Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 12: BJP?state president B?S?Yeddyurappa tried to extend a hand of friendship to his political bete noire and senior leader K?S?Eshwarappa stating that he will personally invite the latter for talks and sort out differences. “I do not know what is in his (Eshwarappa’s)?mind. I will speak to him. I will also invite him to participate in the state-wide tour I am undertaking from May 18

Bengaluru, May 12: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that police department will have zero vacancy by 2018-19. Speaking to reporters here after holding a review meeting with senior police officials, including DG&IGP R K Dutta and ADGP (Recruitment) Raghavendra H Auradkar, the minister said that since 2013-14 till date, the department has recruited 1,304 police sub-inspectors and 22,457

Bengaluru, May 12: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara was summoned to New Delhi on Thursday evening where he is likely to be sounded about a possible change in leadership of the party. According to party sources, Parameshwara got a call from AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s office asking him to reach New Delhi. Parameshwara who reached the national capital at around 8

Bengaluru, May 11: Study three hours a day and have lot of fun, is the mantra Shrinidhi PG followed on the road to becoming the Commerce stream topper in this year's PU exams. Securing the first rank across Karnataka, Shrinidhi, a student of RNS Composite PU College, scored 595 out of 600 and a centum in Business Studies and Mathematics. Attributing the success to encouragement by her institution

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 11: Coming from a rural background did not hold back Radhika Pai, a student of Sarswati Vidyalaya PU College, Gangolli, Kundapura in Udupi district, who also topped the science stream. “There is no need for sophisticated colleges for one to succeed. It all depends on how you pursue your goals,” Radhika said. Without any extra coaching, she scored 100 marks each in Physics

Mangaluru, May 11: The construction process of Icon galaxy, a semi mall envisioned by the city based HNGC builders and developers, was launched at Surathkal Cross off NH 66 in Mangaluru taluk on Thursday. Speaking after formally launching the project, B A Mohiuddin Bava, Mangaluru North MLA, said that Icon Galaxy is a major contribution to the development of Surathkal by the HNGC builders. He said

Allahabad, May 11: The Uttar Pradesh government today informed the Allahabad High Court that it has refused to grant sanction for the prosecution of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a decade-old communal riots case. An affidavit stating that sanction has been "refused" for prosecuting Adityanath in the case related to the Gorakhpur riots of 2007 - when he was the local MP - was filed before the

Mangaluru, May 11: Amidst rigorous campaign for the impending internal elections in the Congress party, one of the aspirants for the post of Dakshina Kannada district Youth Congress President was assaulted by the supporter of the rival candidate. Luqman Bantwal got admitted to a hospital after attacked by Keerthi a Congress worker and supporter of Mithun Rai, the current president of District

Bengaluru, May 11: Karnataka Pre-University Education (PUE) department has announced the II PUC results (Class 12) in the official website. The exams were conducted from March 9 to March 27. Udupi District has the highest pass percentage, this year too, at 90.01%. Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts follow with 89.92% and 71.99%. Bidar district has the lowest pass percentage at 42.05%

New Delhi, May 11: The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN), a mandatory procedure for filing IT returns now. The department's e-filing website-- https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/-- has created a new link on its homepage making it "easy" to link the two unique identities of an individual. The link requires a