Moderate to heavy rains in Malnad
The Hindu
Many parts of Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts in the Malnad region received moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday. The average minimum temperature was around 20.4 degrees Celsius in the
Many parts of Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts in the Malnad region received moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday. The average minimum temperature was around 20.4 degrees Celsius in these districts, as the downpour continued throughout the day. According to the India Met Department, heavy rains have been recorded at Agumbe, Thalaguppa, and Hunchadakatte in Shivamogga district, and Kottigehara, Kalasa, Jayapura and Balehonnur in Chikkamagaluru district. Following the increase in inflow at Tunga dam at Gajanur, the outflow was increased to as high as 18,000 cusecs. The reservoir, with a gross capacity of 3.24 tmc ft.,, was full on Monday itself. The inflow was 17,500 cusecs on the day.With the Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case taking new twists every day, JD(S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday appealed to the Hassan MP, who is his nephew, to return and subject himself to the legal process. This is the first time that such an appeal has been made by the family.
Amidst continuing protest over the murder of Anjali Ambiger in Hubballi, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the victim’s family on Monday, announced in a press conference that like the Neha Hiremath case, this too would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for inquiry.