repatriation flight to Mangaluru that is part of the Government of India’s Vande Bharat Mission

• At present, the state of Karnataka has 1,032 cases of coronavirus

On Friday, the cit...

BENGALURU: AIR INDIA FLIGHT BRINGS BACK 323 INDIANS FROM LONDON

After a stopover in the national capital Delhi, 323 Indian passengers were brought back to Bangalore from London at around 4:47 a.m. on Monday in an Air India repatriation flight (1803).
According to the officials, all the passengers were screened and checked in order to see whether anyone...

BENGALURU: KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PACKAGE WORTH Rs 1,610 CR

Highlights

• This relief package will provide benefits to all the people and businesses that are immensely affected by the coronavirus lockdown

• Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa stated that small self-employed individuals and farmers are among most affected

BANGALORE: KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO REOPEN LIQUOR OUTLETS FROM MAY 4

Highlights

• All the liquor outlets, malls and other businesses might start again from next week

• Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa expressed his confidence over getting permission from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to restart economic activities

Accor...

BANGALORE: STATE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS INDUSTRIES IN VIRUS-FREE DISTRICTS TO RESTART

Highlights

• Industries in nine virus-free districts will start again

• KSRTC buses will be arranged for the transportation of labourers with all safety measures

The Karnataka state government led by BS Yediyurappa has granted permission to all the industri...

BANGALORE WILL EASE LOCKDOWN 2.0 RESTRICTIONS FROM TODAY

Highlights

• IT/BT companies will be encouraged to ask their employees to continue working from home

• Self-employed individuals like plumbers, electricians and carpenters will be issued police passes to resume their work

After days of witnessing strict imp...

BANGALORE: HEALTH WORKERS AND POLICEMEN ATTACKED BY A MOB OF 200 LOCALS

Highlights

• The incident took place in a ward in West Bangalore’s Padarayanapura locality

• Around 54 people have been arrested by the police including a woman who is suspected of instigating violence

A team of policemen and health workers was attack...

BANGALORE: ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF COVID-19 PATIENTS HAVE RECOVERED TILL DATE

Highlights

• Total 35 patients of coronavirus infection have recovered out of 76 

• The recovery rate of Bangalore is much higher than other metro cities, though the number of cases here is drastically low in comparison

• Deputy CM of Karnataka, C...

BANGALORE: KSRTC, BMTC SUFFER FROM CASH CRUNCH, UNABLE TO PAY SALARIES

Four of the major transport corporations in the state of Karnataka are no funds to pay the salaries and have asked for help from the state government. Almost three weeks after halting bus services across the state, bus corporations like Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and Karn...