With 672 active Covid-19 cases in the state, the Karnataka government has advised the elderly, those with comorbidities, pregnant women and lactating mothers to take precautionary measures.
On January 10, 2023, software engineer Tejaswini Sulakhe and her son Vihan died in Bengaluru after a pillar at an under-construction Metro site fell on the bike they were on. The incident led to a change in SOPs for constructing Metro pillars across Bengaluru
While at least two JD(S) leaders have resigned citing the alliance as the reason, several party functionaries from the Muslim community have threatened to quit the party. BJP MP G S Basavaraj has also publicly expressed his “dilemma”