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BENGALURU: Amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the state, Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said that the experts have warned of peak in. ....
BENGALURU: Chamarajpet police arrested two mobile robbers and a buyer and recovered 67 cellphones and five two-wheelers, all worth around Rs 11.8 lakh, from them. The accused are Shabaz Khan, 22, of MS Palya and Mohammed Shafi, 23, of Gangondanahalli; Afzal Pasha, 26, of JJ Nagar would receive the stolen phones from the duo. Investigation revealed Khan and Shafi snatched a mobile phone from a pedestrian near Chamarajpet 9th Cross on the night of March 27. Based on the victim s compliant, police, with help of CCTV footage, traced the duo and arrested them. The two confessed to the crime and took cops to Afzal Pasha, the receiver. Together from them, police recovered 67 phones. Khan and Shafi had also stolen five motorbikes from different parts of the city and used them to commit robberies. ....
“The government has agreed eight out of nine demands and we have already announced their implication. But, it is not possible to meet the ninth demand of implantation of the 6th pay commission. We appeal the employees to call off the strike,” said chief secretary P Ravi Kumar following a meeting of officials convened by chief minister BS Yediyurappa. Hike in their salary in accordance with the recommendation of the 6th pay commission on par with the government employees has been the main demand of the employees of all four transport corporations. “The government wants to effect an 8 per cent salary hike immediately, but the election code of conduct prevents it. I have written to the Election Commission of India seeking its permission. The salary hike will be announced immediately if we get the approval, otherwise we need to wait till the elections are over,” said Ravi Kumar. ....
Health workers from BBMP conduct Covid tests at Majestic bus stand. BENGALURU: Experts fear that the city might report more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases daily by the third week of April, which could lead to a severe shortage of hospital beds. Epidemiologist Dr Giridhara Babu warned that at the current rate, Bengaluru would see 6,500 cases every day by April 20. Even if 10 per cent of them require hospitalisation, the city’s health system will be overwhelmed in a few days. “We need action now, not tomorrow,” he said. From March 28 to April 3, Bengaluru recorded 18,075 cases. Actives cases went up from 15,882 to 26,544 during the period. “The reproductive numbers of the virus in the past few days have increased. Maharashtra is finding it hard to drive out asymptomatic patients from hospitals to tend to the needy. The government must come up with a strategic plan,” he said. ....
Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar BENGALURU: Hinting at no relaxation in the new set of guidelines issued by the state government, amid pressure from various sectors, Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar on Saturday said it was inevitable to take certain strict measures so that things don t go out of control. He said the guidelines have been issued on the advice of the technical advisory committee consisting of experts, after examining the situation, and if things are under control by April 20, activities will be allowed to resume. The government is not happy by restricting activities. I have been requesting through the media for the last one month that a second wave is at our doorstep and if we don t understand and take precautionary measures, the government will have no other options and may have to take serious measures, Sudhakar said. ....