Bengaluru

According to the state Health Department, of the 6,327 registered healthcare workers on Sunday, 3,699 took the vaccine, accounting for 58 per cent of the target.

India had suspended all passenger flights between the UK and India from December 23 to January 7 as a new variant of coronavirus emerged there.

BS Yediyurappa has been waiting for some time now to carry out the cabinet exercise, as he was asked by BJP national president JP Nadda to wait for the clearance from the central leadership.

Prohibitory orders will be force from 6pm on December 31 to 6am on January 1, Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said, adding it will be within the limits of Bengaluru City Commissionerate.

The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm in 20,728 booths, the state election commission officials said.

Close to 120 passengers, including the patients and their family members, have been provided emergency evacuation from Yemen to India.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa made the announcement following a meeting with Health Minister K Sudhakar, members of the state Technical Advisory Committee for COVID-19 and senior officials.

Declining to quash the case against Yediyurappa on Tuesday, Justice Michael Cunha directed the Lokayukta special court to monitor the investigation ordered by the courts with regard to the misconduct of MPs, MLAs involved in criminal offences.

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha president Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, who was leading the transport agitation, announced the end to the strike at the Freedom Park here.

"..those who are involved in beef exports are mostly from BJP, see their names, they are all BJP supporters," the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly told reporters, listing out some names.

Dalit leaders cutting across party lines took objection to this move and they were also joined by MLAs of the ruling BJP.

Uttar Pradesh had recently promulgated an ordinance against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions, which provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years and fine of up to Rs 50,000 under different categories.

Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chavan said if the law is enacted, along with prohibition on slaughter, sale and use of beef, illegal transportation of animals for slaughtering will be stopped.

The incident occurred on November 9 as elections to the posts of president and vice president of the Mahalingapura Town Municipal Council were underway.

The raids were conducted following a complaint against Sudha, in a court alleging that she has amassed wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income.

Joining the issue, the opposition Congress accused the ruling BJP of attempting to divert public attention from its government's 'failures' and igniting communal flare.