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Garment workers on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway in Mandya, a file photo.

Karnataka garment workers badly hit by lockdown

Over five lakh workers of Karnataka’s garments industry, mainly women, have been badly hit by the lockdown.  The Garments Mahila Karmikara Munnade (GM
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Former Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and H.D. Kumaraswamy, a file photo.

Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy oppose naming Bengaluru flyover after Savarkar 

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Spike in cases

A spike in COVID cases does not take away from the fact that aggressive contact tracing and quarantining helped Karnataka contain the disease, but the
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At the market yard of the APMC in Gulbarga, Karnataka, a file picture.

APMC Act amended by ordinance in Karnataka

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Karnataka Labour Secretary transferred without posting

Captain Manivannan, an IAS officer who was Principal Secretary of the Labour Department in the Government of Karnataka, was transferred without a post
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Migrants throng the KSRTC bus stand in Bengaluru on May 3.

On way to flattening

Faced with a money crunch, Karnataka resorts to partial easing of lockdown measures. The number of COVID cases stabilises in the State, but its death
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Migrants on their arrival from Karnataka by a Shramik Special train at Danapur railway station in Patna district of Bihar, on May 6.

Karnataka cancels special trains for migrants

In a move that is being severely criticised, the Karnataka government cancelled special trains that were to ferry migrant workers back to their native
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Muslims offer Friday prayers as they maintain physical distancing at the Shahi Jama Masjid on March 27.

Former civil servants appeal for social harmony

A group of concerned former civil servants belonging to the All India and Central Services who have organised themselves as the “Constitutional Conduc
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Packing dry rations  for the Hasirudala initiative.

Community efforts

While non-governmental organisations step up to meet the food needs of migrant workers, the lack of adequate testing and the inordinate focus on Benga
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Police personnel patrol Padarayanapura in Bengaluru after tension gripped the locality during ongoing lockdown on April 20.

‘No attack on police, heath care workers’ in sealed Bengaluru ward

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David Quammen.

David Quammen: Pandemics are inevitable and costly

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Glimpses of past glory

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