President Ramnath Kovind on Sunday called Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy over phone and got information on the present situation in Kodagu district.
Even as Kerala battles the worst flooding in 96 years, a young couple taking shelter in a relief camp in Malappuram district got married on Sunday - cheered by others also sheltering with them.
A 90-member team of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India on Sunday began rescue operations in the flood-ravaged Kerala using 17 wide-body rafts brought in from Rishikesh, its team leader said.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday, weeks after three previous tremors in the same region killed 467 people.
As the rain picked up in Chikmagaluru and Malnad region with gusty wind, landslides occurred in four places on national highway 66 due to which vehicular movement between Kalasa Mangaluru was affected.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday revoked the suspension of senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress. Aiyar was suspended in December last year for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech kism ka aadmi” during the campaigning for Gujarat polls last year.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday conducted an aerial survey in flood-hit places in the district for 15 minutes.
Celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Dulquer Salmaan and Jacqueline Fernandez have contributed towards relief work in flood-ravaged Kerala. They have also urged others to donate.
Soldiers shot dead a militant on Sunday near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a Defence Ministry official said.
India's veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round of the men's 74 kg freestyle category in the wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.
