Kasargod, August 15: As the Chandragiri river is in full spate due to heavy rains in the district, around 25 per cent of families living down-stream were shifted to safe places. The low-lying areas in Korakkodu were marooned in the flood water. Fire brigade, revenue department and police department have shifted the families.

The authorities have already warned the people living in low-lying areas to take precautions. Traffic movement was disrupted as the road was blocked in Talangere west region. Though there was a respite from rain since morning, it picked up in the evening.

Meeting on Aug 16

Following heavy rains, a meeting of the officials of all departments would be held at the deputy commissioner’s office on August 16 at 10.30 am to discuss the further course of action. Designated deputy commissioner Sajith Babu, ADC N Devidas and other officials will take part in it.

Exam postponed

The school exams scheduled to be held on August 31 have been postponed following rain and flood situation, according to the DDPI. The exam should have been conducted for ten days after Onam festival. Now, the DDPI said that next exam dates would be announced later.



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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."

"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.

"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.

He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.

Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.

The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.