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Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka Chief Minister’s office has launched an online money transfer option for those who wish to make monetary contributions towards relief and rehabilitation works in rain ravaged Kodagu. The online option was created under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund-Natural Calamity 2018. Funds can be transferred to: A/C number – 37887098605, IFSC code – SBIN0040277, MICR number

Madikeri, Aug 20: The rescue operations in the flood-ravaged Kodagu were intensified on Monday even as the administration cancelled hotel bookings made by tourists in the scenic hilly district till the end of this month. Torrential rains have wrecked havoc in the popular tourist destination bordering Kerala and nestled on the hills of the Western Ghats, with floods and landslides killing at least

Srinagar, Aug 20: The situation in Kerala is improving and the rescue operations are almost complete, with efforts now moving towards relief and rehabilitation, a senior Navy officer said on Monday. Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have claimed 210 lives in Kerala since August 8 and displaced over 7.14 lakh people from their homes. "As far as the Navy is concerned, we have stepped up our

Villupuram, Aug 20: A nine-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu, who has been saving for a bicycle for the last four years, has decided to use the money to help people in Kerala. Anupriya, a resident of Villupuram, has given away about Rs. 9,000 of her savings. "I have been saving money for a cycle. But when I saw visuals of Kerala flood on TV, I decided to donate the money," she told reporters. Her

Mumbai, Aug 20: Three seconds. This is how long it would have taken for the Seaking helicopter to disintegrate into pieces had anything gone wrong during a dramatic rooftop landing in Kerala to rescue 26 people. The video of the thrilling rescue operation by the Navy's Seaking 42B helicopter at the flood-ravaged Chalakudy town on Friday has gone viral on social media and garnered thousands of hits

Dubai, Aug 20: A Gulf firm has fired a man from Kerala after he made insensitive comments on a social media post on the plight of the flood-hit victims in the state. The company, Lulu Group International dismissed Rahul Cheru Palayattu, who worked as a cashier at the company's branch in Oman after he mocked the sanitation requirements of the flood victims in Kerala on Facebook, Dubai-based Khaleej

Kochi, Aug 20: A day after air traffic to and from Kerala's Cochin International Airport was completely halted due to flash floods, the first commercial flight landed at Kochi Naval Air Station on Monday. The Alliance Air flight, a subsidary of Air India, took off from Bengaluru and landed at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu took to social media and

Trivandrum, Aug 20: As the rescue and relief operations continue in flood-hit Kerala, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons on Monday said that the authorities have housed at least one million people in scores of relief camps set up by the administration across the state. The minister also lauded the local fishermen for making efforts to save the lives of people, who have been reeling under nature's

Kalaburgi, Aug 20: Various political and social organisations including Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal-Secular, Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, Dalita Shoshita Samaja Sangharsha Samiti, and Samata Sainik Dal on Sunday organised a public meeting titled ‘Save Constitution and wipe out communalism’ at the Kannada Bhavan here. Speaking on the occasion, Vijaya

Mangaluru/Puttur, Aug 20: After pounding the coastal district hard for almost a week, the monsoon rains subside in Dakshina Kannada even as mudslides disconnected some remote villages from rest of the district. The water level in most of the rivers in Dakshina Kannada is also slowing receding. The level in the Kumaradhara in Puttur is 23.5 m; the danger level is 26.5 meters. The level in the