Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 12: More than six lakh students across Karantaka appeared for the final examinations of Pre University course on Wednesday. The department of Pre-university has identified 49 examination centres in Dakshina Kannada where 34,185 students including 16,683 are boys and 17,502 girls had to appear for the exam. A total of 30,517 fresh candidates, 1,200 repeaters and 2,644 students have

Mangalore, Mar 11: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka K S Eshwarappa on Tuesday demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the violence that broke out during Congress samarasya meet on March 8. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, he said that the intention of the Congress party to hold a communal harmony meet in Kalladka was to create havoc in the region. The

Bangalore, Mar 12: A diploma student of Acharya Polytechnic Institute in Bangalore, who was allegedly assaulted by seniors on January 27, died in Kochi late on Monday. The family of Ahab Ibrahim (21) alleged that he was a victim of ragging. Bangalore 's Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sandeep Patil said he has ordered a probe by the ACP (Yeshwantpur). Institute authorities had earlier

Guwahati, Mar 11: Popular Front of India, the neo social movement working at national level, launched its activities in the State of Assam and constituted an adhoc committee. The committee has formally been come to effect when National General Secretary O.M.A. Salam handed over the Front 's flag to Aminul Haq, the President of the newly constituted adhoc committee, in the People 's convention on

Chennai, Mar 11: For the first time, non-resident Indians will be voting in the general elections. A total of 11,844 NRIs have enrolled via post for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections but they will have to travel to their constituency to cast votes on the polling day. Kerala accounts for the bulk of the NRI voters at 11,488, while Punjab with 138 and Tamil Nadu with 112 come a far second and third

New Delhi, Mar 11: Narendra Modi may be virtually an unquestioned leader in the BJP but RSS feels that its cadres need not get into the personality-driven campaign of the party during the current election. "NaMo is not our issue. Our focus is highlighting the issues before the nation.... We have our limits to keep in mind as we are not a political party," RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said addressing

New Delhi, Mar 11: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a “distressing media report” carrying the story of Mohammad Amir who was released after 14 yearlong incarceration in jail, destroying his youth due to wrongful arrest on the 27th February,1998, from Old Delhi as an alleged 'terrorist' when he had just turned 18. While Amir remained confined to a solitary high

Mangalore, Mar 11: Launching a blistering attack on RSS and BJP for inciting violence during the Samarasya Sabha of the Congress at Kalladka, District-in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai said that Kalladka was not anybody 's property. It is a public place and everybody has the right to speak in Kalladka. Addressing the media persons on Tuesday at Congress office here he said the BJP men pelted

Tumkur, Mar 11: Irrigation expert Dr G S Paramashivaiah, who was instrumental in Netravathi river diversion project passed away on Tuesday in Tumkur due to age related illness. He was 97. Mr Paramashivaiah, Chief Engineer who retired from the Government of Karnataka service, had submitted a report after studying the issue of water shortage in 10 districts namely Hassan, Tumkur, Bangalore Rural

Bangalore, Mar 11: A sting operation intended to trap Energy Minister D K Shivakumar boomeranged on two reporters of a vernacular news channel, who were arrested on the charges of bribing a people 's representative. The two reporters, including a woman, who planned to carry out the sting, were trailing Mr Shivakumar for the last one week. The duo, posing as representatives of a London-based power