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State to offer ‘paid’ quarantine to those who can afford

Principal Secretary, Transport and Roads and Buildings and COVID-19 Task Force Committee chairman M. T. Krishna Babu on Saturday said 60% of the nearl




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‘2.68 crore will be benefited under PMGKAY in State’

About 82 lakh National Food Security Act (NFSA) ration card holders covering 2.68 crore people would be benefited under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalya




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Migrant workers in despair after cancellation of special trains

A group headed to Bhubaneswar is now housed in shelters




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15 fresh cases detected in Vijayawada

As many as 15 fresh positive COVID-19 cases were detected in the city which has turned into one of the hotspots. On Saturday, Krishna district reporte




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Migrant workers jump barricades, set off on foot to native places

Additional police forces deployed at Polavarm; situation under control, says police




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On dead, six new cases reported in Kurnool

Central team from AIIHPH arrives




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Officials in Nellore on alert as Koyambedu cases rise

The district has regular transactions with traders in Tamil Nadu




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Officials have hard time dealing with migrated labourers

‘They are unwilling to stay put in quarantine centres despite facilities’




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3 from T.N. killed in accident in Chittoor

Three persons were killed on the spot when the SUV in which they were travelling skidded off the road and overturned in a rocky terrain, 300 metres aw




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Coronavirus | Delhi government reports less COVID-19 deaths than hospitals

While the Delhi government’s statement says 68 coronavirus-related deaths have occurred in the national capital till Friday, the number of such deaths in just two hospitals in the city that The Hindu accessed was 107




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Coronavirus | 70 migrant workers jump quarantine in Bihar

They complain of poor facilities and lack of food




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In Pictures | Day 46 of coronavirus lockdown gives people the heebie-jeebies

India has reported over 59,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases till date. On the 46th day of the nationwide lockdown, the active coronavirus cases stand




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Coronavirus lockdown | States should decide on exit plan, says Baghel

‘They should have been empowered to demarcate containment zones’




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Congress wants Centre to roll back value cut in wheat MSP

A black chapter in the exploitation of farmers: Surjewala.




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Coronavirus | Kashmir Valley hospital, apple cold storage unit turn COVID-19 hotspots

Screening booths to be set up in government-run facilities; contact tracing measures strengthened




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Gujarat COVID-19 case tally jumps to 7,797 with 394 fresh cases

23 deaths pushes toll to 472; 2091 patients recover




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Coronavirus | Maharashtra tops 20,000-mark; toll rises to 779

State registers 48 deaths, the highest in a day




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West Bengal cleared 10 trains for migrant workers, says Railways

Injustice to stranded workers if permission is denied, Amit Sah tells Mamata




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COVID-19: Telangana sees 31 new cases, one death

Telangana reported 31 fresh COVID-19 positive cases and a death on Saturday, thus taking the total number of affected persons to 1,163 and the death t




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Ban on sale, use of tobacco products in Udupi district

The district administration has banned sale and use of tobacco products in Udupi district to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In a press release issued




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Relaxations for Hubballi from Monday

Barring the containment zones in Hubballi, economic activities are set to begin here from Monday, Minister for Large and Medium Industries and distric




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Govt. quarantine facility opposed at Navalur

Even as the district administration is busy taking steps to set up an institutional quarantine centre at Devaraj Urs hostel at Navalur between Hubball




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They do not want to live in the city of palaces

Migrant construction labourers from north India long to return home, while authorities want them to stay put




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Garment units outside containment zones set to reopen in Karnataka

Following the formula of graded relaxation of the lockdown, the State government has allowed garment factories located outside containment zones to c




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Despite permission to reopen, industries raise logistical issues

The State government may have permitted industrial units to reopen, but an interaction with MSME bodies brought to light the acute logistical problem




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Centre allots Karnataka 2.1 lakh tonnes of foodgrains a month

A total of 2.1 lakh tonnes of foodgrains per month has been allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to Karnataka for thre




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Workers heading to Bengaluru sent back

The police on Thursday night sent back 90 migrant workers, from U.P., Rajasthan and Bihar, after they were found at Gundia check-post travelling in tw




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Technical glitches, delay in issue of passes leave many stranded at border

Migrants complain officials are delaying their entry citing silly reasons and technical formalities




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First train with migrants leaves for Jharkhand from Mangaluru

A train with 1,140 migrant workers left Mangaluru Junction for Jharkhand on Saturday evening. The workers, who had registered on the Seva Sindhu app,




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289 workers quarantined in Shivamogga district

As many as 289 migrant workers from Shivamogga district working outside the State who have returned to their native areas in the past one week have be




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Man booked for violating rules, not having pass

The police registered a case against a person for negligent act likely to spread disease, and not having a pass to enter Udupi district on May 8. Acco




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Infant dies after drinking paint thinner

A one-and-a-half year old infant died after accidentally consuming paint thinner in Balekundri, Bujurg village in Belagavi district on Saturday. The p




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Five Shramik trains leave State

Five Shramik Special trains — four from Bengaluru and one from Mangaluru — left for north Indian States on Saturday from Karnataka to ferry migrant wo




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Trade unions plan protest in Karnataka

Opposing any increase in working hours for labourers in Karnataka, the Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU), an umbrella organisation of nine trade




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More than 3,500 bars reopen in Karnataka

More than 3,500 bars and restaurants, and about 1,300 bars attached to hotels offering boarding and lodging facilities, opened on Saturday to clear t




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More than one lakh samples tested so far

42 new cases reported, including 12 from Bengaluru Urban




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Buses for those from other southern States

The ones registered on Seva Sindhu portal can hire buses from the RTCs




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Man who returned from Padarayanapura tests positive in Tumakuru district

A 45-year-old man (P-764), who worked at a hotel in Padarayanapura in Bengaluru and returned to his hometown in Sira of Tumakuru district on May 4, te




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Over 76% of COVID-19 patients in State are asymptomatic

Only way to detect such patients is to take up random tests: Jayadeva Director




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Two positive patients give birth in Victoria Hospital

Newborns have been separated from mothers and kept under isolation




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State mulls over relaxing some key labour laws

The State government is considering relaxing some key labour laws meant to protect the interests of workers in Karnataka, including those which govern




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Lawmakers take on each other at meeting

Much to the embarrassment of Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar and Davangere district in charge Minister Byrathi Basavaraj, Lok Sabha member G.M.




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Shops offer discounts, virtual tours to win back customers

Some stores are giving up to 50% rebate




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Now, automatic water-level control system mandatory

Amendments to the Bangalore Water Supply Sewerage Act, 1964, have made installation of automatic water level control system and provision of internal




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ACP, two inspectors suspended

The Home Department on Saturday suspended Prabhushankar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fraud and Misappropriation Wing, Central Crime Branch




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16 migrant labourers mowed down by freight train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad




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Post-gas leak, evacuated people sleep on beach road in Vizag




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Aurangabad train mishap: NHRC notice to Maharashtra govt




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Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams




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Pune Fire Brigade driver tests positive for COVID-19, contact tracing underway