Karnataka

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 25: The Daskshina Kannada and Udupi districts, which have bagged first two positions in II PU examination results respectively, have also produced dozens of toppers: Here is the list of a few achievers. From top left: Vaishnavi Ballal (590, 98.33%), Prajna (594, 99%), Ashik Narayan M (593, 98.83%), Daksha Jain (593, 98.83%), Nischitha Maria D'Souza (579, 96.5%), Varsha P (591

Bengaluru, May 25: Karnataka recorded an overall pass percentage of 57.20% in II PU exams, the result of which were formally announced on Wednesday. The results of the 2016 exam have declined considerably from 60.54 per cent recorded last year, which was the the best results in at least 11 years. As usual girls(64.78) outperformed the boys(50.02). Dakshin Kannada district topped the charts with a

Madurai, May 25: Newly-elected AIADMK MLA, S M Seenivel, from Thiruparankundram constituency in Madurai, passed away in a private hospital in the city on Wednesday. The deceased MLA's grandson S Gopi said his grandfather had been admitted to the Vadamalayan Hospital on the eve of May 18, the day before counting of votes, after he suffered a stroke. He could not attend the May 23 swearing-in

New Delhi, May 25: The Union government on Tuesday announced the names of 13 more cities that will be developed under the Centre's “Smart City Mission.” Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh tops the list, followed by Warangal in Telangana and Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. These cities were chosen from the 23 that failed to get representation in the first round of a competition held in January

New Delhi, May 25: The Centre on Tuesday allowed seven state capitals, including Bengaluru, to compete for the Smart Cities Mission and announced 13 cities to be developed under the scheme. Besides Bengaluru, Patna (Bihar), Shimla (Himachal), Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) are eligible for competition. These

Mangaluru, May 25: Registering their protest against the “communal and anti-people policies” of Narendra Modi led union government, the workers of Left parties staged a rally in Mangaluru. The rally was jointly organised by the Dakshina Kannada district committees of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India as a precursor to mammoth protest rally planned by the Left parties

Bengaluru, May 25: A surprise inspection on the warehouse of the Karnataka State Drugs Logistics and Warehousing Society in the city late in the night on Tuesday by the Minister for Health and Family Welfare U?T?Khader revealed that drugs worth Rs 10 crores have been wasted as they were kept beyond their expiry period. “Some of the drugs lying in the warehouse were 15 years old. They have not been

Mangaluru, May 25: The coastal city's water woes seem to be ending with Thumbe vented dam, the main sources of water to city-dwellers receiving sizeable inflow in last few days. On Tuesday the water level rose to 7 feet against maximum level of 13 feet. Meanwhile, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim at a meeting here on Tuesday said water will be supplied regularly across Mangaluru

Mangaluru, May 25: When a majority of political and social organisations in the city have been blaming the City Corporation for failing to supply water regularly for past few weeks, a small group of people turned Good Samaritans for the helpless families that were hit hard by the water famine. For the past two weeks, the volunteers of city based Highland Islamic Forum, have been engaged in

Mangaluru, May 24: The Siddaramaiah government, which completed three years this May has fulfilled 85 percent of election manifesto promises, said B Ramanath Rai, district in-charge minister, here on Tuesday. Releasing the booklet Sadaneya Mooru Varshagalu, Rai said Congress government has walked the talk. Briefing about various developments and achievements in Dakshina Kannada district, Rai said