Karnataka

Udupi, Jun 18: Two college students have left their homes after they failed in final year degree examinations in Udupi district. The missing girls are Sandhya Shetty (19) and Divisha (19), both close friends and students of G Shankar Government First Grade Women’s College, Ajjarkad, Udupi. Both the girls had failed in their final year BBM examinations, results of which were recently out. Sandhya

Bengaluru, Jun 18: An incident of Information Minister Roshan?Baig speaking rudely to journalists, who were officially invited to meet him, occurred at the minister’s chamber in Vikas Soudha on Wednesday. Reporters who were on the secretariat beat were told by an information department officer that Baig would like to speak to them. But, as reporters entered the minister’s chamber, Baig told the

Ghaziabad, Jun 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad has said educational qualifications of HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be verified as being done in the case of former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar. Prahlad, vice-president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers' Federation (AIFPSDF), said this while interacting with reporters here. "Just as degrees of AAP MLA and

Bengaluru, Jun 18: The Social Welfare Department has launched three new schemes for Other Backward Classes (OBC) students including cash awards for merit students to commemorate the centenary year of former chief minister D Devaraj Urs. Addressing a press meet in Bengaluru on Wednesday,?Social?Welfare Minister H?Anjaneya said that the “Devaraj Urs Pratibha Puraskara” with cash awards ranging

Udupi, Jun 17: A college-going minor girl was found dead under suspicious circumstances near a temple in the forest area of Henberu village in Udupi district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Akshata Devadiga (17), daughter of Babu and Radha Devadiga residents of Henberu village. She was pursuing her II PU science at a junior college in Byndoor. As usually, the girl had left for

Mangaluru, Jun 17: Unbroken cloud on the sky did not delay Ramadan 1436 for the Muslims living across Coastal Karnataka and Kerala as dozens of eagle-eyed Muslims spotted the crescent moon on Wednesday evening near Kasaragod. Interestingly, the holy month has begun in many Middles East countries and parts of Karnataka and Kerala together this time. This is expected to be another rainy Ramadan in

Mangaluru, Jun 17: For a common man who comes from an extremely poor family background, a government job at the age of 18 would be a great achievement. Most of the youth from poor families never think of continuing their educational career after getting a job. Narasimha Gunjalli, a resident of Raichur, also hailed from such a background. He was compelled to shoulder the responsibility of a big

Mangaluru, Jun 17: Research must occupy centre-stage in the intellectually stimulating and continually recharging environment of universities. It is not a luxury but necessity, for it is an elixir that fuels enormous energy and instincts and enriches the intellectual life of a university in a unique way, said renowned scientist and National Research Professor at School of Chemistry, University of

Varanasi, Jun 17: Vishwesha Teertha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, who had earlier strongly justified ‘Ghar Wapsi’, has now openly condemned the controversial campaign launched by Hindutva outfits. Speaking at the International Conference on Communal Harmony and Nation Building (ICCHN-2015) organised by the Students Islamic Organisation in association with Banaras Hindu University’s

Washington, Jun 17: After Nestle's Maggi noodles, it's now KFC that has come under the scanner for allegedly serving a fried rat to a customer in California. Two pictures, showing a KFC food product with a distinct tail, almost resembling a rat have gone viral on the social media platform Facebook. Devorise Dixon, who was served the fried rat at KFC, also claims that when he approached the manager