The Karnataka High Court issued notice to former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, his son and BJP state vice president BY Vijayendra, their family members, former minister ST Somashekar and an IAS officer in a case alleging corruption in a housing project. The single bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav directed issuing notices to them on a petition filed by an activist TJ Abraham, who challenged the special courts order on July 8 this year. The special court had dismissed the case for want of sanction to prosecute Yediyurappa and Somashekar, who were Chief Minister and Minister respectively at the time. The case pertains to allegedly receiving kickbacks from a contractor for a housing project of the Bangalore Development Authority. ]
Kerala reports 19,948 new Covid cases, 187 more deaths
Kerala reported 19,948 fresh Covid cases pushing the total infection caseload to 35,13,551, with the number of people who have died due to the virus rising to 17,515 after 187 more deaths. As many as 19,480 people have been cured of the infection since last week, taking the total recoveries to 33,17,314 and the number of active cases in the state to 1,78,204, a state government release said. In the last 24 hours, 1,51,892 samples were tested and the TPR was found to be 13.13 per cent. So far, 2,82,27,419 samples have been tested, it said. Of the new cases, 81 are health workers, 97 had come from outside the state and 18,744 were infected through contact with the source of contact being not clear in 996 cases, the release said. There are currently 4,87,492 people under surveillance in various districts of the state. Of these, 4,58,397 are in home or institutional quarantine and 29,095 in hospitals.
