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Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 22: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today celebrated Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice with great devotion traditional fervour. Locally known as ‘Bakrid’, the second major festival of Islamic calendar is celebrated to commemorate the sacrifices of Prophet Ibraheem (pbuh). This global festival also marked the completion

Udupi, Aug 22: The Udupi district administration has formed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to provide medical aid to affected people during natural calamities and heavy rains. Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, who chaired a meeting of the District-level Surveillance Committee at the District Offices Complex here yesterday, said that the formation of RRT is one of the precautionary measures

Chikkamagaluru, Aug 22: The Chikkamagaluru district administration has banned movement of heavy vehicles on Charmadi Ghat following landslides. Deputy Commissioner M.K. Sreerangaiah has issued the order banning movement of long chassis vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles, multi-axle trucks and all heavily loaded trucks on the road till further orders. Following the closure of Shiradi Ghat for

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The Centre has decided to send a truck each to Kodagu and Kerala carrying Jan Aushadi medicines worth Rs 1 crore, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar said here on Tuesday. He was talking to media after flagging off the lorries carrying the relief materials to Kodagu, collected by BJP Bengaluru unit. For the last three days the party has

Madikeri, Aug 21: With rains subsiding, relief and rehabilitation work gained momentum today inthe flood and landslips ravaged Kodagu district ofKarnataka, bordering Kerala. With operations to rescue those stranded by and large completed, officials said thedistrict administration was now focusing on providing reliefand rehabilitation to those at relief camps, clearingblocked roads and restoring

Suntikoppa (Kodagu), Aug 21: Symbolising the spirit of communal harmony in times of distress, this small town in Karnataka has turned its church, temple and madrasa, into relief camps to help flood victims in Kodagu district. Many videos have gone viral depicting inhabitants of Suntikoppa in the rain-ravaged Kodagu district turning a Shiva temple, St Mary's church and a madrasa, nearby one another

Mumbai, Aug 21: In a major embarrassment to Shiv Sena, the Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is investigating an alleged involvement of its party member Shrikant Pangarkar in 'harbouring and funding' men accused of conspiring terror attacks in Maharashtra. A press release issued by ATS confirmed terror charges being pressed against Pangarkar under Sections 16, 18, 20 of Unlawful Activities

Bengaluru, Aug 21: Karnataka minister HD Revanna is seen throwing biscuit packets at flood victims in a video that has been widely condemned after being posted and shared online. The minister, whose brother HD Kumaraswamy is the Chief Minister of Karnataka, reportedly committed the photo-op blunder at a relief camp in Hassan district on Monday. Mr Kumaraswamy has a curious defence for the minister

Kozhikode, Aug 21: Heartbroken on finding his class twelve certificates destroyed in the devastation caused by the floods in Kerala, a 19-year-old committed suicide, police said on Monday. With his house fully waterlogged in the downpour, Kailash, and his parents, hailing from Karanthur in Kozhikode district, had moved to a relief camp three days ago. Kailash had got admission at the Industrial

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21: Kerala on Tuesday sought a Rs 2,600 crore special package from the Centre even as the state struggled to find its feet after the devastating deluge that left 223 dead in a fortnight and forced over 10 lakh people out of their homes. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a meeting of the state cabinet, which decided to seek a special package from the Centre under the