Karnataka Borewell

After a 20-hour-long rescue operation, the two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Karnataka's Lachyana village was safely rescued on Thursday afternoon.

A two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Karnataka was rescued after a 20-hour-long operation. Rescue operations had begun around 6.30 pm on Wednesday evening after the child fell into a 16-feet deep borewell in Lachayan village.

A two-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Lachayan village of Indi taluk in this district of Karnataka on Wednesday evening, police said.

The borewell at Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's home has dried up, the Congress leader said as the IT hub, bracing for a sweltering summer, reels under a crippling water crisis.

Karnataka Minor Irrigation Minister N S Boseraju on Thursday said a special team comprising senior officers has been constituted to prevent digging of illegal borewells in Bengaluru Urban district.

In what appears to be a reprise of the Shradha Walkar murder, a man in Karnataka's Bagalkot allegedly killed his father, chopped his body into 32 pieces, and dumped them in an open borewell, police said.

Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past Nagraj's small plywood store in Bengaluru, throwing up clouds of dust as they rush their valuable cargo to homes and offices in the drought-stricken tech hub.

The attempt to rescue 6-year-old Kaveri who fell into a borewell in north Karnataka on Saturday, ended with the recovery of her body late on Monday night. A postmortem examination has been conducted and results are awaited. But Ravikante Gowda, a senior police officer of Belgavi, told NDTV that initial reports indicate that the child died of asphyx...

A six-year-old girl trapped in a dry borewell for nearly 54 hours was found dead on Monday night at a village in Karnataka's Belagavi district, said a rescue team official early Tuesday.

The 52-hour mission to rescue a 6-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Karnataka's Belagavi district is drawing to a close. Rescuers, who drilled a parallel hole and then a horizontal tunnel, are just a couple of feet away from Kaveri, who fell in on Saturday while playing with her friends. Officials say she is stuck at a depth of 20 feet.

A six-year-old girl fell into an open borewell in a village in north Karnataka's Belagavi district on Saturday evening. A team of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF from Pune, along with local officials, has launched efforts to rescue the child.

A six-year-old girl has slipped into an open borewell in a village in Karnataka's Belagavi district on Saturday evening.

The Krishna Raja Sagara Dam changed the face of much of Mandya district in Karnataka - and the areas it irrigated saw water-intensive crops like sugarcane and paddy being planted.

In a major drive in the light of several cases of children falling into open borewells, a total of 1,47,786 such defunct borewells have been identified and closed in the state, State Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H K Patil said yesterday.

Rescuers have launched an operation to bring out the body of a six-year-old boy, who died in a borewell in Sulikere village in Karnataka. The authorities called off nearly week-long rescue operation on Sunday after the boy was confirmed dead on Saturday.

After a 20-hour-long rescue operation, the two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Karnataka's Lachyana village was safely rescued on Thursday afternoon.

A two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Karnataka was rescued after a 20-hour-long operation. Rescue operations had begun around 6.30 pm on Wednesday evening after the child fell into a 16-feet deep borewell in Lachayan village.

A two-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Lachayan village of Indi taluk in this district of Karnataka on Wednesday evening, police said.

The borewell at Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's home has dried up, the Congress leader said as the IT hub, bracing for a sweltering summer, reels under a crippling water crisis.

Karnataka Minor Irrigation Minister N S Boseraju on Thursday said a special team comprising senior officers has been constituted to prevent digging of illegal borewells in Bengaluru Urban district.

In what appears to be a reprise of the Shradha Walkar murder, a man in Karnataka's Bagalkot allegedly killed his father, chopped his body into 32 pieces, and dumped them in an open borewell, police said.

Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past Nagraj's small plywood store in Bengaluru, throwing up clouds of dust as they rush their valuable cargo to homes and offices in the drought-stricken tech hub.

The attempt to rescue 6-year-old Kaveri who fell into a borewell in north Karnataka on Saturday, ended with the recovery of her body late on Monday night. A postmortem examination has been conducted and results are awaited. But Ravikante Gowda, a senior police officer of Belgavi, told NDTV that initial reports indicate that the child died of asphyx...

A six-year-old girl trapped in a dry borewell for nearly 54 hours was found dead on Monday night at a village in Karnataka's Belagavi district, said a rescue team official early Tuesday.

The 52-hour mission to rescue a 6-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Karnataka's Belagavi district is drawing to a close. Rescuers, who drilled a parallel hole and then a horizontal tunnel, are just a couple of feet away from Kaveri, who fell in on Saturday while playing with her friends. Officials say she is stuck at a depth of 20 feet.

A six-year-old girl fell into an open borewell in a village in north Karnataka's Belagavi district on Saturday evening. A team of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF from Pune, along with local officials, has launched efforts to rescue the child.

A six-year-old girl has slipped into an open borewell in a village in Karnataka's Belagavi district on Saturday evening.

The Krishna Raja Sagara Dam changed the face of much of Mandya district in Karnataka - and the areas it irrigated saw water-intensive crops like sugarcane and paddy being planted.

In a major drive in the light of several cases of children falling into open borewells, a total of 1,47,786 such defunct borewells have been identified and closed in the state, State Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H K Patil said yesterday.

Rescuers have launched an operation to bring out the body of a six-year-old boy, who died in a borewell in Sulikere village in Karnataka. The authorities called off nearly week-long rescue operation on Sunday after the boy was confirmed dead on Saturday.