Karnataka News

Karnataka minister HD Revanna is seen throwing biscuit packets at flood victims in a video that has been widely condemned after being posted and shared online.

Somwarpet Taluk of Kodagu district in Karnataka has been badly hit by landslides. Homes vanished under mud, and searches are still on for the missing. A shelter near Madapura village is the temporary, muddy, home now for hundreds of people from neighbouring villages and workers on coffee plantations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy regarding flood situation in parts of the state.

About 3,500 marooned people were rescued in Karnataka's worst flood-hit Kodagu district even as incessant rains hampered relief work, the government said today.

A two-month-old was rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in rain-ravaged Kodagu this morning.An NDRF officer was seen carrying the baby in his arms as he ziplined over a river of destruction. The heart-warming video of the heroic rescue was widely shared and used to encourage others to come forward and help in every possible way.

Bolstered by the Army, Navy and Air force, the state government yesterday intensified relief operations in Kodagu district, as six people were killed in rain-related incidents during the last 24 hours.

The Indian Army has joined operations to rescue people stranded due to floods and landslides in rain-battered Kodagu district bordering Kerala, officials said on Friday.

Heavy rain in six districts in Karnataka has led to floods and landslides in the southern state. The state government has announced a Rs 200 crore relief fund for the affected districts. One of the worst-hit is Kodagu, a district in south-western Karnataka known for its coffee plantations and small waterfalls that draw a lot of tourists.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a grant-in-aid of Rs 200 crore for relief work in districts hit by floods and landslides in the state due to incessant rains.

Two people died on Kodagu-Mangaluru highway in a landslide this morning. Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in parts of coastal Karnataka and Kodagu district which generally receive higher rainfall than elsewhere in the state. Choppers will leave Bengaluru to airlift over 100 perople stranded in Kodagu. The Civil Defence Quick Response Team rescued about 180 people from up to 10 feet of water in Kushalnagar and Kodagu in boats on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday turned into a farmer to sow seeds for a bumper paddy crop at a farm at Aralakuppe village in Mandya district, about 100 km from Bengaluru .

The Karnataka government on Saturday reacted strongly to the reports that Aero India, a biennial air show and aviation exhibition held in Bengaluru, will be moved out of the state capital.

The Karnataka government would waive additional crop loans to the tune of Rs 9,448 crore borrowed from the state cooperative banks by farmers till July 10, said an official on Friday.

Residents of Bengaluru's upmarket Indiranagar are concerned about the civic agency's plan to knock down an over three-decade-old commercial complex in the area and erect a mall in its place. The mall will be built by private developers and a lot of trees will be cut for the project.

Karnataka BJP unit today urged the Centre to bring down the GST on pan masala to 5 per cent from the existing 18 per cent and also hike the minimum import price (MIP) of arecanut to Rs 300/kg to save domestic growers reeling under the crisis due to lower prices.