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A news-maker for all seasons, the legislator of Mangaluru City North, B A Mohiuddin Bava is contesting for the third time at the upcoming polls. Though Bava had lost to the then-BJP stalwart Krishna J Palemar in 2008 by a margin of 14,426 votes, the former became a giant killer in 2013 and defeated the latter by a margin of 5,373 votes. The incumbent Congress MLA speaking to coastaldigest.com says

Newsroom, May 1: The bomber who blew himself up outside the US Consulate in Jeddah, a coastal city of Saudi Arabia two years ago was a non-resident Indian, confirmed the authorities of the Kingdom on the basis of DNA tests. The accused who killed himself in bid to cause harm to others has been identified as Fayaz Kagzi, an Indian national and alleged operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a senior

Udupi, May 1: BJP state general secretary and Udupi Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has once again accused the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) of having links with terror outfits. Speaking to media persons, the Karandlaje also charged the Congress of joining hands with the PFI and SDPI to polarise voters in the May 12 elections. “These are terror-linked

Mangaluru: Even as BJP is holding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led Congress government responsible for the deaths of Hindus in the state a senior Congress leader has accused the Sangh Parivar of killing innocent Hindus and Muslims for political gains. Speaking to reporters in the city on Monday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary B.K. Hariprasad said that of the 24 Hindu

Udupi, May 1: Sathyashree Rao, daughter of a school van driver from Kundapur has topped the Science stream in II PUC in entire Udupi district. Interestingly, the topper studies at Sri Venkataramana PU College where her father Ramesh works as a school van driver. Sathyashree Rao has got 593 out of 600 marks. Her combination of subjects is Physics, Commerce, Mathematics and Computer Science. “I was

Bengaluru, May 1: The Karnataka wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday filed a complaint against Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and actor Prakash Raj with the Chief Electoral Officer for `having used defamatory and abusive language` against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Party`s chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa. In the complaint letter the BJP accused Mevani of calling

Bengaluru: Former chief minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday said he will disown his son H D Kumaraswamy if he allies with the BJP post the May 12 Assembly elections. Replying to queries of reporters in Bengaluru, he said that he would not approve of a post-poll alliance between the two parties at any cost. Gowda had on Sunday told a national channel that such a situation would not

Udupi, May 1: Prathvik Nayak, a student of Vidyodaya PU College in Udupi has scored 97% in science stream in Karnataka PU examinations, the results of which were declared yesterday. He is the son of Mrs. Ramesh Chandra Nayak and Vanita Patkar, residing Shirva, Panjimar, at Udupi district. He is the former student of International Indian Embassy School Dammam (IISD). Prathvik Nayak has got 100 out

Mangaluru, Apr 30: A local court today acquitted all the three accused in the sensational Karthik Raj murder case. Karthik Raj, an engineering graduate and resident of Sudarshan Nagar in Pajeer was murdered during his jogging routine in October 2016 near Asaigoli under the limits of Konaje police station. Though the BJP had blamed Muslims and Congress for the murder, finally it had come to light

Karnataka recorded an overall pass percentage of 59.56 in the II Pre-University examinations 2018. Like every year, girls outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 67.11% against 52.3%. Interestingly, most of the state toppers are also girls. Here are the toppers from each stream: Science Kruti Muttagi (VVS Sardar Patel PU College): 597 marks Mohan S L (Masters PU College): 595 marks Ankitha P