The hospitality industry, which was badly hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, is facing another challenge with the cost of gas cylinders rising rapidly.

A bitter battle is being fought on Twitter between Karnataka's current and former Chief Ministers with Siddaramaiah slamming Basavaraj Bommai for his statement in Mangaluru that moral policing is "action and reaction" caused by "hurt sentiments".

People across Karnataka celebrated Dasara (an official state festival) but for many, it was a subdued celebration this year owing to a continuous rise in fuel prices.

On the occasion of World Sight Day, a group of blindfolded people walked from Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha to the High Court this morning to create awareness around vision impairment.

Cinema halls in Karnataka are struggling to pull in viewers a week after the state government allowed 100 per cent occupancy in theatres and pubs.

A woman has died after being burnt alive in her home in northern Karnataka's Yadgir district early on Monday after she fought off a rape attempt.

The horrific fire tragedy in an apartment in Bengaluru earlier this month that claimed two lives reawakened awareness about fire safety issues. But too often, as the days pass, people fall back into complacency.

After Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed a joint session of the Karnataka legislature today, the Congress criticised the move as breaking protocol. The opposition Congress said only the President or the Governor should address a joint session.

The Karnataka Assembly has, over the years, seen members come in wearing helmets, nightclothes, and on one occasion an MLA ripping his shirt off. While all these were deliberate acts to make a point, what happened Wednesday was certainly unplanned.

The BJP government in Karnataka this week passed a bill to protect religious structures in the state, hoping to mollify those who protested against the demolition of a temple in Mysuru district.

Coronavirus has changed the way we live, work and celebrate festivals. And while Karnataka has permitted the public celebration of the Ganesha festival - it is quite muted.

While the Karnataka government has permitted public Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in the state, several restrictions have been put in place to try and ensure that the festivities do not lead to a spike in Covid cases.

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The Karnataka government has issued a revised circular for people arriving from neighbouring Kerala, which has been contributing over 50 per cent of new cases and a third of deaths being reported across the country.

Karnataka has been keeping a close watch on its districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra - states with a high number of Covid cases - for last several weeks. There is a an extra sharp focus on travellers from Kerala as it battles high daily cases.

Karnataka has been focussing on stepping up vaccination in the districts neighbouring Kerala and Maharashtra, the state's Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said today.

Minister In-Charge for Bengaluru Urban, R Ashok, said that all 27 lakh households in the city will be covered under the drive.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today said that schools in the state can open from August 23, as decided earlier, in districts with COVID-19 positivity rate of less than 2 per cent.

Colleges have opened for offline classes - but only for vaccinated students and staff. School students would not have been vaccinated as they are under 18.

Ministers who expressed public displeasure at assigned portfolios seem to have been mollified after meetings with Mr Bommai, who is facing possibly his first major political challenge since being sworn in as BS Yediyurappa's replacement last month.

The ending of the monsoon session of parliament - with much left undone - has saddened former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

The new Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai, is battling discontent within his cabinet as a handful of ministers, including Tourism and Environment Minister Anand Singh, push for different, and possibly more high profile, portfolios

Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa cited neighbouring Kerala as an example where the RSS and BJP lacked strength earlier to hit back when attacked physically. Now, with the organisations growing manifold, they have the capacity to retaliate, he said.

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