Karnataka

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

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