Kuttiady: Amidst heavy rain, two people who were crossing a stream flowing in full flow, were washed away on late Thursday night here at Kutyadi.

Bengaluru: At least 42 people have been reportedly killed in the southern states of Karnataka and Kerala due to heavy rain and floods in the past few days. According to the reports 23 people have been killed in Kerala while 19 have been reportedly killed in Karnataka as rain continued to batter the states on Friday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday urged people of the state to contribute to the CM's relief fund as 15 Districts in the state are witnessing extreme rainfall.

Bengaluru: Former Union Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, alleging he is "busy" transferring deputy commissioners, police officers and chief executive officers indiscriminately when the state is reeling under severe floods.

Bengaluru: BJP MP Pratap Simha on Thursday tendered apology to actor turned politician Prakash Raj for posting derogatory article against him in October 2017.

Nearly 43,000 people have so far been evacuated from flood-hit and rain-affected areas of Karnataka, where the rain fury has left nine people dead, authorities said on Thursday.

The JD(S) on Thursday hit out at the BJP government in Karnataka on the issue of tackling the flood situation, alleging it could not deploy helicopters to evacuate affected people but had arranged special planes to ferry rebel MLAs to Mumbai.