Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 26: The Karnataka Cabinet has approved amendments to the Karnataka State University Act in order to split the Bangalore University into three. The boundaries of the new universities will be based on Legislative Assembly constituencies. Currently, more than 600 degree colleges are affiliated to Bangalore University. The three parts that the university would be divided into are

Kasaragod, May 26: A 34-year-old man was found dead in his house at Badirampalla, near Badiyadukka in Kasaragod. The police said the body of Louis D’Souza was found with multiple wounds around 11 a.m. on Sunday. His father is reported to have told the police that D’Souza died following a fall inside the house. A blood-stained bandage and lungies were recovered from outside the house. The local

Mangaluru, May 26: Two persons were rescued from drowning in two separate beaches on the outskirts of the city in two days by the life guards. 45-year-old Gangadhar, who had visited Panambur beach on Monday evening, was rescued by the lifeguards when he was swept away by a high tide. In another incident, Shivu (22), a resident of Shahapur taluk of Kalaburgi district was rescued by the life guards

Udupi, May 26: The police have arrested a youth and seized a huge amount of foreign currency from him on Monday. The arrested has been identified as Imran (24), a resident of Puttige village near Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district. Acting on a tip off, the District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) of police nabbed him while he was selling old foreign currency to people near Udupi. The cops

Mangaluru, May 26: Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport on Monday seized foreign currency equivalent to Rs. 3,75,023 from a passenger when he was allegedly attempting to “smuggle it out of India” without valid documents. The currency included 12,500 Saudi Arabian Riyals, 7,755 UAE Dirhams, 50 Kuwait Dinars and 400 Qatar Riyals. They were seized from Mohammed Ali Pallikunhi (27)

Bengaluru: May 26: Two newborn babies died at a private hospital in Yelahanka here on Monday evening following suspected drug reaction after they were given a dose of polio, BCG and Hepatitis B vaccination. A baby boy and a baby girl, born at Shushrusha Nursing Home in Yelahanka Old Town, were administered the vaccination within 24 hours of birth. The baby girl was born to Chaitra Narendra, a

Udupi, May 26: Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty has complained that he received a threat call from the underworld don Ravi Poojary on Monday. The four-time MLA said that he was travelling in a car from his native Halady village to attend wedding ceremonies of his supporters. When his car was near Kalavara village around noon, he received a call from a person who identified himself as Ravi

Mangaluru, May 25: Former international cricketer Javagal Srinath has been chosen for the prestigious state level Rotary annual ‘Vandana Award’ in recognition and in appreciation of his outstanding life time achievements in the international cricket field. The award was instituted by Rotary Club of Mangaluru Central jointly with Rotaract club of Mangaluru City. The Arjuna Award winner Mysuru

New Delhi, May 25: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today declared the results for class XII examination, with 82 per cent students passing the exam and girls faring better than boys. The pass percentage of girls stood at 87.56 as compared to 77.77 per cent of the boys. The overall pass percentage was marginally lower than last year where 82.70 per cent students had passed the exam

Mumbai, May 25: Unidentified parachute-like objects were spotted in the Mumbai airport airspace here, raising security concern. According to airport police, five unidentified objects were spotted over the airport area on Saturday evening by a pilot of Jet AirwaysBSE -1.28 % just before take-off. He immediately alerted the Mumbai airport's Air Traffic Controller about the incident, airport police