Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 20: Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has warned Muslims and Christians not to ask for reservation. "Muslim rulers have ruled India for hundreds of years and have also destroyed it, and I find it surprising that now Muslims demand reservation claiming that they have been oppressed. When the Indian Constitution was being made, it was decided that the

Mangalore, Jun 19: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim reviewed the completion of road development and drain works of all urban local bodies (ULBs) under Nagarothana Phase-2 project undertaken by District Urban Development Cell in Dakshina Kannada in a review meeting held here on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim reviewed all commissioned works related to asphalting and concretisation of roads

Mangalore, Jun 19: For the first time in the history, a Mangalore based student has performed extremely well in the JEE Advanced examination. Sumith, a student of Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Mangalore has achieved what every engineering aspirant in India dreams of: the top rank in the most prestigious engineering entrance examination in India i.e. JEE Advanced by scoring all India rank-38

Udupi, Jun 19: Shreesha Shiroor, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer from Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, has been anointed as the disciple and successor of Sri Viswapriya Theertha Swamiji of the Udupi Admar Mutt. Amidst a grand function in the presence of galaxy of religious heads, the young and learnt swamiji was coronated as the 33rd pontiff of Sri Admar mutt on Thursday. The

New Delhi, Jun 19: Facebook, the world's most popular social media website, crashed for a brief while on Thursday. "We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," said a message on the website when users tried to log in. "Sorry, something went wrong," said the message. The outage lasted for at least 15 minutes, enough time for some of its 1.28 billion monthly active users to tweet and

Kolkata, Jun 19: Results of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE advanced) were announced today with only five girls making it to the top 100 qualifying students. Girls formed only 11 per cent of the total qualifying students, JEE in-charge and IIT Kharagpur professor M K Panigrahi said. Rajasthan's Chitraang Murdia topped JEE (Advanced) securing 334 out of a

Udupi, Jun 19: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje has promised a permanent solution for sea erosion in Udupi district by constructing a sea wall within five years. She was speaking to presspersons after visiting sea erosion affected areas at Tenka Yermal, Bada Yermal, Padu-Thottam and Udyavar-Padukere villages. She said that she would lead a delegation of fishermen from Udupi district to Delhi

Singapore, Jun 19: In fresh troubles for Indian carrier Jet Airways' alliance with Abu Dhabi's Etihad, fair trade watchdog in Singapore has begun a scrutiny of the deal to probe any possible violation of its competition laws. The deal, which involves purchase of a 24 per cent stake in Naresh Goyal-led Jet for about Rs 2,060 crore by Etihad and other tie-ups, has been going through turbulent times

Bangalore, Jun 19: For five years Vikas Sharma (31) worked with the alias 'Dr' Atul Pathak as medical officer at the reputed Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwantpur, here, and earned a salary of Rs 48k per month. Not just his patients, but his fellow doctors and the management too never suspected that they had a con in their midst. He might have continued to play the game if not for a slip-up, that

New Delhi, Jun 19: Muslim enrolment in schools has gone up marginally across the country according to a report released by Human Resources Development ministry. Data for 2013-14, released on Wednesday by HRD minister Smriti Z Irani, show that as per the Educational Development Index, Puducherry is at number one, followed by Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. Despite massive