Karnataka News Live Updates: State crosses six crore Covid-19 tests

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he would convene an all-party meeting in the first week of February to discuss inter-state water disputes. The chief minister also said the government would fight the issue of interlinking of rivers politically and legally.

Karnataka health minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday congratulated healthcare workers and district authorities as the state crossed six crore Covid-19 tests.

As many as 331 school students and teachers have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus as on Thursday. However, the majority of them have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic, and none of them have been hospitalised.

With the state government withdrawing weekend curfew, the Dakshina Kannada district administration is gearing up to prevent religious and other gatherings.

Yadgir, otherwise a backward district, has emerged top in the state in inland fish production. It is followed by Vijayapura and Dakshina Kannada.

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has instructed the officials to invite tenders for package-6 of the Singataluru Lift Irrigation project before March 31 and complete the project before December.

The Karnataka government will take a call on reopening of schools in Bengaluru on January 29, education minister BC Nagesh said on Friday after attending a high-level committee meeting in the city.

The Karnataka State Mid-Day Meal Workers’ Federation members on Friday demanded a hike in their remuneration. The workers gathered near the deputy commissioner’s office and shouted slogans against the government.

The Karnataka Lokayukta post is likely to stay vacant for some time as the BJP government appears to be in no hurry to appoint a new head of the corruption watchdog.

After the 114-year-old building was revamped to restore its old glory, Fort High School near Chamarajpet is likely to get help from various NGOs to increase its student strength and improve quality of education.

The two constables who were deputed for the chief minister’s security and arrested on charges of drug peddling have now been booked in an extortion incident that allegedly happened nearly three months ago.

Amid mounting fears over the havoc the third wave of Covid-19 may have caused across the state, an old problem has reared its head again in Shivamogga. A 57-year-old woman in Kudige village of Thirthahalli has been admitted to the taluk hospital with Kyasanur Forest Disease, the first case since 2019.

Even before the city could forget the death of reality show contestant R Samanvi, 6, who was crushed under a rashly driven tipper truck on Kanakapura Road on January 13, speeding trucks claimed the lives of two more youngsters, including a college student celebrating her 20th birthday, on Friday.

A 48-year-old man developed a tumour on the tip of his nose and it eventually grew so huge that it was left hanging as a heavy mass.

Continuing to register a surge in cases, Karnataka on Friday logged 48,049 new cases, taking the tally to 34,25,002. Bengaluru Urban recorded 29,068, followed by Tumakuru the second highest with 2,021 new cases, Hassan 1,889, Mandya 1,506, Kalaburgai 1,164, and Bengaluru Rural 1,036.

When smoke started billowing out of the engine, the 25 passengers onboard BMTC bus KA-57 F-1592 began to panic. But before the bus could go up in flames, two real-life heroes came to their rescue — bus driver CP Ravichandra and conductor GP Girish Kumar.