Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 14: Torrential rains that lashed coastal Karnataka on Tuesday accompanied by winds destroyed or damaged around 65 houses in Udupi district alone while a man was drowned or went missing in the Varahi river canal. Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said that Shankar Poojary, 50, was washed away in the Varahi waters at Siddapura village and efforts were on to trace him. Houses and

Mangaluru, Aug 14: Torrential rains up to 30cm lashed Karnataka's coastal and south interior districts, causing landslides and disrupting normal life, officials said on Tuesday. "Very heavy rainfall was received in the coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada, along with heavy downpours in Malnad (south interior) districts of Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Shivamogga," an

Mangaluru, Aug 14: As many as 140 Toastmasters members including 70 office bearers of Toastmasters ‘Division F’ were trained in various aspects of leadership during the Toastmasters Leadership Institute held recently (August 5th) at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management at Adyar in the city. Toastmasters ‘Division F’ comprises 12 Toastmasters Clubs of Mangaluru and Udupi-Manipal region

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Amidst a row over reports that the venue of the prestigious Aero India show would be shifted from Bengaluru to Lucknow, Union Minister Ananth Kumar has said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had confirmed that there was no decision on the matter. Kumar's statement comes after Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Kochi, Aug 14: A Kuwait Airways flight carrying 161 passengers landed off the centre from the runway at the international airport here as sudden downpour caused visibility problems early today, airport sources said. All passengers alighted safely, they said. The aircraft landed at 4.20 am, but a little off the centre of the runway, making contact with the lights at its edge before taxiing to the

Bengaluru, Aug 14: In a partial relief for Karnataka, the Mahadayi River Water Tribunal on Tuesday ruled that the state will get 13.5 TMC feet of water from the Mahadayi, thus putting an end to the 50-year-old water dispute with Goa, by giving an additional 5 TMC water to the southern state. The tribunal has allocated 5.5 TMC feet water to the Mumbai-Karnataka region for drinking purposes, 8.2 TMC

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Bengaluru, Aug 14: The state of Karnataka, including its globally happening capital Bengaluru, have failed miserably in the country’s first Ease of LivingIndex announced on Monday. None of the seven cities in the state ranked under the exercise found themselves among the Top 40. IT-BT-Startup hub Bengaluru, adjudged the most dynamic city in the world ahead of Silicon Valley and Boston by the JLL

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Under attack from the ruling Congress-JD(S) combine, senior BJP leadersfrom Karnataka on Monday categorically said they won’t allow the Centre to shift Aero India, a biennial air show and aviation exhibition, from Bengaluru. “It is true the Uttar Pradesh government is keen on shifting the show to Lucknow, but we and our MPs from the state will not allow this to happen. We will

Bengaluru, Aug 14: The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has closed in on two men who it believes masterminded the murder on September 5, 2017. SIT sources said their personnel are lying in wait for the two masterminds at various locations in Maharashtra. The two men, along with a third person who later died of illness, allegedly issued orders to