Delhi international airport received a hoax bomb call on Monday evening that affected its operations for around 70 minutes, officials said.

Dakshina Kannada District Administration on Monday ordered opening of Shiradi Ghat for traffic which was closed for traffic and vehicular movement due to heavy rain, landslides and tree falls for last few days.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Monday added that there will be no holidays for schools and colleges in the District on Tuesday as the rainfall in the region has decreased significantly.

 A 19-year-old boxer, Nishan Manohar Kadam from Mannur village in Belagvi district of Karnataka last week won a silver medal in the state-level championship. But this is not the story here. This is the story about his indomitable spirit that springs hope even as parts of Karnataka continue to battle with floods.

Senior Congress leader and former minister DK Shivakumar on Monday added that his party will not politicize flood issue and that it will support the government in resolving it at the earliest. He further urged the centre to declare floods in Karnataka as national disaster.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that there have been reports of violence in Kashmir, saying he will send him an aircraft to visit the valley and observe the ground situation.

Over 120 people were airlifted from an inundated road in Kutch as rescue operations were stepped up on Monday in flood-hit Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the four states where nearly 200 people have perished so far, while nine people were killed in landslides in Uttarakhand and Jammu following heavy rains.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday the government's decision to scrap the provisions of Article 370 is not to the liking of many people in the country and voices of Jammu and Kashmir residents must be heard for the idea of India to prevail.