Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and his family members visited temples and mosques including Ajmer Dargah in North India on Thursday and offered special poojas.

Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji  of JSS Mutt of Mysuru said that the JSS institutions were ready to give the houses to the distressed people and education to their children in Kodagu.

Congress on Thursday said Rafale scam has exposed how Prime Minister Narendra Modi allowed his crony friends to loot the nation and noted that there is an atmosphere of fear, which is curbing freedom of speech in the country, apart from the "unprecedented lynching movement".

The Kerala government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the sudden release of water from the Mullaperiyar dam by the Tamil Nadu government was one of the reasons for the massive floods in the state.

Army rescue team has found the body of an aged woman who was missing when the hill fell on her house due to heavy rains, under the debris on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted two persons in a 2001 rape case in Faridabad but not before one had served 10 years and the other seven years in jail.

 Income Tax sleuths raided the house and office of the Chartered Accountant who is maintaining the accounts of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, his son and ministers here on Thursday and verified the documents.

The rains that pounded Kerala over the last few weeks have eased, and flood waters are slowly receding. During the difficult time, many people came forward to offer help. Some opened up their homes, while others gave away a huge chunk of inventory so the affected could get relief.