Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 10: The Central government on Friday assured flood-hit Karnataka of all possible help in mitigating the hardships of its people reeling under the devastation caused by heavy monsoon rains, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters. "Of the Rs 200 crore the state government sought for relief management, the Centre has already released Rs 78 crore and the

Bengaluru, Aug 10: The Karnataka government on Saturday pegged the damage inflicted by torrential downpour and subsequent floods in the state at Rs 6000 crore even as the toll from various rain-related incidents stood at 24. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said this was the "biggest calamity" in 45 years adding his government has sought Rs 3000 crore as relief from the Centre. "We are planning to

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10: Around 45 people have lost their lives as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Kerala, and as many as 19 trains have been cancelled on Saturday. Officials said 'Red Alert' has been issued in Ernakulam, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur districts, were denoting that the regions will receive very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. On Friday

Karwar, Aug 10: Over 1,900 people who were stranded in high rise buildings in and around Karwar in Uttara Kannada district owing to incessant rains have been rescued by the rescue teams of the Indian Navy in last three days. On Friday a team of the Navy successfully rescued 450 people trapped inside a high rise building in Mallapur township of Nuclear Power Corporation of India in Karwar taluk

Mangaluru, Aug 10: The unabated rain has literally brought life to a standstill in Dakshina Kannada as most rivers including Netravati and Kumaradhara overflowed, submerging roads and bridges across the district. Water in the rivers has touched the danger level at many places. Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has appealed to the people residing on the banks of rivers to shift to safer places

Mangaluru, Aug 10: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a youth after convicting him of murdering his lover. The convict is Laxman Acharya, 31, a resident of Marodi village in Belthangady of Dakshin Kannada district. The sixth additional district and sessions court judge Sayeedunnisa pronounced the quantum of punishment on Friday. The incident took place in August 2012. The couple were

Bengaluru, Aug 9: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will cut interest rates again at its October meeting, making it the fifth in a row, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the central bank’s decision to ease by 35 basis points on Wednesday was right. While a survey taken ahead of August’s meeting showed a 25 basis points rate cut was a done deal, the RBI was expected to keep rates

Pune, Aug 9: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed the Pune court that it has got a clearance from Maharashtra's environment ministry to conduct a search operation in the depths of the Arabian sea to find out the weapon used to murder rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The request to conduct a search in the Arabian sea was pending for clearance from the ministry. A foreign

Belgaum, Aug 9: At least six people lost their lives in Belgaum district, as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Karnataka. The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for the Upper Krishna Basin catchment area. The inflows into Belagavi district is 3.91 lakh cusecs. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa informed his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis that

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9: Heavy rain continued to lash several parts of Kerala for the third day on Friday even as the rain-related death toll in the state mounted to 22 and more than 22,165 people have been moved to 315 relief camps, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday. Talking to newspersons Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayan said people from 5,936 families were shifted to the relief camps