Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Heavy rain continued to pound coastal Karnataka including Dakshina Kannada and Udupi causing floods in at Kottara Chowki and other low-lying areas of Mangaluru city. The India Meteorological Department has cautioned that the region would get heavy rain in the next three days and very heavy rain for two more days thereafter. It also said that the sea condition is likely to be

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10: Dam reservoirs and rivers overflowed, sections of highways collapsed and homes were swept away in severe flooding in more than half of Kerala, after days of incessant rains left nearly 54,000 people homeless and killed at least 29, officials said today. Five columns of Army were deployed in the state's seven severely-hit northern districts, out of Kerala's 14, to help

Mumbai, Aug 10: A 12-year-old girl lost her life and nearly 200 children were hospitalized due to suspected side-effects of a deworming exercise and administration of iron and folic acid tablets. All the victims are the students of Sanjay Nagar Urdu School at Govandi suburbs of Mumbai. The school is run by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Dr Pradeep Jadhav said that 161 children were

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Almost two weeks after he drowned in the River Bhadra near Kalsa in Mudigere taluk, the body of an engineer from Mangaluru was found yesterday. The victim is Kiran Kotyan, an engineer who was working with Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) at Panamburu, Mangaluru. He was a native of Thumbe village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Kotyan was on a visit to

Mangaluru, Aug 10: The Karnataka government is now set to deport 107 foreign nationals from African countries arrested in July by the Bengaluru police and officials from the Foreign Regional Registration Office. While 101 among them were arrested for overstaying and visa term violations, the other six were held on charges of them possessing narcotic substances. Deputy Chief Minister and Home

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Women constables in Karnataka may soon get to sport new uniforms. In place of khaki saris, they may have to wear shirts and trousers. Speaking to media persons here today, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister G Parameshwara said that Police department is thinking of making women constables wear trousers and shirts instead of saris. It is because many women constables have

Bengaluru, Aug 10: A college student lost his life in a fight with friend over a trivial but sensitive issue at a hotel room at VV Puram, near KR Market in Bengaluru. The deceased has been identified as Ronak Choudhary (23), a student of a nursing college and a native of Gujarat. Local police arrested Royal Choudhary (23) on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he allegedly

Aug 10: States have been asked to accept the driving licence, registration certificate or other documents in 'electronic form' presented through DigiLocker or mParivahan platforms, the government said. It also said that impounding of documents will be reflected electronically through 'eChallan' system. "The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued an advisory to states to accept

Kasaragod, Aug 10: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has sought to broaden the ambit of the investigation into the recent murder of CPI(M) loyalist Aboobakar Siddiq, near Uppala, to expose the alleged conspiracy behind the crime. “The shocking attack on Aboobakar Siddiq, 21, late on August 5 at Songal was apparently a fallout of resolute intervention by Left activists against

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Southern Railway will run two special fare express trains between Tirunelveli and Mangaluru and Nagercoil and Mangaluru in its bid to clear extra rush of passengers during Onam and Bakrid. Train No.06019 Tirunelveli-Mangaluru Junction special train will leave Tirunelveli at 5.55 p.m. on August 23 to reach Mangaluru at 12.30 p.m. the next day, an official release here said. In