Thu, 27 May 2021 20:37:56
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday lodged a police complaint against yoga guru Ramdev, seeking an FIR over his "dishonest and wrongful representations" on allopathy.
In the complaint submitted at the IP Estate Police Station, the apex medical body said Ramdev has "wilfully and deliberately spread false, baseless and malicious information" about treatment of Covid patients by estab
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:35:42
The GST Council is likely to discuss on Friday a reduction in the tax rate on Covid medicines, vaccines and medical equipment as well as means to make up for the shortfall in revenues promised to states.
Ahead of the first meeting of the top decision-making body, finance ministers of eight states ruled by non-BJP and like-minded parties -- Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtr
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:33:58
The BJP on Thursday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi for his allegation that the government was "lying" about the COVID-19 death toll, saying he "knows nothing and speaks everything" and referred to the high number of casualties in opposition-ruled states like Maharashtra to attack the Congress leader.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra noted that Maharashtra, where the Congress is in the ruling allianc
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:27:50
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday demanded resignation of state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he was protecting the Gokak BJP MLA and former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi in the alleged sex-for-job scam.
He also demanded the arrest of Jarkiholi and a court monitored probe into the case which should also look into the role of others including ministers and polic
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:22:44
Karnataka Tourism Minister C P Yogeeshwara, whose visit to New Delhi triggered latest round of speculations about attempts to replace Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, on Thursday said it was to discuss his own political future with national leaders and had nothing to with leadership change in the state.
However, he dodged the question on his support to Yediyurappa on the leadership issue, saying
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:20:50
Amid opposition from within the ruling BJP and cases pending in courts, the Karnataka cabinet on Thursday put on hold its earlier decision to sell 3,667 acres of land to the JSW Steel in Ballari district.
"The previous cabinet's decision to give land to Jindal has not been confirmed in today's cabinet meeting, so the previous decision on this matter will be on hold," Law and Parliamentary Affai
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:16:14
Two more people were arrested in connection with a scam related to blocking beds meant for COVID patients in Bengaluru hospitals including private ones, police said.
The police have identified the accused as Yashwanth and Varun.
With the two arrests, the total number went up to 11, police said.
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:13:19
Alarmed by the rising COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government has launched the city-wide sewage surveillance system to track the virus even among asymptomatic individuals at its early stage.
To begin with, it will start from 45 wards in which samples will be collected by next week in order to identify the infection clusters for better resource management, an official statement rea
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Thu, 27 May 2021 20:10:42
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said the sharp rally in the domestic equity markets despite an estimated 8 per cent contraction in GDP in 2020-21 poses the "risk of a bubble".
In its annual report for 2020-21, RBI noted that India's equity prices have surged to record highs, with the benchmark index Sensex crossing the 50,000 mark on January 21, 2021 to touch a peak of 52,154 on Feb
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