Karnataka

Udupi, May 19: A student of Bhuvanendra College in Karkala has scored the highest marks in PCMC (Computer Science) in II PUC examination in Karkala taluk scoring 97.17 percent. Shifa Sheikh, daughter of Sheikh Sattar Saheb and Sajida Banu, residents of Kasaba village in Karkala taluk, has scored a total of 100 marks in Computer Science, 99 marks in Mathematics, 98 marks each in Physics and

Kasargod, May 18: In a shocking incident a sexagenarian woman was stabbed to death by her own son in full public view at Kumble in Kasaragod district on Monday. Police sources said that Anil Kumar (30) brutally murdered his mother Padmavati (62), a resident of Chowki Azadnagar in Kasaragod, over a property dispute. The incident took place at around 12:30 p.m. at Kumble bus stand. Within a minute

Kasaragod, May 18: The police in Kerala are searching in several states for a catholic priest who allegedly raped a 14-year-old earlier this year. Father Edwin Figurez Joseph has been suspended from his Parish and a complaint has gone to the Vatican in Rome. The priest is accused of raping the teenager in a church complex in Ernakulam nearly five times between January and March, mostly when she

Mangaluru, May 18: Adding another feather to Dakshina Kannada’s educational prowess, Mangaluru-based Rashmitha has secured first place in the entire Karnataka in II PU Commerce stream this year. Students of Sharada Vidyalaya, Mangaluru, who scored highest marks in II PUC: Rashmitha (Commerce- 593), Arya M (Science- 590) and Sworabh (Commerce- 589). A student of Sharada Pre University College

Mangaluru, May 18: Despite supervision of senior officials while preparing the electoral rolls, errors such as omission of names, duplication of names and inclusion of names of deceased are becoming a very common phenomenon in the voter lists. For the Gram Panchayat elections to be held next week in many districts of Karnataka, the voters lists of 1,108 wards under 227 gram panchayats in Dakshina

Udupi, May 18: Top seed International Master Girinath PDS (South Central Railways) won the 1st Udupi Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament jointly oraganised by Udupi District Chess Association, TA Pai management Institute (TAPMI) and Lions Club Manipal at TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal. Chief guest Dr Vinod Bhat, Pro Vice Chancellor, Manipal University handed over Kallya Devaraya Shenoy Memorial

Bangaluru, May 18: The II PUC Exam or Class 12th Board examination results are out in Karnataka. 60.54 per cent students have cleared the state level exam conducted by the PUC Board in March. The girls have done better than the boys across the state. For the second consecutive year Dakshina Kannada district has come first with per cent students clearing the exams. In the previous year 93.09

New Delhi, May 18: Maoist movement was one of the biggest threats to India’s internal security, says a global body which has ranked it as low as 143 among 162 countries in its peace index. At the same time, the report by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) also said sporadic conflict with its neighbours threatens its external security. The country’s diverse population and the recent emergence

Mangaluru, May 18: A teenager was killed and four others suffered severe injuries when a speeding lorry rammed into a car which was returning to Kasaragod from Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Famis Khan (16), a resident of Kasaragod. Among the injured two have been identified as Shamim (21) and Shahid (15), residents of Kasaragod. All the injured have

Mumbai, May 18: Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who was raped in 1973 by a staff member at the hospital she worked in, has died after being in a coma for 42 years. She was 68. Ms Shanbaug was in the Intensive Care unit of Mumbai's state-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, where she had worked and was raped. Doctors had said a few days ago that Ms Shanbaug was suffering from pneumonia and was on