Karnataka

Bangalore, May 7: Karnataka recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May five Assembly polls, a top electoral officer said. The highest voter turnout of 71.90 per cent was registered in 1978. A recharged Congress sees the highly impressive polling percentage as clear sign of winds of change that would bring the party back to power after an

Mangalore, May 6: The Pre University examination results have only reinstated the belief that Dakshina Kannada is the land of intellectuals. Akshay Kamath from Canara Pre University College, Mangalore with his splendid total of 594 has topped the state in science stream and Sooraj Hegde from Alva's College Moodabidri with 593 (98.83 pc) has topped the state in commerce stream. Akshay Kamath and

Mangalore, May 6: Counting of the votes will take place in 15-17 rounds of 200 polling stations each and the results will be announced between 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday. Each of the eight constituencies will be provided with four tables and each table will be assigned a sector officer, counting supervisor, counting agent and a micro observer. The agents have to be seated by 7.30 a.m. and

Mangalore, May 6: The pass percentage in the second year Pre-University Examinations in Karnataka this year has grown up by 2.33 per cent with 59.36 percent of the students emerging with success. Announcing the results at a press conference in Bangalore on Monday, Kumar Nayak, Principal Secretary at Department of Education said that Udupi district, which had secured second place last year, has

Mangalore, May 6: Propaganda carried out against the Congress candidates by the SDPI and other independents have not hampered Congress' victory march which is evident from the encouraging statistics put out by exit polls and surveys, said Ibrahim Kodijal, Interim District President of the Congress party, DK. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Kodijal said

Mangalore, May 6: Manvitha MK of Kamblapadavu, Pajir village in Bantwal Taluk has scored an impressive 621 out of 625 marks in SSLC examinations. Ms. Manvitha, daughter of Shobha M, a homemaker and A N Mohandas, who works at a welding workshop in Bantwal, is a student of Vishwa Mangala High School, Konaje. She has scored 125 in English, 99 in Hindi, 99 in Kannada, 98 in Science and 100 each in

Mangalore, May 6: It is that time of the year again, when anxiety fills the air. The state has registered 77.47 percent success in SSLC results. Announcing the results at a press conference in Bangalore Kumar Nayak, Principal Secretary at Department of Education, said girls with rural girls taking the lead outshone boys in overall pass percentage, boasting a figure of 82.9% to the 73.25% of boys

Mangalore, May 6: Among the 42 cases of “paid news” detected across the state during the Karnataka Assembly poll, 11 cases were reported from Dakshina Kananda district. The Commission reviewed 76 suspected cases of paid news during the campaigning for the Karnataka elections and 61 notices were issued, a senior EC official said. "Out of this, the Commission decided that 42 cases were paid news,"

Mangalore, May 6: The Congress appears to have regained its control over Coastal Karnataka, as various exit polls have exposed a strong anti-incumbency wave against BJP, against government and against individual BJP MLAs in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. An exit poll conducted by Creative Centre for Political Studies, suggested that Congress is likely to win 11 seats in

Karkala, May 6: Representing Karnataka state, Karkala rural police station sub-inspector Azmat Ali won a bronze medal for his performance at the 56th All-India Police Duty Meet held recently in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in February. In the national-level competition on the subject 'Scientific aids in investigation' which consisted of a written, oral and practical examination, Azmat Ali bagged the