The state government has ordered the authorities to give the money collected in the temple hundis to take up relief measures in Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts which were shattered due to rain, flood and landslides.
The UAE "cannot be considered any other nation", Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday, amid reports that the Centre had turned down aid offers from foreign governments in the wake of the flood disaster.
The Cochin International Airport, shut on August 15 due to floods, will reopen on August 29, it was announced on Wednesday
Palestine and the Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday slammed US President Donald Trump for suggesting removal of the Jerusalem issue from the Middle East peace talks.
Militants shot and killed another policeman in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, police said.
Due to heavy rains in Western Ghats range in Maharashtra, 13 villages in Khanapur taluk in Belagavi district in Karnataka have lost connectivity with other parts of the taluk.
Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda urged the state government to list out the children sheltered in relief camps and supply textbooks to them as the children were being deprived from education.
Congress leader A.K. Antony on Wednesday asked the Modi government to rewrite the rules so that financial support can come from abroad for flood-hit Kerala
Former deputy chief minister R Ashok said that the Bengaluru BJP unit has contributed around 15 loads of relief materials to the Kodagu flood victims and it was the duty of the Bengalureans.
