Karnataka

New Delhi, Jul 7: As many as 38 Muslim candidates including four women (3.07%) have qualified in the coveted civil service Examination for 2014 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission UPSC in 2014, the results of which were recently announced. A total of 1,236 candidates have been recommended for appointment into the prestigious Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, and

Mangaluru, Jul 6: U T Khader, who is known for turning his vehicle into an ambulance to help accident victims in case of emergency, once again came to rescue of an accident victim in his home constituency. The incident occurred on Sunday evening, when the health and family welfare minister after finishing his iftar and Magrib namaz was on his way to Konaje to visit a person whose shop had gutted

Udupi, Jul 6: A youth died by drowning while he was swimming in a rivulet in Hosala near Barkur in Udupi ditrict on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Anish Picardo (17), elder son of Alphonso and Sabitha Picardo, residents of Hosala in Barkur. According to his family, Anish has attended mass at his local parish church on Sunday morning after which, he had been to Brahmavar to participate

Belthangady, Jul 6: A group of unidentified miscreants pelted stones at Badriya Juma Masjid in Somanthadka in Mundaje village of Belthangady taluk. The incident that occurred in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday came to light on Sunday morning when some of the villagers came to offer prayer at Masjid. It is learnt that miscreants not only damaged the windows of masjid, but also pelted

Bhatkal (Uttara Kannada dist),?Jul 6: Rihana Siddibapa, mother of terror suspect Yasin Bhatkal, said on Sunday that there was a conspiracy by the police to kill her son in an encounter. Reports that Bhatkal had hatched a plan to escape from jail were nothing but lies, she told reporters here. Rihana said Bhatkal had spoken to her over the phone many times and expressed fears that he might be

Bengaluru: Jul 6: A couple, who had married against their parents’ wishes two months ago, were found brutally murdered at their rented house in Hesaraghatta here on Sunday morning. Police suspect the girl’s brother who had come to visit her on Saturday evening. Kasturi, 25, and Basavaraj, 28, both from Koppal, were found lying in a pool of blood by their landlord, Rajanna, around 8 am. He had

Mangaluru, July 5: With an aim of conserving college campuses which are more than 100 years old, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted "heritage" status to 19 institutions across the country including University College in Mangaluru and has approved financial assistance for their improvement and upgradation. The Commission had invited proposals from colleges for the heritage tag under

Jammu, Jul 5: A woman was allegedly stripped by a gang of five persons, including an Army jawan, in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir and the video of the incident uploaded on the internet, police said on Saturday. “A woman was stripped in full public view by five persons in Jaganoo area of Udhampur. The accused caught the incident on mobile phone camera... it has gone viral on WhatsApp,”

Mangaluru, Jul 5: In view of deaths of four persons suffering from confirmed dengue fever in Dakshina Kannada district in the past month, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader urged people to take serious cognisance in case of fever and approach the government health centres to get themselves tested for suspected dengue and malaria. Addressing media persons at a press conference here

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Dean of a Jabalpur Medical College, suspected of having links to some accused in the Vyapam scam, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in south-west Delhi's Dwarka this morning. The body of Dr Arun Sharma, Dean of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, was found in his room at the hotel, police said. Police said when the