Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday cautioned against attempts to weaken and violate the Constitution and said the values enshrined in the Constitution should be protected. In a veiled attack on the Centre for scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, he said India is a country where states enjoy special privileges and any infringement into their

Mangaluru, Aug 15: The Charmadi Ghat, which connects coastal Karnataka with Chikkamagaluru, is unlikely to open soon as the experts have hinted that it may take a month to fix the road devastated by rains, floods and landslides. After a meeting with authorities concerned including executive engineer, National Highway division, Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner S Sasikanth Senthil has ordered

Bengaluru, Aug 14: The meteorological department has sounded a red alert in two coastal and three malnad districts till August 16 as rain returned to the region after a day’s lull. In its forecast, IMD predicted moderate to heavy rainfall ranging between 100mm and 205mm for the next 48 hours in Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts of Malnad, and Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Fishermen

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 14: In the wake of pressure from minority Hindu community of Malaysia, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad today said that his government is not keen for Indian Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik to be in the country, but added it is hard-pressed to deport him elsewhere as “many countries” will not accept him. "So he's here today, but if any country wants to have him, they are welcome,"

Two years after the violent and public murder of Pehlu Khan made the nation tremble, all the six people accused of lynching him have been acquitted by a court in Alwar, Rajasthan. The verdict was pronounced by the court of the Additional District Judge in Alwar. Despite video evidence, the court acquitted the six accused "cow vigilantes" who beat Khan to death with rods and sticks in Alwar on

Mysuru/Kalaburagi, Aug 14: The situation in flood ravaged districts of Karnataka is slowly easing and the affected who had taken shelter in Rehabilitation Centres set up tempararily are returning to their villages in Cauvery basin and North Karnataka. Meanwhile, the death toll in flood and rain related incidents has crossed 54 in the State and about 15 repeat 15 people are reported to be missing

Newsroom, Aug 14: A solidarity team of prominent Indian activists which extensively travelled in besieged Jammu and Kashmir after the controversial abrogation of Article 370 and 35A by the union government of India has claimed that it has found is completely different situation in the valley from what has been reported in the mainstream media so far. The team consisting of economist Jean Dreze and

Mysuru, Aug 14: Disqualified MLA A H Vishwanath has demanded a thorough inquiry into telephone tapping case that reported in the state during the tenure of erstwhile JD(S)-Congress coalition government. In a press conference here today, Vishwanath, who was the state president of JD(S) until recently, alleged that then Chief Minister's office was misused for phone tapping and it was a crime

Bengaluru, Aug 14: With the recovery of four bodies in Hassan district, the toll in the devastating floods and incessant rains in parts of Karnataka has gone up to 58, authorities said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, with inflows into the reservoirs steadily decreasing, the situation in the affected districts in north, coastal, malnad and south interior Karnataka has improved further. According to an

Kasaragod, Aug 14: With several parts of Kerala receiving downpour since Tuesday night, many low lying areas have been waterlogged, even as the toll in the rain-battered state has gone up to 95 so far. A red alert has been sounded for three north Kerala districts of Malappuram, Kannur and Kozhikode, which bore the brunt of the flood fury and landslides last week. In Kasaragod district schools and