Karnataka

Uppinangady, May 13: In a hit-and-run case, two scooter-borne youth were crushed to death by a speeding truck near Kootelu Bridge in Uppinangady on Monday. The victims have been identified as Suhail (22), son of Muhammed from Valalu, and Altaf (21), son of Muhammed from Valalu. Both of them were close friends. Suhail is survived by his parents, a brother, and five sisters. Altaf is survived by his

Mangalore, May 13: For the first time a lady has become the president of Catholic Sabha. Flavy D'Souza was elected president of the 35-year old Sabha at the 35th annual general meeting held recently at Bishops' House Mangalore. Nigel Pereira presided the meeting. In the afternoon, the elections for the term of 2014-15 were held and for the first time in its history of 35 years, a lady was elected

Bangalore, May 13: From the next academic year onwards, SSLC students will have to appear for 20-mark internal assessment, as per the recommendation of a subcommittee of experts which went through the new format for the SSLC examination. The subcommittee, headed by Ganesh Bhat, Principal of MES Teachers' College, Bangalore, submitted its report to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination

Mangalore, May 13: Members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a protest outside the Mescom office in the city on Monday against the unfair distribution of electricity to farmers in three taluks in Dakshina Kannada and demanded the withdrawal of the term dark areas' for Belthangady, Bantwal and Sullia taluks in the district. Speaking during the protest, AAP Lok Sabha Candidate M R Vasudev said that

Mangalore, May 12: Urging that the state Congress government led by Siddaramaiah should be dismissed for its “unconstitutional administration” in Karnataka, a mass protest meeting was jointly organised by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and like-minded saffron groups in front of the deputy commissioner's office in the city on Monday. Addressing the protestors at the public meeting, state convenor of Bajrang

New Delhi, May 12: The BJP-led NDA coalition is poised to return to power by winning a majority in the Lok Sabha, ending a decade of Congress-led UPA rule, exit polls said Monday after the general election ended. Three exit polls projected the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance between 272 and 289 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha where two members are nominated by the

Bangalore, May 12: After the conclusion of final phase of polling on Monday, media houses have begun to telecast exit polls. Different exit polls have predicted different results in Karnataka. An exit poll survey conducted by a city-based political research institute has shown BJP winning 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies across Karnataka, Congress 10 and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) four. "We

Mangalore, May 12: Coastal Karnataka's twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udup exhibited very poor performance in Karnataka SSLC examination 2014, results of which were announced earlier in the day. Dakshina Kannada, which had secured 26th position in the previous year, has slipped to 29th position this year in district-wise performance. On the other hand Udupi, which had bagged third place

Mangalore, May 12: Two Kannada medium students have made Dakshina Kannada district proud by becoming toppers in SSLC examinations in the state this year. Ayisha from Moodbidri and Lavanya from Mangalore have emerged as sixth and 10 toppers in Kannada medium in the state. M Ayisha of Alva's Kannada Medium School, Moodbidri has scored 612 marks and has stood sixth in the State. She has scored 122 in

Mangalore, May 12: “I will not be troubled either over BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi or those who oppose my stand. My only concern is the prosperity and protection of Hindus,” said Vishwa Hindu Parishad international working president Praveen Togadia. Speaking to media persons after attending a private programme in Kasargod on Sunday, he said that the VHP would not fret over who