Arun Dev is an Assistant Editor with the Karnataka bureau of Hindustan Times. A journalist for over 10 years, he has written extensively on crime and politics.
Articles by Arun Dev
As cases surge, Good Samaritans lend a helping hand in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: As the city struggles to cope up with surging Covid-19 cases, Good Samaritans in Bengaluru have come forward to extend a helping hand to those in need
Published on May 16, 2021 12:31 AM IST
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Covaxin manufacturing unit likely to be set up in Kolar district: Dy CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka deputy chief minister and head of state Covid task force, Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana, on Friday announced that a manufacturing plant of indigeneous vaccine Covaxin is likely to be set up in Malur industrial area in Kolar district
Published on May 15, 2021 12:43 AM IST
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‘Callousness’: Probe indicts Chamarajanagar hospital, officials for 24 deaths
Chamarajanagar deaths: The probe report, which found instances of tampering with the records, said the failure of the district administration in general and the hospital authorities in particular, "is apparent".
Updated on May 15, 2021 10:43 AM IST
Arun Dev, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
B’luru crematoriums feel the heat as Covid deaths rise
Bengaluru: As Bengaluru continues to report more than 250 deaths every day for the past week, crematoriums in the city are feeling the heat
Published on May 14, 2021 12:44 AM IST
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BBMP’s free food scheme for poor draws flak for collecting Aadhaar details, phone numbers
Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) distribution of free food for the poor during lockdown through Indira canteens has come under criticism from locals and activists alike after employees of the canteens were seen collecting Aadhaar card details and mobile numbers of those getting the food
Published on May 13, 2021 12:41 AM IST
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HC asks K’taka govt to submit action plan to counter Covid third wave
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Wednesday directed the state government to prepare an action plan for countering the potential third wave of Covid-19
Published on May 13, 2021 12:39 AM IST
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Insecurity, fear grip Muslim volunteers after Surya’s remarks
Bengaluru: Bengaluru south Member of Parliament (MP) Tejasvi Surya’s communalisation of the bribe-for-bed fraud case last week has triggered a sense of fear and insecurity among Muslims Covid warriors, employees at the south war room said
Published on May 12, 2021 12:44 AM IST
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HC pulls up govt over 2nd dose of vaccines, asks state to come up with a road map
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday pulled up the state and Central government on its plans to provide the second dose of vaccines to those above 45 years of age
Published on May 12, 2021 12:42 AM IST
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HC pulls up Karnataka govt over availability of second dose of vaccine
The HC bench subsequently ordered the state to come out with a road map for completing vaccinations.
Updated on May 11, 2021 10:32 PM IST
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Confusion, chaos prevail as strict lockdown kicks in
Bengaluru: The first day of the second lockdown announced by the Karnataka government resulted in chaos and anguish in many parts of the state including Bengaluru
Published on May 11, 2021 12:35 AM IST
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16 Muslim Covid warriors reinstated
Bengaluru: The 16 Muslim Covid warriors who were named by Bengaluru south member of parliament, Tejasvi Surya in connection with the “bribe for bed scam” were reinstated back into their parent company on the instructions of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), on Monday
Published on May 11, 2021 12:34 AM IST
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Why Karnataka had to extend curbs
Bengaluru: Halfway through the first lockdown, the Karnataka government on May 7 announced fresh curbs which would come into effect from May 10
Updated on May 09, 2021 12:36 AM IST
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K’taka goes Mumbai way in Covid fight
Bengaluru: Taking a cue from Mumbai’s fight against Covid-19, the Karnataka government has announced decentralisation to fight the spread of the virus in the city
Published on May 09, 2021 12:35 AM IST
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After Tejasvi Surya’s comments, police quiz 16 Muslim Covid warriors: Official
The manager of the agency that staffed the BBMP war room in Bengaluru said he and the 16 staffers identified by Tejasvi Surya were summoned by the police for questioning
Published on May 07, 2021 01:09 PM IST
Arun Dev , Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
Covid scare moves beyond K’taka capital
Bengaluru: Despite the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, the focus of the state government has primarily been on the capital city of Bengaluru, from where a major chunk of the daily cases, 49
Published on May 07, 2021 12:33 AM IST
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Raise state’s O2 allocation: HC to Centre as cases surge
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court on Wednesday directed the Centre to increase the allocation of oxygen for the state to 1,201 metric tonnes for the next four days amid rising demand and reports of shortage in the state
Published on May 06, 2021 12:41 AM IST
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MP Tejasvi Surya’s remarks on Muslim Covid warriors trigger furore
Tejasvi Surya claimed at a press conference that he had uncovered a massive fraud in how the BBMP war-room books beds. Interestingly, the BBMP is controlled by his own party, the BJP.
Updated on May 06, 2021 04:05 AM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
K’taka ministers didn’t respond to oxygen SOS calls: Volunteers
The desperation was a continuation of the stressful events that unfolded on Monday when five hospitals in the city ran out of oxygen. In one of the hospitals – Arka Hospital in Yelahanka – two persons died due to oxygen shortage
Updated on May 05, 2021 10:26 AM IST
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Karnataka HC suggests judicial probe into 24 deaths at Covid-19 hospitals
Bengaluru: Taking suo motu cognizance of the 24 deaths at two Covid-19 hospitals in a span of 24 hours allegedly due to shortage of oxygen, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday suggested a judicial probe by a retired judge into the matter
Published on May 05, 2021 12:41 AM IST
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‘Stressed’ B’luru police worried about additional IPL duties
Bengaluru: Ten matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) are scheduled in Bengaluru between May 9 to May 22, and several officers in the Bengaluru police are not happy about the additional burden of providing security to the cricket league
Published on May 04, 2021 12:58 AM IST
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Good Samaritans offer hope as Covid crisis grips Bengaluru
With the piling up of dead bodies outside crematoriums and families running from hospital to hospital to get admission, volunteers have stepped in to help those in dire need.
Updated on May 03, 2021 09:02 AM IST
Arun Dev Sharan Poovanna
Deaths rise in Bengaluru slums amid low Covid-19 testing
It was when his 49-year-old wife suddenly sat down on the floor, gasping for breath, that Hafiz Mohammad Abdullah, a resident of Gopalpura slum in Bengaluru, realised something was wrong.
Updated on May 01, 2021 01:07 PM IST
Arun Dev, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
In a first, Drones deployed for sanitisation and medicine delivery in Bengaluru
The DGCA recently granted the ICMR a conditional exemption for testing the feasibility of drones in delivering vaccines.
Updated on Apr 30, 2021 11:59 PM IST
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50 people, 20k calls a day: Inside the remdesivir war room in B’luru
Bengaluru: A 50-member team handles around 15,000 to 20,000 calls per day at the war room set up in Bengaluru to streamline the distribution of remdesivir in the state, amid the high demand for the antiviral injections
Updated on Apr 30, 2021 01:52 PM IST
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Used masks in garbage pose threat to waste collectors
Bengaluru: As Covid-19 cases continue to surge at unprecedented rate in Bengaluru, waste collectors live under constant threat of getting infected as residents in the city dispose of used masks and other medical wastes without segregating them from regular household waste
Published on Apr 30, 2021 12:20 AM IST
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FIR against Apollo in Bengaluru for illegally blocking beds
As people of Bengaluru struggle to find hospital beds for the Covid-19 patients, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has alleged that several private hospitals in the city are not providing 50% of beds for government-referred Covid-19 patients as per a notification issued earlier this month
Published on Apr 29, 2021 01:08 AM IST
Arun Dev, Bengaluru:
3k Covid patients missing in Bengaluru
As many as 3,000 people infected with Covid-19 have gone missing from Bengaluru and efforts to trace them are underway, Karnataka revenue minister R Ashoka said on Wednesday
Published on Apr 29, 2021 01:00 AM IST
Arun Dev, Bengaluru
Nearly 3,000 Covid-19 patients in Bengaluru missing: Karnataka Revenue Minister
The Karnataka government had recently increased its contact tracing activity after it was found that the officials in Bengaluru and other districts were tracing only 4 contacts per infected person, while the guidelines mandate tracing at least 20 contacts.
Updated on Apr 28, 2021 09:16 PM IST
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Blood banks across Bengaluru struggle to find donors for plasma
Plasma therapy, broadly known as ‘convalescent plasma therapy’, is a procedure to treat Covid-19 patients with the plasma of a person who has recovered from the infection.
Published on Apr 27, 2021 03:54 AM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
Blood banks across B’luru struggle to find donors for plasma
Bengaluru: Swamy Vivekananda voluntary blood bank near the corporation circle in Bengaluru was crowded on Friday, with desperate family members of Covid-19 patients pleading with strangers to donate plasma after the donors they brought with them could not clear the requisite tests
Published on Apr 27, 2021 12:35 AM IST
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