Karnataka

Another body of landslide victim recovered from Talacauvery

9:20 pm August 15, 2020

Madikeri: One more body was retrieved from the debris of a landslide at Talacauvery in rain-hit Kodagu district of Karnataka on Saturday, police said. With this bodies of three people have been recovered. According to police, the victim has been identified as Ravi Kiran, 21, one of the assistant temple priests who stayed at the house of chief priest Narayana Achar […]

Bengaluru violence: Karnataka govt taking steps towards banning

7:28 pm August 14, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Friday said the state government was taking steps towards banning SDPI, following its “direct involvement” in the recent violence in the city, and all the required information is being collected in this connection. “Already several SDPI leaders have been arrested (in connection with Bengaluru violence), SDPI’s direct involvement in the violence is clear,” […]

Puducherry, Karnataka CMs express shock over plane crash

11:10 pm August 7, 2020

Puducherry/Bengaluru: Chief Ministers of Puducherry and Karnataka have expressed shock over the Air India Express plane skidding on the runway in Kozhikode, Kerala, on Friday killing two persons. In his Twitter handle, the Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said, “It is shocking that the Air India Express flight skidded on the runway and was severely […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Rain batters several parts of Karnataka, flood situation looms large

3:12 pm August 6, 2020

Bengaluru: Battered by torrential rains, several parts of Karnataka are facing a flood-like situation for the third consecutive year, putting lives and property at risk. Several districts of the state’s coastal, Malnad and north interior regions are receiving heavy rains and the showers are expected to continue, while there are reports of landslides in hilly […]

Rapid antigen tests comprise 25 to 30 per cent of India’s total daily COVID-19 tests: DG-ICMR

11:30 pm August 4, 2020

New Delhi: Rapid antigen tests comprise nearly 25-30 per cent of the total daily tests conducted for the detection of COVID-19 in the country at present, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. A record 6,61,892 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 2,08,64,750 and […]