Mangaluru : Money needs to be set aside to wavier farm loans worth Rs 40,000 crore. The previous government has only give Rs 15,000 crore. Since there has been floods this time. Money need to be set accordingly. Therefore, the money in the present budget is not enough to start any new schemes, claimed deputy […]

Mangaluru : Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday asked District Health and Family Welfare Officer M. Ramakrishna Rao to ensure that proper healthcare facilities are in place in all the government hospitals located in the areas affected by floods in Dakshina Kannada. When a legislator pointed out to health problems of people following the receding […]

Bengaluru: Rains that continued to lash Bengaluru on Friday morning threw life out of gear. Flooding, overflowing of drainage, uprooting of trees and wall collapses were reported from across the city. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike control rooms were inundated by distress calls from citizens. The worst affected were many areas in Bommanahalli zone. Following […]

Islamabad: Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan have killed 60 people over the past three days, with southern port city of Karachi being worst-hit, officials said today. Most of the people were killed in Karachi where some areas like Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Amroha Society and Saadi Town are still inundated, they said. The deaths occurred […]

Mangalore :  MLA JR Lobo along with Corporators and Congress leaders visited several places in the city where people have been affected due to the recent heavy rains. Lobo met the family of Vasanthi Nayak, a widow at Kadevu Shivanagara whose house was partially damaged. He assured the family with two kids of government assistamce. […]

Kundapur : Kundapur is reeling under floods with incessant rains  since the past few days. Meanwhile, the Raitha Sangha  is not happy with the way in which the administration has responded to the problems of people of flood hit areas. Excluding village accountants no other official visited the affected places. On Thursday, Deepak Kumar Shetty,  […]

Colombo : Twenty-three people were killed and over 68,000 families were displaced in floods in Sri Lanka, an official said Thursday. Heavy rains lashed for the fifth day Thursday in several parts of the country. Fifteen others were missing, Xinhua reported. Relief workers were struggling to get aid to the affected people in 11 districts. […]

Bangalore: CM Yeddyurappa who had collected over Rs.1500 crores and promises of building colonies for the destitutes of Oct.2009 floods by eminent persons and parties, but could not keep up his promise of providing safe houses to the poor sufferers in North Karnataka for one reason or the other, has now promised to complete the […]