Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 10: The Karnataka State Secondary Examination Education Board (KSEEB) will set up a helpline for SSLC students to guide them with the preparation for annual examination, due in April. Students can ask queries with regard to subject specific preparation, question paper pattern, study skills, exam fear, time managements and handling of pressure and about higher studies opportunities

Davangere, Mar 10: The Honnali JMFC Court Judge has issued arrest warrant to nine persons, including Excise Minister M P Renukacharya, in connection with violation of election code of conduct, by distributing sarees to woo voters during the 2008 Legislative Assembly polls. According to sources, the court issued the arrest warrant, following failure of the minister and the other eight persons to

Bangalore, Mar 10: Factionalism in the state unit of the BJP raised its ugly face again on Saturday when senior leaders Arun Jaitley and Dharmendra Pradhan failed to select a leader to head the state unit in place of incumbent K S Eshwarappa. Both Jaitley and Pradhan heard senior leaders for nearly four hours in one-on-one meetings as well as at the core committee meeting and left for Delhi

Mangalore, Mar 9: Fighting for the cause of families of daily wage labourers who were forcefully displaced 20 years ago in Kuttetturu village of Mangalore taluk without any compensation, Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag of Human Rights Protection Foundation (Udupi) has urged Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited to release rehabilitation packages to the 11 Project Displaced Families (PDF) along

Bangalore, Mar 9: CBI on Saturday grilled former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and two of his associates in connection with an alleged iron ore export scam. Reddy as well as Mehfuz Ali Khan and Karapudi Mahesh were questioned separately for a few hours, said sources in CBI whose action came a day after a CBI court here directed the agency to interrogate them for their

Mangalore, Mar 9: Veggies, flowers and bees all came under one roof at the two-day floriculture, horticulture and apiculture (bee keeping) exhibition held at Kadri Park. 'Madhu Mela' an exhibition on apiculture (rearing of bees) was held for the first time in Mangalore. It was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner N Prakash. Carvings of designs and figures made from vegetables were crowd-pullers at

Bangalore, Mar 9: With Assembly elections just round the corner in Karnataka, the central BJP held consultations with key leaders here today to pick a new state unit President, a not-so-smooth affair. Senior party leader Arun Jaitley and the in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka, Dharmendra Pradhan, presided a meeting of the party's state core committee, where factionalism was in full play. It

Mangalore, Mar 9: All preparations for this year's II PUC examinations scheduled to begin from March 13, have been made, said N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada. Mangalore stands next only to Bangalore in terms of the number of students writing the exams this year in the state. In order to keep a check on malpractices, 10 teams have been formed by the PU Education Board. Besides, a

Mangalore, Mar 9: The movie 'Life of Pi' made is remarkably big at the Oscars this year. While Ang Lee may not get enough basking over the success, not many know that the film has a small connection to Dakshina Kannada. The scroll of the film has our very own lad who worked as 'compositor' for the film. He is Avinash Bhandary of Kulalu in Kolnadu Gram Panchayat in Bantwal Taluk. Avinash is the

Mangalore, Mar 9: Religious and caste prejudices and stereotyping of women begin from home, said Bolwar Muhammad Kunhi, litterateur and Kendra Sahitya Academy Award winner. Speaking after inaugurating the 9th Students' Literary Conference organised by Mangalore University PG Alumni Association at Government College, Mangalore, on Saturday, Mr. Kunhi said that parents are responsible for sowing