Karnataka

New Delhi, May 27: Over 82 per cent students today cleared the 2013 Class XII CBSE examinations, with girls once again outshining the boys and the Chennai region beating others in the overall pass percentage. The results were declared across the country today, with the total pass percentage standing at 82.10 per cent, an increase of about two per cent over the last year, said a statement issued by

Mangalore, May 27: Abhaychandra Jain has been given the Fisheries portfolio, along with Youth Services, and this move of the chief minister has bagged huge criticism from the Jain community. As known to all, followers of Jainism are strict vegetarians. In such a scenario, the Jain community has been unhappy with the fact that Mr Jain has been given a portfolio that does not agree with his

Mangalore, May 27: The 20th anniversary of Torpedoes Youth Association was held recently at Suratkal on the outskirts of the city. The function was presided over by the vice President of the Association, Muneer Katipalla. Moideen Bava, the newly elected MLA of Mangalore City North, Kripa Alva, Social Worker, Gunavathi R Shetty, Principal Badriya P.U College, Badruddin, President of Noorul Huda

Thiruvananthapuram, May 27: Two prominent Middle East-based businessmen who hail from Kerala appear to be caught in the factional feud of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala. The Ernakulam unit of the CPI-M has accused MA Yusuf Ali, owner of the Emke Group, of encroaching upon the government land for his Rs 1600-crore Lulu Shopping Mall project here that opened in March this

Mangalore, May 27: In an apparent act of revenge for the attack on an auto driver, who was also a Congress worker in Bantwal taluk, dozens of people on Sunday stormed into the office of Social Democratic Party of India at BC Road-Kaikamba near here and allegedly assaulted SDPI activists. The agitating mob also damaged a bus stop build by SDPI in the same locality. Several youth have sustained

Kasargod, May 27: Swapna (21), a resident of Kayyara in Jodukallu who had gone missing some days ago has been tracked down by the police. Swapna had gone missing on May 13 and this case had fuelled protests from various organizations including the Vishwa Hindu Parishat demanding the police to speed up the search and find her out at the earliest. With pressure mounting on police to tackle the

Mangalore, May 27: Department for Backward Communities and Minority Welfare has invited application from unemployed minority youth to undergo free training in servicing electronics equipment and servicing air conditioners/refrigerators. Candidates hailing from religious minority communities (Muslims, Christians, Jains, Budhiists, Sikhs and Parsis), whose family income is not more than Rs 48,000

Yangon, May 26: In an apparent effort to appease extremist Buddhists after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, in which hundreds of Rohingya Muslims were massacred, authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim families. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine townships that

Mangalore, May 26: A case of a Dalit headmistress in a government school in Bantwal taluk being subjected to harassment by subordinate teachers belonging to a upper caste came to light at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Kamalakshi, headmistress of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School in Panelabarike at Pajeer

Mangalore, May 26: Pushparaj Jain of Abish Builders was formally installed as the new president of the Mangalore chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI) at a formal programme in the city. He took charge as the fourth president of the organisation for the term 2013-15. The outgoing president P M A Razak of Plama Developers Ltd handed over the presidentship