Uttara Kannada

Eight new coronavirus cases in Karnataka, total now 41

11:40 pm March 24, 2020

Bengaluru: Eight new positive coronavirus cases were confirmed in Karnataka on Tuesday, taking the tally to 41 in the state, the health department said. “Till date 41 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes one death and 3 discharged,” the department said. According the department bulletin, 37 positive patients are in […]

Stretch of Mumbai-Nagpur highway gets flooded

Maharashtra floods: Water recedes, key highway opens for traffic

12:33 pm August 12, 2019

Mumbai: The Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway, which was closed since last six days due to flooding, was partially opened for traffic in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district on Monday after the water receded, an official said. Traffic movement was allowed between Kolhapur and Belgaum in Karnataka through one lane on Shiroli bridge of the six-lane NH-4, where thousands […]

Maharashtra floods: 9 drown in Sangli; K’taka to discharge more dam

5:04 pm August 8, 2019

Sangli/Kolhapur: Nine people drowned on Thursday when a rescue boat capsized in flood-ravaged Sangli district of Western Maharashtra, even as flood waters were expected to recede faster as Karnataka agreed to release more water from the Almatti dam downstream. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis conducted an aerial survey to review the flood situation in Sangli and […]

Flood situation worsens in Karnataka, one dead

11:10 pm August 6, 2019

Bengaluru: One person was killed while scores of houses collapsed in parts of Karnataka as the flood situation worsened in the southern state on Tuesday. Schools were shut and bus and train services cancelled due to the heavy downpour, coupled with water released from dams in neighbouring Maharashtra, official sources said. Belagavi bore the brunt […]

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