Patil said all cases were “breakthrough infections”, meaning the patients had received both doses of a vaccine. At the same time, 33 students below the age of 18 and a staffer have tested positive at a private boarding school in Dommasandra in Whitefield.

Karnataka logged 402 fresh Covid-19 cases and six deaths on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 29,94,963 and the toll to 38,193. Bengaluru Urban continued to top the list of cases (224), as the city saw 129 discharges and one death. Total number of active cases in the state is now 6,611.

result of 66 fully vaccinated students and staff of the college had turned out to be positive following testing of over 300 students. More people from the college are being tested today.

The samples of the infected people will be sent for genome sequencing. “The students were fully vaccinated… We will be sending a few samples for genome sequencing to check if there’s a new variant,” state health commissioner D Randeep said.

The health commissioner said a freshers’ party at the college on November 17 is responsible for the outbreak.

Chairman of Manipal Hospital and member of Covid task force team in Karnataka Dr Sudarshan Ballal said the Covid cluster is a cause of concern.

“There was a large cluster that has turned to be positive and all of them were at an event. This means the variant of this virus is infectious. Second concern, all the students were fully vaccinated which means there is a immune escape phenomena,” he said.

However, he said, the disease is not severe. “But happening at this juncture is certainly concerning to us… We should go back to stringent Covid behavior,” he added.

(Sunday 30 May 2021, MORNING; Time of Issue: 0900 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

• The northern limit of Southwest Monsoon continues to pass through 5°N/72°E, 6°N/75°E, 8°N/80°E, 12°N/85°E, 14°N/90°E and 17°N/94°E. Conditions are likely to become favourable for onset of Southwest Monsoon over Kerala around 31st May 2021.

• Due to strengthening of southerly winds, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls very likely over North-eastern states and adjoining East India from 30th May, 2021.

• A Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over north Pakistan & neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels with a trough aloft in mid & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along longitude 66°E to the north of latitude 28°N; a cyclonic circulation lies over Punjab & neighbourhood and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to northeast Rajasthan in lower tropospheric levels. Under their influence; isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity likely over Western Himalayan Region & adjoining plains of Northwest India during next 4-5 days.

• A trough runs from southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood to south Tamil Nadu across Vidarbha, Telangana and Rayalaseema and a cyclonic circulation lies over Eastcentral Arabian Sea off Karnataka coast in lower tropospheric levels. Under their influence and other favourable meteorological conditions; scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm likely over Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe and isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm over remaining parts of south Peninsular India during next 4-5 days. Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Kerala & Mahe during next 5 days; Coastal Karnataka on 02nd June; South Interior Karnataka on 02nd June; Coastal Andhra Pradesh on 30th & 31st May.

• Scattered Heat Wave conditions very likely over West Rajasthan on 30th. Isolated heat wave conditions also likely over East Rajasthan, south Punjab, south Haryana and Vidarbha on 30th.

Main Weather Observations

• Rain/Thundershowers observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at most places over Kerala & Mahe; at many places over Coastal Karnataka; at a few places over Jharkhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad and Madhya Maharashtra and at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Island, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Bihar, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam.

• Rainfall recorded (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday)(1 cm or more): Kozhikode-3; Mangalore (Panambur) and Batote-2 each; Bahraich, Ranchi and Cannur-1each.

• Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0530 hrs IST today): many parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit- Baltistan & Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Madhya Maharashtra and at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana and Marathawada.

• Yesterday, Heat Wave observed over many parts of northwest Rajasthan.

• Maximum Temperature Departures as on 29-05-2021: Maximum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at many places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad; at a few places over Assam & Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and West Rajasthan and above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura; at a few places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Punjab, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at most places over East Uttar Pradesh; at many places over Bihar; at a few places over Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and East Madhya Pradesh; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at most places over West Uttar Pradesh; at many places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands; at a few places over Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat Region; at isolated places over West Madhya Pradesh; below normal (-1.6°C to

The Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ over Gulf of Mannar close to Pamban moved westwards with a speed of 9kmph during past six hours, weakened into a Deep Depression and  lay centered over Gulf of Mannar near close to Ramanathapuram District coast, about 20km southwest of Pamban and 210 km east-northeast of Kanniyakumari. The associated wind speed is about 55-65 gusting to 75 kmph.

The deep depression would move west-southwestwards and cross Ramanathapuram and Thoothukudi districts during  4^th December  with wind speed of 50-60 gusting to 70 kmph. It is very likely to weaken further into a Depression (wind speed 40-50kmph gusting to 60 kmph) by tomorrow, the 4^th December morning.

(ii) Wind warning

• Squally wind speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph is very likely during next 6 hours along and off south Tamilnadu coast (Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts) and it will gradually decrease to 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph by tomorrow morning the 4^th December.
• Squally wind speed reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph likely to prevail along & off south Kerala coast (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzah districts) during next 24-hours.
• Squally wind speed reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph very likely over Lakshadweep-Maldives area and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea on 4^th December.

 (iii) Sea condition

• Sea condition is rough to very rough over Gulf of Mannar and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, along & off south Tamilnadu, west Sri Lanka coasts till morning of the 4^th December and rough to very rough over Comorin Area, adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and along & off Kerala coast on 4^th December.

(v) Fishermen warning and Action suggested

• Fishermen are advised not to venture into Gulf of Mannar and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal and along & off south Tamilnadu coast and north Sri Lanka coasts during next 12-and along and off Kerala coast, Lakshadweep-Maldives area & adjoining southeast Arabian Sea during next 24-hours.

The deceased has been identified as Manjudevi, wife of a construction worker Ram Balak belonging to one among the four families staying in the building. The other woman who died has been identified as Nirmala, and the deceased child as Anushka. Rs 5 lakh compensation will be given to the family of the deceased, the state government has said.

All those rescued have been shifted to Bowring Hospital and are under observation.

According to Disaster Management officials, a coordinated effort by firemen, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, and Quick Response Team of the Civil Defense began swiftly.

On Wednesday morning, the accident spot was visited by Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara, local MLA and former minister KJ George and City Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that permission was only granted for three floors; however, the building had an extra floor which affected the foundation of the building, leading to the collapse.

Speaking to reporters, the Mayor said that that action would be taken against the engineer who sanctioned the construction in violation of the BBMP’s guidelines. She further said the building will be demolished by the BBMP’s technical team once the rescue operations conclude.

This tragedy comes less than a month after three labourers had succumbed to their injuries after the collapse of an under-construction water tank in Bengaluru’s Amruthahalli.

After the resignations of Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh and Gokak MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, the Congress is left with 77 legislators whereas its partner JD(S) has 37. Together, the alliance now has just a wafer-thin majority of 114 legislators in the 224-member Karnataka assembly, where the magic figure is 113. On the other hand, the main opposition BJP has 105 MLAs, there is one legislator of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and an independent MLA.

While Singh said he decided to resign over some unfulfilled demands, Jarkiholi in his resignation complained that his party had “ignored” his seniority after dropping him from the cabinet last year.

It is being speculated that Singh may join the BJP. However, the MLA rejected the claims of falling prey to Operation Lotus, a strategy adopted by the BJP in 2008 to shore up its numbers in the assembly by making opposition MLAs resign and seek re-election on BJP ticket. Singh is a three-time MLA from Vijayanagara and had won the constituency in 2008 and 2013 on a BJP ticket.

Reacting to the news, state BJP chief and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said the resignations reflect large-scale unease in the ruling coalition and the government will collapse under its own weight.

“Only after the collapse of this government we can explore the constitutional provisions to form the new government. There is no question of elections. We are a strong force of 105 members and we have every right to make a claim for forming the government if the present one collapses,” he said.

JD(S) leader and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is in the US for the foundation-laying ceremony of a temple, tweeted that he was aware of the developments taking place in the state adding that the “BJP was daydreaming to destabilise the government”.

The Kumaraswamy government has often accused the BJP of horse-trading in the past one year with rumours of legislators of mainly the Congress switching over to the saffron party.