Bengaluru

Built on 10 cargo containers, this state-of-the-art facility houses around 100 Covid-19 positive patients and the government plans to construct around 3,000 to 5,000 modular ICU beds across the State.

The health ministry was not immediately available for comment.

Minister Basavaraj Bommai said nod has been given to use 8,500 home guards for COVID-related jobs, adding 15,000 civil defence volunteers will track and trace patients.

On Wednesday alone, the state reported 23,558 fresh Covid cases and 116 deaths while the active cases in the state have gone up to 1.76 lakh.

For the last few days, Kumaraswamy had been campaigning for the party candidate in Basavakalyan, which is going to bypoll today.

The 'Night corona curfew' was announced in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Tumakuru, Udupi-Manipal cities.

Dattatreya Hosabale is considered an affable personality. For all his hardcore RSS stance, he is some kind of a liberal, claims a section of his old friends who have shifted to other ideologies long ago.

The development comes after the Bengaluru police registered on Saturday a case of conspiracy and blackmailing, among other charges, against unknown persons based on a complaint by Jarkiholi.

Half a dozen ministers approached after two RTI activists, Dinesh Kallahalli and Rajashekhar Mulali had claimed that they have 'explosive content' with them and it will be released when time is ripe.

Want media not to air, print or publish any defamatory content against them.

The six Cabinet ministers moved a city civil court to restrain the media from airing/printing/publishing any defamatory content against them.

In the first incident, a PhD student from Bihar died of suicide by hanging.

Striking associations claim that the fee reduction would have a cascading effect including their salaries.

"The bail plea filed by nine accused have been rejected including six on Saturday," Special Public Prosecutor in the case S Balan told PTI. He added that the hitman and his prime aide did not move any bail plea.

The world's second-most populous country has begun a huge vaccination drive and a steep fall in new coronavirus cases over the past few months is supporting a recovery in Asia's third-largest economy.

Reports suggest that some minister in Karnataka are even contemplating resigning and are expected to take a decision after the Republic Day celebrations on Tuesday.