Karnataka

Kasargod, May 28: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, five children drowned in Chamathachal River in Payyavur near Kannur on Saturday. One child was rescued by locals. The victims have been identified as Orija (13) daughter of Salin in Akkamparambu, Thirur and his son Safan (7), Manik (13), son of Salin's brother Benoy, Ayal (7), daughter of Joseph Kuttikkattil and his son Akhil (5). The incident took

Mangaluru, May 28: A 32-year-old man lost his life as he allegedly jumped into a well while his 26-year-old wife managed to survive after the suspected bid at Nekkilady village in Uppinangady on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. Prakash K, a lecturer at Jidekallu Women's College in Puttur is the deceased. His 26-year-old wife Ashashree, who had also jumped into the well managed to come out

Moodbidri, May 28: Al-Furqan Islamic English Medium School has achieved good performance in the CBSE grade 10 examinations- 2016. Salahuddin, Ahmed Riza Ahnaf, Muhammad Ajaz, Nafees Nayeem In its second batch, out of 30 students 26 have bagged distinction, 5 passed with 10 CGPA, 14 with 9 and above CGPA and 11 with 8.2 and above. Salahuddin, Muhammad Rawaha, Muhammad Rayyan and Hamna Hanif have

New Delhi, May 28: With a pass percentage of 96.36 per cent, girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class X exams results of which were declared today. The boys registered a pass percentage of 96.11 per cent. Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21, which has come down from 97.32 percent in the previous year. Area-wise, the Thiruvanathpuram area was ahead of other regions with a pass percentage of

Bengaluru, May 28: Students of prestigious colleges from across the Karnataka have emerged toppers in the the Common Entrance Test -2016, the results of which were announced on Saturday. Ananth G. from Alva's PU College in Moodbidri has bagged the first rank in medical/ dental, and third rank in the ISM and Homoeopathy. The second and third ranks in medical/ dental have been secured by Sanjay M

Bengaluru, May 28: The Common Entrance Test results were announced on Saturday by Minister for Higher Education T.B. Jayachandra. Of the 1.78 lakh candidates who had applied, 1.71 lakh students appeared for CET. Assessment of performance was done on the basis of the revised key answers. According to the merit list generated for different courses, 41,530 candidates are eligible for admission to

Mangaluru, May 28: In what could have been a major catastrophe, a speeding car rammed into an electric pole on an over-bridge at Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city in the early hours of Saturday. The intensity of the collision was such that the electric pole broke into two pieces and fell on the same car badly damaging it besides injuring its four occupants. While a 20-year-old man identified

Being one of the most popular online messaging platforms, WhatsApp Messenger remains a target of hoax and tricks of notorious hackers. After the recent WhatsApp without internet' hoax, the latest is the WhatsApp Gold'. Lately, WhatsApp users have been receiving a message, which is purportedly is an invite to upgrade WhatsApp to the Gold version. The message reads as follows: “Hey Finally Secret

Mandya, May 28: A gram panchayat president in Mandur taluk has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a Group D' employee in his office. The incident, which occurred on Thursday evening and came to light on Friday, was recorded by the CCTV cameras installed in the office. The accused has been identified as Chandrahas (33) of Basavalingana Doddi, president of Kestur Gram Panchayat. The

Mangaluru, May 28: Surfing as a sport is catching up in India which now has a good number of confident surfers, World Surf League Australia General Manager Stephen Robertson said. Talking to reporters here, Robertson, who was here in connection with the Indian Open of Surfing event that began yesterday, said surfing was expanding in a big way in Asia and he was looking for new venues. Namma Kudla