Karnataka

Madikeri, Aug 26: The district administration has been finding it a difficult task to select suitable land for construction of houses for the victims of floods and rain havoc as entire landscape of Kodagu District was damaged in the fury for the second consecutive year. Hundreds of houses were damaged in the fury both last year and this year, leaving many people homeless. Though efforts to explore

Belagavi, Aug 26: Hundreds of farmers staged protest in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office under banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene (Green Brigade) for their various demands including immediate release of compensation and Rehabilitation of those affected in the recent flood and rain fury. Leading the agitators Farmers leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar said that

Ballari, Aug 26: Three people of a family, including a three year-old boy were killed on the spot when the roof of their house collapsed while asleep in Nadanga village of Siraguppa Taluk in the District on Monday Police said that the deceased were identified as Immam ((45), Hasina (25) and Three year-old boy Imran . The house was old and due to recent floods and rain havoc it was damaged more and

Madikeri, Aug 26: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has incurred loss to the tune of Rs two crore in the recent rain havoc and flood in Kodagu District. The CESC personnel have been striving to restore power supply in rural areas, which have been badly hit. Around 2,150 electric poles, 117 transformers and wires in about 6.8 km were damaged. Nearly 95 percent of restoration work

Bengaluru, Aug 26: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that the inter-ministerial central team is in the state to assess the damage caused due to the floods and will submit a report to the Centre in two days. "The Centre has sent a study team to our state. The team has come to study flood-hit areas here. They will give the report to the Centre in two days. I am sure that the

Bengaluru, Aug 26: The forensic report on the death of Café Coffee Day owner V G Siddhartha corroborates the suicide theory, Mangaluru Police Commissioner P S Harsha said on Monday. According to police sources, water was found in Siddhartha's lungs and his death was due to drowning. "We have received the FSL report. It corroborates the suicide theory," the commissioner told PTI. Siddhartha had

Hubballi, Aug 26: Claiming that chief minister B S Yediyurappa's government can’t survive for more than one year, former chief minister Siddaramaiah today said that the mature people of Karnataka would teach befitting lesson to the BJP. "How can a government survive for a long time, having rebels. They do not have mandate, and they have formed the government in a wrong way, using Congress and JD(S

Aug 26: When snack makers start to lament that Indians can’t afford to spend Rs 5 (7 cents) on biscuits, it’s time to stop arguing over how much of the nation’s slowdown is cyclical and what part is structural. Considering its glaring income, wealth and consumption inequalities, India is a surprisingly calm society. However, when purchasing power dries up to the extent that rural laborers and

Nagapattinam, Aug 26: Tension prevailed in Vedaranyam and surrounding areas in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu as clashes erupted between casteist Hindus and dalits following attack on a lower caste man last evening. The clash broke out at around when a Dalit man, Ramachandran, was found in front of a parked SUV, screaming from grievous injury on his leg. The suspect, named Pandiyan, a

Bengaluru, Aug 26: In a desperate bid to quell disgruntles and pacify power-hungry MLAs of BJP, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa is likely to create three deputy CM posts. The list of probables for three deputy chief minister posts appears to have added fuel to the fire of rebellion raging within BJP following the Yediyurappa cabinet formation. Senior leaders who felt slighted at being left