Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Friday evening extended holiday for schools and colleges till Saturday in the wake of heavy rain in the District.
Karnataka has so far discharged 4.50 lakh cusecs water from the Almatti dam, a move which is expected to ease flood situation in Kolhapur and Sangli districts of Maharashtra.
As many as 83 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been dispatched to four flood-hit states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat for rescue and relief operations, the Home Ministry said on Friday.
Mangaluru: Dr. P S Harsha on Friday took charge as the new Commissioner of Mangaluru Police at the office of Commissioner of Police here. He will now take over from Sandeep Patil who was recently transferred as the Joint Commissioner of Police Bengaluru Crime.
The 66th National Film awards were announced by Rahul Rawail, head of the Jury for feature films, on Friday.
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to a legislation under which individuals can be declared as terrorists and their properties seized, officials said on Friday.
Torrential rains continued to batter various parts of Kerala on Friday as the toll in monsoon related incidents, including landslides, in the last three days mounted to 22 with over 22,000 people being shifted to relief centres, officials said.
Madikeri: In a reported incident of landslide at Korangala near Bhagandala four people have been killed, as the rain continued to batter the region on Friday.
Authorities have evacuated 80,000 more people from flood-hit and rain-affected areas in Karnataka, where the rain fury in the last few days has left nine people dead.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yecury on Friday said he and his CPI colleague D Raja were detained at the Srinagar airport on Friday and denied entry into the city.
