Karnataka

Mangalore, May 12: Three members of a family including two children were killed on spot and the mother of the children sustained critical injuries in a ghastly road mishap near Surthkal on the outskirts of the city on Monday morning. The mishap took place at around 10:00 a.m. when an auto-rickshaw, in which the family was travelling rammed into a speedy lorry on Udupi-Mangalore highway. The

Mysore, May 12: A Mysore based girl bagged the top-most place in the Karnataka SSLC examinations, results of which were declared on Monday, even as girls continued to outshine boys in overall performance. Nithya Surabhi, a student of city based English Medium School, has secured 622 out of 625. Expressing extreme happiness over the results Ms Surabhi said that even though she had been expecting

Bangalore, May 12: The 2014 Karnataka SSLC examination results were formally announced by the Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Rathnakar here on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Mr Rathnakar said that like previous girls have outshone boys in the state this year too. The overall pass percentage of the students has reached 81.19 this year, compared to last year's

Mangalore, May 12: City based social activist and entrepreneur Haji K Abdul Raheem died on Sunday at a private hospital here. He was 76. He was a well-known businessman in Bunder area of Mangalore. He had also served as a member of erstwhile Mangalore City Municipality for two times. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and a large number of relatives and well wishers. It is learnt

Bangalore, May 12: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) will announce SSLC results on Monday at 11am. They will be available online after 12.30pm and schools will get them on Tuesday (May 13), said a press release from KSEEB. Students can also get the results via SMS. As many as 8.26 lakh candidates, including freshers, repeaters and private candidates, appeared for the

Mngalore, May 12: A two-year-old boy, and a 19-year-old student lost their lives in two spate mishaps in Dakshina Kannda district on Sunday. In the first incident the baby accidently fell into a water tank near his house in Kattemar close to Konaje on Sunday morning. The victim is Kartik Achar, the son of a carpenter. He was playing near his house when he slipped and fell into the open tank around

Lucknow, May 12: Polling began on Monday morning on a peaceful note for 18 seats in the crucial last phase of Lok Sabha polls in eastern Uttar Pradesh, to decide the fate of 328 candidates, including BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. “The polling has started on a peaceful note and will continue till 6 pm. Elaborate security

Muscat, May 11: Effective July 1, 2014, the 'two year ban' on expat workforce in Oman will be back. In an announcement, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has said no employment visa will be issued after July 1, 2014 to any foreigner who previously worked in the Sultanate and has not completed two years from the date of last departure, in keeping with the requirements of expatriates residency law and its

Bangalore, May 11: In a shocking incident, a woman was allegedly raped by her friend, dumped at a secluded place and then assaulted again by a group of men on Saturday night in Bangalore. According to preliminary reports, the woman had come to work in Bangalore from Mumbai. She is now undergoing treatment at a local hospital after being gang-raped and thrown out of a flat on second floor. The

New Delhi, May 11: Like passports and rail tickets, you can now get a marriage registration certificate issued within 24 hours, using a 'tatkal' service. The Revenue Department of Delhi Government has introduced a tatkal service ensuring a single-day authorisation of the marriage under which the registration process will be undertaken on priority. "In compliance with a Supreme Court order in 2006