Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that in order to take up relief works and give compensation in the rain-hit districts including Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Hassan, Chikmagaluru, Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada, the government would release Rs 200 crore immediately.

Due to heavy rains that has been lashing the district for the last few days, streams and rivers were in spate creating flood situation in many parts of the district. Repeated landslides in various villages have left the people in panic and appealing for help.

A four-year-old boy died when the wall of a house collapsed on him at Konandur KEB road in Thirthahalli taluk on Thursday morning.

Four people have died due to the heavy rain lashing the coastal and south interior districts of Karnataka over the past few days, an official said on Thursday.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R. Vala on Thursday opened his official residence, Raj Bhavan, in the city centre for the public to visit the historic building.

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday denied bail to the main accused in the murder case of cattle trader Hussainabba Jokatte.

As former Indian Prime Minister A.B Vajpayee breathed his last on Thursday, state government has declared holiday for schools and colleges across the state, it is said in a press release.

With heavy rains upto 25 cm lashing coastal and south interior districts of Karnataka, the state is working to shift people stranded in flood-hit regions, an official statement said on Thursday.