Dubai, November 12: Dass and Karnaine islands of United Arab Emirates received heavy rains, according to UAE National Met Centre. The region between Abu Dhabi and Dubai received the rain (49.4 mm) what the region would get in eight months, in an hour. In coming days, the country would have gusty wind and rain forecast, the officers said.

Even if a small changes in the weather would have impact on the country. There will be clouds in the sky and there is a possibility of gusty wind due to which the visibility could be poor in some parts of the country”, the officer said.

Many parts of the UAE received heavy rains with gusty wind. The Al-Maktoum International airport in Dubai also witnessed heavy downpour. However, Discovery Gardens and Al-Khoz have got moderate rainfall.

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Ramangara (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday hinted at cracks and squabbling within the BJP and the JD(S), as he gave credit to the leaders of these parties for the defeat of JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Channapatna assembly bypoll.

Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara won in Channapatna bypoll with a margin of 25,413 votes against his nearest rival and NDA candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, as results were announced on Saturday.

The Congress party swept all the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka, namely Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon, which went for bypolls.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the son of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. In September last year, JD(S) joined the NDA led by BJP.

“Many people from across the parties have helped us in this election (Channapatna). Congress had only 16,000 votes in the previous assembly election. It increased in the Lok Sabha election,” Shivakumar told reporters here.

According to him, many people from the JD(S) and the BJP supported the Congress. “If the BJP and the JD(S) leaders had not supported us directly or indirectly, we wouldn’t have got so many votes. I congratulate them,” Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, said.

He quipped that the JD(S), which had 19 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, has now reduced to 18.

Hailing the electorate, the Deputy CM said this was people’s verdict in favour of C P Yogeeshwara to develop Channapatna constituency.

There was no immediate reaction from the BJP or the JD(S) on it.