Bengaluru, Sept 11: A total of 130 taluks in 23 districts of Karnataka have now been declared as the flood hit zones. An order, issued by the Revenue Department (Disaster Management), said that due to very heavy rainfall and floods in the month of August, loss of life, crop loss in large tracts of land, damage to basic facilities and others were reported.
Mumbai, Sept 11: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred 98-km north of Mumbai, Maharashtra on Friday, said National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
Manchester, Sept 10: Australian run-machine Steve Smith has rated his great Indian rival Virat Kohli as the best ODI batsman in world cricket currently.
Mumbai, Sept 10: Markets roared back to life on Thursday after two days of declines as Reliance Industries ratcheted higher on reports that the company is offering to sell a substantial stake in its retail arm to Amazon.
Kasaragod, Sept 10: Malappuram, Sept 10: Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has removed its Manjeswaram MLA M C Kamaruddin from the post of Chairman of UDF Kasaragod district committee after he was allegedly involved in a series of cheating cases.
New Delhi, Sept 10: Facebook India should immediately place its public policy head Ankhi Das on a leave of absence pending a full audit of the company and an investigation into her statements as reported in The Wall Street Journal, a coalition of 41 civil rights groups have demanded.
New Delhi, Sept 10: The Serum Institute of India (SII), which was conducting the India trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University, on Thursday paused the clinical trials of the vaccine in India.
Bengaluru, Sept 10: Cautioning about high number of Covid-19 cases being reported from the state, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday asked the district administrations to work towards bringing down the death rate.
New Delhi, Sept 10: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed veteran actor Paresh Rawal as the new chairman of the National School of Drama (NSD).
Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 10: A huge fire raged in Beirut port on Thursday, AFP correspondents said, sparking alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a deadly dockside explosion that disfigured the capital last month.