Heavy rain lashes most parts of Belagavi district
The Hindu
Red alert in three coastal districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi
Heavy rain lashed most parts of Belagavi district on Wednesday, causing some damage. A farmer’s house collapsed in Bhojagaon village near Belagavi, but none was injured. A tree fell on the road, blocking traffic for some time between Triveni Circle and Rani Channamma Circle. Water entered houses in low-lying areas, including Hindalga, the Old Fruit Market, B.S. Yeddiyurappa Road, Maratha Colony, Nanawadi Road and Bovi Galli, in the Old City.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











