Karnataka

New Delhi, May 30: The Central Board of Secondary Education on Thursday declared the Class X results which recorded a pass percentage of 98.76, a marginal increase over last year. Girls once again outshone boys in the results. The pass percentage of girls stood at 98.94 per cent as compared to 98.64 per cent of boys. According to a CBSE statement, the pass percentage in Chennai region at 99.80 was

Mangalore, May 30: A person traveling in a car took out a pistol and fired in the air, creating tense atmosphere at Chilimibi in Mangalore on Wednesday late night. Kaprigudda resident Nausheen Abdul was travelling in his car from M G Road to Kottara. Meanwhile Nihal Ahmed who was chasing Nausheen, overtook him and at Chilimibi the latter fired in the air. This created a sort of fear among the

Mangalore, May 30: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi will go into fishing ban season of 57 days, from June 15 to August 10. During this period fishing using nets or other equipment on mechanized boats has been banned. Deep sea fishing in trawlers will be allowed conditionally after August 3, which is to return by August 10. For the convenience of the fishing community, the government

Kasargod, May 30: The police have seized foreign currency to the tune of Rs.65,500 from Uduma, and Rs. 4,440 from a gambling den under the Bekal police station limits, following a two-day raid by a shadow police team. The team constituted by Superintendent of Police S. Surendran began raids on Tuesday. Currencies of various foreign countries were seized from a travel agency at Uduma, police

Bangalore, May 30: The Department of Public Instruction has issued a circular on curbing donation menace at private schools during admissions. “Private schools charging more than the required fees has become a worrying issue among the public,” the circular notes. To curb the menace, the schools have been asked to make their fee structure public and to create awareness among parents about it. The

Jeddah, May 29: A Class 12 Indian student from Dammam reportedly took his own life after failing his exams, the results of which were declared on Monday, according to community members. Mir Ameer Ansari, 18, was an intelligent student, but took his life after failing in one of the subjects. “He just couldn't come to terms with the fact that he could only score 17 out of 100 in mathematics,” said a

Bangalore, May 29: Wearing traditional Maharashtrian headgear, two members took oath in Marathi as maiden session of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly commenced today. Sporting saffron-coloured "pagadi", Arvind Chandrakant Patil (Khanapur) and Sambhaji Laxman Patil (Belgaum Dakshin), belonging to Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) and elected from Belgaum district bordering Maharashtra, were

Lashio, May 29: Hundreds of Buddhists on motorcycles waved iron rods and bamboo poles and threw rocks in the northeastern Myanmar town of Lashio on Wednesday, a day after a mosque and a Muslim orphanage were torched in a new wave of violence targeting the religious minority. Many Buddhists and Muslims stayed locked inside their homes and shops were shuttered after Tuesday's violence in Lashio town

Mangalore, May 29: Social Democratic Party of India has criticized state minister Abhayachandra Jain for hesitating to handle Fisheries portfolio. SDPI State Secretary Mohommad Akram Hasan has said that a minister is elected for the welfare of the people and it is the duty of the minister to responsibly handle the charge given to him without any prejudice. “Mr Jain hails from coastal district and

Bangalore, May 29: Authorities, doctors and patients at two government hospitals in Bangalore were surprised to see Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader in the wee hours of Wednesday. Clad in casual attire, Mr Khder boarded a private car and raided Jayanagar Government Hospital and Government HSIS Gosha Hospital, Shivajinagar. The mid-night raid came as a shock for doctors, nurses and