Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 4: Akshatha M Kamath of Expert P U College, Mangalore has secured All India Rank 107 in the NEET(UG)2018 held for admission to MBBS this year. As many as 22 students of both Expert College Kodialbail and Valachil have made a distinction by scoring more than 500 marks. While S M Santhosh secured 605th rank in the general merit category, Abrar Rehman M Maniyar and Apoorva T have

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara today indicated that Congress leaders from the state were likely to visit New Delhi to discuss the list of ministers and portfolio allocation with the party high-command, ahead of the June 6 cabinet expansion in the southern state. "Whether we are going (to Delhi) today or tomorrow, I am not sure. The information is that (Congress

Newsroom, Jun 4: A 28-year-old youth from Karnataka, who had prepared for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, committed suicide after he was denied entry to the examination hall in New Delhi yesterday. The youth has been identified as Varun Chandra, hailing from Karnataka. He was staying in Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar for last one year. During investigation, a suicide note was

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 4: Kicking up a row, an Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MLA today attended the Kerala Assembly wearing mask and gloves to highlight the impact of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district, triggering a war of words between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF members. The Kuttiady MLA, Parakkal Abdulla walked into the assembly wearing mask and gloves and was seen greeting the

Newsroom, Jun 4: Actor and activist Prakash Raj has come out in support of Rajinikanth’s Kaala which faces a ban on its release in Karnataka. Taking to social media on Monday Raj criticized the Karnataka government for allowing fringe elements to take law into their hands. Prakash, who condemned Rajinikanth’s insensitive remarks on Cauvery issue, also opined that banning the former’s movie is not

Belagavi, Jun 4: Shailesh Joshi, the managing director of Amrut Pharmaceuticals committed suicide by shooting himself in Belagavi. His relatives found his body on Monday morning. Police officers, who spoke to his friends and family members, suspect he was upset over some issues in the family. “He was separated from his wife recently. He was fighting a divorce,” a police officer said. According to

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Actor politician Kamal Haasan on Monday met Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy here and discussed the issue of sharing of Cauvery water. At a joint press conference after the meeting, Haasan said he is ready to bridge the gap between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the contentious Cauvery river water sharing issue. Mr. Kamal Haasan clarified that he came as representative of

Mysuru, Jun 4: A 40-year-old senior scientist working in Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) here was washed away in the Cauvery River at Chunchunkatte water falls last evening. Police said on Monday that the victim was identified as Somashekar, who was working in the Biochemistry Department of the institute for the last 18 to 20 months. He along with his wife and two children

Bengaluru, Jun 4: The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre has issued a flood alert and heavy rain warning for Bengaluru and other parts of the state. This is the first thundershower and flood warning of the season, and it has been announced just before the monsoon hits Bengaluru in its full force. Heavy rains have triggered deluge in Mangaluru last Tuesday causing deaths and

Mangaluru, Jun 4: The intervention by the Coast Guard helped the timely medical evacuation of a Chinese sailor who fell ill on board ship ‘MV Tao Brave’ which was sailing towards Dahej port in Gujarat from Australia. The Coast Guard put its ship ‘Kasturba Gandhi,’ that was 26 nautical miles away from the merchant vessel, on standby, to respond to any exigency. The local agents of the vessel, on