Lingayats hold key as BJP-Congress set for poll face-off in Kittur Karnataka region with 50 seats up for grabsKittur Karnataka region (formerly Mumbai/Bombay Karnataka), which comprises seven districts and sends 50 MLAs to the Karnataka legislative ...
07 Apr, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
Omicron variant may not be ‘milder' itself, US scientists cautionCompared with earlier variants, Omicron resulted in notably lower hospitalisation and death rates, leading some to conclude that the varian...
04 Feb, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
Omicron infections seem to be milder, three research teams reportWhile the new research is heartening, experts warn that the surge coming to many countries still may flood hospitals with omicron cases, si...
23 Dec, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
US faces another Covid Christmas as omicron fuels a rise in casesOn Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that Omicron, which accounted for less than 1 percent of new Covid-19 ca...
21 Dec, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Bypolls to 3 Lok Sabha, 29 assembly seats SaturdayThe seats where Lok Sabha bye-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. O...
29 Oct, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
Congress spokesman, media coordinator link party unit chief to scam; video goes viralActing swiftly, the Congress expelled Saleem from the party for six years and served a show-cause notice to Ugrappa, who is Congress spokes...
13 Oct, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
BJP announces fielding Shivaraj Sajjanar, Ramesh Bhusanur in Assembly by-electionsThe BJP said in a statement that the BJP national general secretary and Karnataka in charge Arun Singh communicated that Sajjanar and Bhusa...
07 Oct, 2021, 01.36 PM IST
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai confident of BJP's victory in bypolls to Sindagi, HanagalThe Chief Minister said the BJP's scope of winning the bypolls is bright because it is a disciplined party, which has its cadre from booth-...
03 Oct, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
When will the Delta surge end? The answer depends on which expert you askAfter every other peak has come a trough, however, often for reasons that were not immediately obvious. In Britain, where the variant is al...
03 Sep, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Vaccine effectiveness against infection may wane, CDC studies findThe studies show that although the vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and deaths, the bulwark they provide against i...
20 Aug, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
Will the world reach herd immunity against Covid-19?Nature isn’t going to solve the problem, either. It’s unclear how long natural immunity gained from surviving Covid-19 will last, and wheth...
16 Aug, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
It's not safe to leave children at day care: They could be spreading coronavirus at homeMasks, disinfection and social distancing are needed, even for children.
12 Sep, 2020, 06.24 PM IST
Why is the US experiencing a coronavirus resurgence?The number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is hitting levels not seen since the early part of the pandemic in April.
25 Jun, 2020, 11.06 PM IST
Gali Janardhana Reddy’s Molakalmuru house hub of activity with 5,000 visitors a dayA fortnight ago, when the poll scene in gathered momentum, the infamous mining barontur ned-politician Gali Janardhana Reddy shifted his ba...
01 May, 2018, 01.08 PM IST
Karnataka polls: Sreeramulu on a sprint campaign across the stateSreeramulu—projected as the party’s deputy chief minister— has been asked to campaign in 80 constituencies besides the two he is contesting...
01 May, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
- Yeddyurappa slams Lokayukta report on illegal mining
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today slammed as "biased" the Lokayukta report on illegal mining which had led to his resig...
25 Sep, 2011, 09.46 PM IST