Continuing rainfall in the Tungabhadra catchment areas and the resultant discharge of over 1.64 cusecs of water from the Tungabhadra reservoir continued to flood many monuments at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi in Vijayanagara district on Wednesday. As per the information provided by the Tungabhadra dam authorities at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the reservoir level was 1,631.62 feet, …
Ballari: Aaron James, a fourth grade student from California in the USA, was wonderstruck while watching a video of the ancient ruins of Hampi, the cradle of the Vijaynagara empire that flourished in the 14th century Deccan plateau, in what is today the district of Ballari in Karnataka. “This is rock music,” he exclaimed to his parents, fascinated by a …
A delayed Hampi express train and change of examination centres reportedly without any prior information prevented a large number of students from appearing for the NEET examination here Sunday. "I request PM @narendramodi, Rail Minister @PiyushGoyal, @HRDMinistry, @PrakashJavdekar to intervene and ensure that students who have missed the opportunity today get another chance to write the NEET 2019 Exam," he …
Ballari: The police took a man into custody for questioning on Saturday after a video showing three men damaging what appeared to be pillars at the Hampi world heritage site, created a furore on social media. Locals staged a protest in Kamalapur town, 3 kms away from the heritage site soon after the video, in which the men can be …