Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 25: In a good news for Non-Resident Indians who want to pursue higher studies in Karnataka, the government has enhanced NRI and management quotas for medical and dental seats in minority colleges by 5%. With this, the management and NRI quotas for postgraduate seats in minority colleges stand at 25%. This means that now 55% of the seats will be filled through examinations conducted

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Promising young surfer from the city, Tanvi Jagadish, is set to represent the country in the surfing event at the Writsville beach in North Carolina, USA. Tanvi, a first year pre-university student at Sharadha PU college here, started surfing at the age of 14 at Mantra Surf Club in Mulki though she was introduced to the sport when she was eight. The first Indian female Stand-Up

Mysuru, Mar 25: Dr Neeraj Patil, former mayor of London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom, is in Karnataka’s poll-bound Nanjangud constituency, canvassing for BJP candidate V Srinivas Prasad. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi congratulating Dr Neeraj Patil in March 2015 for securing a planning permission from British Government to erect the statue of Basaveshwara in the back drop of

Jerusalem, Mar 25: An Israeli rights group has released a shocking video that shows heavily-armed soldiers detaining a terrified 8-year-old Palestinian boy. The ruthless soldiers in the video are trying to get him to identify people who had allegedly thrown a firebomb in the occupied West Bank. The boy, B’Tselem, said he “was wandering barefoot outside his house in Hebron looking for a toy he had

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Eminent Banker, Managing Director of Karnatka Bank Jayaram Bhat and Chief of News Bureau Udayavani Kannada daily Manohar Prasad were conferred with the Rotary Annual State level prestigious “Vandana Award” at a function held on 24.03.2017 at Hotel Moti Mahal. This Award is jointly instituted by Rotary Club of Mangalore Central and Rotaract Club of Mangaluru City. Member of

Bengaluru, Mar 25: Former Congress leader S M Krishna, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, showered fulsome praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying India is on par with superpowers like the US and China because of his programmes. "Modji has given new status to India ... Today, India is on par with superpowers like United States, France, Russia and China. This has been possible because of the

Kasaragod, Mar 25: Lauding the police for swiftly arresting the accused in the recent murder of a young madrasa teacher at a mosque room at Choori here, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has said the RSS-BJP activists were ‘unleashing communal violence under the influence of liquor and narcotic products.’ Police have managed to arrest three miscreants - S Nitin Rao (18), a resident

New Delhi, Mar 25: Davanagere, Hubballi, Mysuru and Udupi districts are now among the places in Karnataka where aspiring doctors can take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. The Central Board of Secondary Education announced on Friday it was increasing the number of exam centres in Karnataka and other states. Only Bengaluru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Mangaluru districts had earlier been

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Former Union minister S M Krishna seems to be finding it difficult to get over his long attachment to the Congress - a fact he admitted before members of his new party, BJP, on Friday. He said: "It's difficult to get over a 46-year-old relationship suddenly." Krishna, who was given a rousing welcome at the BJP office by state party chief B S Yeddyurappa and other functionaries

Bengaluru, Mar 24: An amendment bill aimed at facilitating the grant of certificate of ownership to agricultural labourers in respect of the dwelling house built on land not belonging to them prior to 1979 was passed in the Karnataka Assembly today. The Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that will amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act,1961(Karnataka Act 10 of 1962), was passed by a voice