Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Air Force has rescued 500 stranded people in the flood ravaged districts of Karnataka in which 48 people have died in flood related incidents and lakhs of people lost their houses, Air Marshal S K Ghotia said today. Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said that the Indian Air Force pilots are 'trained for tough situations. The rescue operations have been conducted in a

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court asked rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs from Karnataka on Tuesday to hand over to its registrar a memo seeking urgent listing of their plea challenging their disqualification from the state assembly. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra told senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the rebel MLAs, to give the memo to the registrar. Rohatgi told the bench that all

Mudigere, Aug 13: It was an emotional moment for the people of flood-hit villages in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru district as the Army jawans involved in rescue operations began to leave on Tuesday after the flood waters started receding and the situation improved. Learning that the Army personnel were leaving the village after extending help in rescue operations in the past few days, the

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13: Rain-battered North Kerala is slowly limping back to normalcy, even as the toll in the monsoon fury in the state rose to 88 on Tuesday morning and 40 people were still missing. Over 2.52 lakh people have taken shelter in 1,332 relief camps across the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has left for the worst affected districts of Malappuram and Wayanad from where 41

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Leading off-road racer Aishwarya Pissay, who hails from Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, has created history by becoming the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports as she won the FIM World Cup in women's category after the final round of the championship in Varpalota, Hungary, yesterday. The event was conducted by International Motorcycling Federation - the governing

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court of India today declined the plea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government and Assam state government to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Assam and conduct a sample re-verification of data collected, especially in the border districts of the State where Muslims are in majority. A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and

Belagavi, Aug 12: Residents of the flood-affected Shiragur village of Raibag (rural) on Monday invited the Indian Army's Maratha Light Infantry unit to feast together on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. The Army personnel were seen offering prayers along with the Muslim community in the village before joining in the celebrations. The Maratha Light Infantry unit led by Major Rathore is conducting

Bengaluru, Aug 12: There seems to be no let-up to the monsoon mayhem in Karnataka, with the weather office sounding red alert as more heavy rains are forecast in he coastal, central and southern regions of the state in the coming week, an official said on Sunday. "Red alert has been given as the forecast is heavy to very heavy rains in coastal, central and southern districts of the state over the

Belthangady, Aug 12: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each for families who lost house in the floods in the Dakshina Kannada district. Yediyurappa also announced Rs 10,000 as emergency relief to those affected by the deluge. The Chief Minister said that five bridges and 300 houses were damaged or completely destroyed in the floods here. The

Bengaluru, Aug 12: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlining the severity of the floods in Karnataka and sought an interim relief of Rs 5,000 crore to tide over the situation in the state. In his letter, Deve Gowda urged Modi to declare the disaster caused by the floods as a national calamity. Forty people have lost their lives