Subrahmanya: As heavy rains continue lashing Dakshina Kannada, Kumaradhara River and its sub river Darpan Teertha are flowing above danger mark. Due to which, many low-lying areas have been marooned. Many homes, agricultural farms have been inundated. The Tahsildar has declared a holiday for all the schools today.

Houses of about 15 families are partially submerged in Kulkunda Kudremajalu. Officials rushed to the spot in midnight and provided them shelter at a nearby school.

A woman was injured after a wall of her house collapsed at Kollamogaru Golliady. The wall of the house of Kollamoguru Ramanna Gowda has also collapsed. Ramanna Gowda's mother, who was inside the house, was seriously injured when the wall collapsed on her. She has been hospitalized.

The toilets and dressing rooms located at Kukke Subramanya's bathing point have also been submerged. The shops in this area have also been inundated. Meanwhile, the traffic flow on Panja-Subrahmanya state highway has completely shut from 4 pm at the Darpana Tirtha River is flowing over danger mark.

All the bridges around Subrahmanya, including Kalmakaru, Balugode, Guttigaru, Balpa, Yenekal, Panja have been marooned. Kalmakaru, Balugode, Guttigaru, Balpa, Yenekal, Panja have been marooned.

 

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New York/Washington (PTI): America’s relationship with both India and Pakistan is “good”, the US State Department has said, asserting that the diplomats are "committed to both nations".

Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that the US working with both nations is good news for the region and the world, and will promote a beneficial future.

“I would say that our relationship with both nations is as it has been, which is good. And that is the benefit of having a President who knows everyone, talks to everyone, and that is how we can bring differences together in this case. So it's clear that the diplomats here are committed to both nations,” Bruce said.

She was responding to a question on the possibility of increased US assistance to Islamabad in terms of arms sales following Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s meeting with Trump, and whether this was coming at the cost of Trump's relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Referring to the May conflict between India and Pakistan, Bruce added, “Obviously, we had an experience with Pakistan and India when there was a conflict, one that could have developed into something quite horrible.” 

She said that there was "immediate concern and immediate movement" with Vice President J D Vance, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in “addressing the nature of what was happening….we described the nature of the phone calls, the work that we did to stop the attacks and to then bring the parties together so we could have something that was enduring."

She also claimed that top leaders in the US were involved in “stopping that potential catastrophe.”

New Delhi has been maintaining that India and Pakistan halted their military actions following direct talks between their militaries without any mediation by the US.

Bruce added that the recent peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan “follows negotiated peace arrangements between Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia and Serbia and Kosovo.” 

Meanwhile, in an interview on Tuesday, Rubio said that “credit goes to” Trump for helping bring several conflicts around the world to an end.

Trump says he wants “to be the President of peace. And so any time we see a conflict where we think we can make a difference, we get involved, and we’ve had good success in that regard. India-Pakistan, Thailand-Cambodia, the peace deal with Azerbaijan and Armenia, just a few days ago,” he said in an interview with ‘Sid and Friends in the Morning’.