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Karnataka News Updates: State reports 153 new Covid-19 cases
Karnataka on Thursday reported 153 new Covid-19 cases. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:
Key Events
Karnataka Secretariat employees to boycott work on Friday
A section of the Karnataka Secretariat employees have decided to skip work on Friday, by calling for "Secretariat Bandh", to protest against the state government's move for "rationalising the workforce" by reducing staff, along with other demands. Terming the bandh call as "illegal", the government on Thursday said it has taken note of the move "very seriously". (PTI)
State reports 153 news Covid-19 cases.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Karwar in Uttara Kannada district for a two-day visit. He will be visiting Naval Base there and will interact with the Indian Navy personnel. (ANI)
5 teachers, among 7, detained for question paper leak
As many as seven people, including the principal of a school, a journalist, and four teachers in Magadi Taluk of Ramanagara district of Karnataka, have been detained on the charge of leaking question papers of the recently concluded 10th standard examination, police sources said. They were picked up from different schools, the sources said. The exams were conducted in March and April and the results announced recently. However, it turned out recently that the question papers were leaked in many places. (PTI)
I have got to know that some national channels are reporting that they (ED) have filed a chargesheet. They have submitted it to the court, we have not been given a copy yet. The court will give us the copy. Usually it has to be filed within 60 days from the day I was jailed, but they have filed it after 3-3.5 years after large scale investigation.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao meets former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda at his residence in Bengaluru. (ANI)
I believe in law of the land. I also believe I will get justice. All this is politically motivated.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on chargesheet against him in an alleged money laundering case
The hijab row resurfaced in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada on Thursday after several students of University College in Mangaluru's Hampankatta staged a flash protest demanding implementation on complete ban of hijab in the campus.
READ MOREStudents of University College, Mangaluru protest against the college administration for not implementing the Hijab rule.
#Karnataka : Students of University College in Mangaluru protest against college administration for not implementin… https://t.co/87OcbqKfa5
— TOI Bengaluru (@TOIBengaluru) 1653549811000The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar and others in connection with alleged money laundering case.
READ MOREUniversity College students in Mangaluru protest against Muslim girls wearing Hijab
The Hijab row resurfaced in coastal district Dakshina Kannada on Thursday after several students of University College, Hampankatta staged a flash protest demanding implementation on complete ban of Hijab in the campus.
Shivakumar is presently on bail in the money laundering case registered by ED based on a complaint filed by I-T dept. (ANI)
Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar and others in an alleged money laundering case. (ANI)
Thieves burn Rs 19 lakh notes while stealing from ATM machine in Bengaluru
Around 50 per cent of residential complexes (with more than 500 dwelling units/flats) in the tech capital have achieved a high level of efficiency in using energy, water and other resources on their premises and cut down pollution by incorporating green architecture practices: Study by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI).
Total active cases in Karnataka are 1,799.
PSI can file chargesheet, says HC; denies bail to 2
Observing that a police sub-inspector (PSI) is empowered to investigate a case and file chargesheet, the high court refused to grant bail to two of the accused in the 2021 Byadarahalli mass suicide case.
READ MOREKarnataka on Wednesday reported a total of 208 Covid-19 cases and zero deaths.
Bengaluru's pollution level today
Soon you can buy snacks, check weather info at smart bus shelters
Soon, while waiting for a bus at Electronics City, you can grab a snack, charge your phone/laptop, get a weather update and check your BMI. Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA) is planning to set up four smart bus shelters on a pilot basis.
