Rain disrupts life in Hubballi-Dharwad
The Hindu
Heavy rain disrupted life in Hubballi-Dharwad. The district received around 47 mm of rain this week against the periodical average of 36 mm. Kalghatgi received the highest of 11.44 mm. Farmers complai
Heavy rain disrupted life in Hubballi-Dharwad. The district received around 47 mm of rain this week against the periodical average of 36 mm. Kalghatgi received the highest of 11.44 mm. Farmers complained of heavy losses to green gram, black gram, soya and groundnut crops if it continued to rain. A government school compound Murkatti village in Dharwad taluk collapsed due to heavy rain.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.