Vishwa Hindu Parishad, actively supported by the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party today, organised a token fast in protest against the Setusamudram project demanding preservation of 'Ramasethu' which they feared will be destroyed once the project is implemented.
Three among the four-teenaged girls who attempted suicide, died in a government hospital here today while one of them is recovering in a private hospital.
Flood levels in Krishna and Cauvery rivers remained high, while heavy rains that battered districts coming under Western Ghats in Coastal Karnataka abated, giving a breather to the affected people.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today called off their scheduled aerial survey of flood-ravaged Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada districts due to bad weather.
Delegates from India and abroad will participate in the three-day International Conference on 'Automotive Electronics and Intelligent Vehicle Initiative' beginning here on August 16.
Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi hosted a reception for freedom fighters and their kin on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Quit India Movement today.
