Karnataka news live: State reports 1,987 new Covid-19 cases, 37 deaths

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Saturday threatened to initiate action against companies illegally drawing cables through trees and over pavements. The crackdown comes in the backdrop of directives from the high court and Karnataka State Human Rights Commission. Dangling overhead cables not only spoil the aesthetics of a place but also pose a great risk to pedestrians and motorists, they said.

Traders at Yeshwantpur APMC are opposing the state government’s move to shift those selling onion, potato and garlic to Dasanapura market, 20km away, arguing it would affect their business. K Lokesh, president, Bangalore Potato and Onion Traders’ Association, said: “In 2020, they shifted us to Dasanapura but we later returned to Yeshwantpur after political intervention. But APMC officials are not allowing onion, potato and garlic traders to do business since March 23, 2021. They are pressuring us to give in writing that we’ll shift to Dasanapura, which is on the city’s outskirts, in one year.” Swamy Ayyanar, a trader, said thousands of families rely on this (Yeshwantpur) market for their livelihood and they are facing a big crisis since March.

A 30-year-old woman, who brought her ailing mother-in-law to Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma & Orthopaedics Centre, Bengaluru, on Thursday morning for treatment from Mandya, was shell-shocked when she realised she had left behind medical reports and Rs 50,000 in a KSRTC bus. Read more

A 42-year-old madrassa teacher has been sentenced to 11-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 30,000 by a Tumakuru court for sodomising a 13-year old boy six years ago and threatening him. Read more

Suma (name changed), a 37-year-old Covid-positive woman not only survived 36 days on life support but also gave birth to a healthy boy while on a ventilator. She battled septic shock and fought the virus for 55 days in hospital before she finally recovered. Read more

The Karnataka government on Saturday made it mandatory for people travelling from Maharashtra and Kerala to produce a negative RT-PCR test report irrespective of their vaccination status. Read more

CM Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday that the Centre has agreed to increase the monthly supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the state, from 63-64 lakh doses currently to 1 crore doses for the month of August. Read more