Former deputy chief minister R Ashok said that the BJP MLAs from Bengaluru and BBMP corporators have decided to donate their two months salary to the Kodagu flood victims.
Fisherman Jaisal KP won applauds for stepping in to help the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team and rescuing three stranded women — one with an infant — in Vengara's Muthalamada area on Saturday.
Hardik Pandya's 5/28 broke the back of English batting line-up as the hosts were bundled out for 161 in their first innings against India in the third Test of the five-match rubber at Trent Bridge here on Sunday.
The Hajj season started on Sunday with the Day of Tarwiyah, the first ritual of the holy pilgrimage, in Mina, a neighbourhood of the Islamic city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, with 1,966,461 pilgrims.
Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that back series calculation of GDP proved that UPA I and II governments led by the Congress (2004-2014) delivered the highest decadal growth of 8.13 per cent since independence.
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is likely to visit Islamabad in September for consultations with Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan and his team on issues of mutual interests, sources told Dawn news on Sunday.
The KSRTC which suspended the bus service to Madikeri and Kerala following heavy rains, landsliding and road blockage, on Sunday resumed the service to Madikeri and Kerala.
The state government has transferred 16 KAS officers for the administrative purpose with immediate effect.
Following heavy rains in Mudigere taluk limits, landslides occurred in four places on Kudremukh- Mangaluru national highway leaving the road completely covered in the mud on Sunday. As a result, the vehicular movement was suspended from morning to evening on the road.
Swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash finished fifth and seventh in the men's 200m butterfly and 100m backstroke final events respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.
