Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 21: The weatherman has warned of heavy rainfall in several places along the coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and at few regions in Karnataka. Karnataka, which is witnessing a drastic flood situation, has requested Rs 100 crore relief fund for from the Centre. "The Prime Minister has announced relief of Rs 500 Crore for Kerala, we expect at least Rs 100 Crore for Kodagu. We will

Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21: Lakhs of people who have been rendered homeless by the devastating floods struggled to bring back a semblance of normalcy to their lives as flood waters receded and rains stopped in most parts of Kerala on Monday. With the recovery of six more bodies at Paravoor in Ernakulam district on Sunday, the death toll since August 8 rose to 216. The last leg of rescue

Hassan, Aug 21: Karnataka Minister H D Revanna courted a controversy after a video purportedly showing him flinging biscuit packets at flood victims in a relief camp in Hassan district went viral on Monday. Revanna, PWD Minister and brother of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, was seen picking biscuit packets and hurling them at the people sheltered in the relief camp. As the video clip went viral

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