Weather

As several parts of north and coastal Karnataka continued to receive moderate to heavy rains on Sunday, three people lost lives in separate incidents at Belagavi and Bidar districts. While a man, identified as Beershetty Bodhanawadi (28), was swept away trying to cross an overflowing stream in Kalaburagi, two brothers, Anu Fakru and Arasu Fakru, fell into the Nizampur lake in Bidar. The India Meteorological Department (I

Amid the possibility of a third wave, Covid-19 cases have been on the rise for the past 15 days in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of coastal Karnataka. While the positivity rate in Dakshina Kannada has increased to 4.08 per cent, it is 2.68 per cent in Udupi, according to the respective district administrations. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai held review meetings with senior officials in both districts on Thursday and Friday and issued directions to control the spread of the virus. “Cases are rising because micro-containment zones are not formed. Henceforth, declare four houses around the homes of positive persons as a micro-containment zone and guide them to shift to CCCs. Health officials must be on the ground and control the spread s

Two days after its inauguration, Karnataka’s first floating bridge was damaged after being hit by huge waves. The bridge at the Malpe beach in Udupi, inaugurated by MLA K Raghupathi Bhat on May 6, was damaged