Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday accused the Central government of ignoring the flood situation in Karnataka and demanded an assistance of Rs 5,000 crore. "The Central government is still sleeping even after seeing the severity of floods and the damages due to floods. It should immediately declare this as a national disaster. Prime

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Chief minister B S Yediyurappa, have plans to discuss about the much delayed cabinet expansion, with the Party president and the Union Home minister Amit Shah, during his meeting in Belagavi, today. Speaking to newsmen after garlanding the Statue of the Tamil Scholar and saint, Thiruvalluvar in the city, he said that “Union home minister is conducting an aerial survey in the

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (UNI) With the flood situation in Karnataka in over 17 districts continued to be grim, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah would be is conducting an aerial survey in Belagavi, the worst affected districts in the state, on Sunday afternoon. According to official sources, Amit Shah will arrive to Belagavi in the afternoon, and immediately will leave to conduct an Aerial survey of the

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Flight operators have hiked flight charges to Port City Mangaluru, the coastal hub of Karnataka, taking advantage of Road and Train services badly affected due to the torrential rain and floods. According to sources, the tickets for flights between Bengaluru and Mangaluru had jacked up to Rs 14000 to Rs 18000 for one way for today, an increase from Rs 2500 to Rs 5000. “With the

Belgaum, Aug 10: Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the government to take all possible measures to rescue and rehabilitate the people who have been rendered refugees due to the flood in the state. "Refugees need a new life. The government should take all possible measures in this regard. Action has to be taken in the same manner that Kodagu had undergone during our

Shivamogga, Aug 10: In a classic case of nature hitting back on the encroachment of humans in its territory, the Karnataka State Cricket Cricket Association (KSCA) stadium, built on the place where a historical tank existed for decades, in Navule has been inundated following heavy rainfall in the region. Prior to the construction of the stadium in 2010, a huge water tank with an area exceeding 30

Bengaluru, Aug 10: With Karnataka pummeled by incessant rain and inundated with the flood, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is slated to visit flood-affected areas of Mangaluru on Sunday to take stock of the situation. Around 1,024 villages in 80 talukas of 17 districts have been affected due to the floods caused by incessant rains in the region. The Chief Minister informed that 24 people have lost

New Delhi, Aug 10: BJP has reprimanded the party's Kerala unit General Secretary (organisation) M Ganesan on Twitter for allegedly claiming on a twitter handle purportedly belonging to him that retired IPS officer K Vijayakumar has been appointed as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The handle claiming to represent Ganesan had put out a tweet along with the picture of

Bengaluru, Aug 10: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to next of kin of people who lost their lives in the floods that have crippled the state. "So far, 24 people have lost their lives due to the floods. Compensation of Rs 5 lakh will be given to the next of kin of the deceased," Yediyurappa said in a press conference here. Around 1024 villages in 80 talukas

Kannur, Aug 10: A Kerala man who went missing last year and later joined the Islamic State (ISIS) has been reportedly killed in an operation conducted by the Afghan-US forces in Afghanistan, a senior intelligence official said on Friday. Saifuddin, the deceased person, is the second resident from Kerala to have been killed fighting for the ISIS in Afghanistan in the last fortnight, raising serious