Karnataka

Mangalore, October 31: Ruling out the land grab charges on Dakshina Kannada district in-charge and higher education minister C T Ravi, leaders of BJP district committee said that the party and its cadres are firmly behind him, and would support and defend him against all labeled charges or allegations. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday MLC and BJP spokesperson Monappa Bhandary condemned

Mangalore, October 31: Businessman Shahid Sheikh from West Bengal, who is running gold jewellery business at Gokak in Belgaum district, has the honesty of Shekar Devadiga, an autorickshaw driver, to thank for. Shahid who inadvertently left behind a bag containing Rs 5 lakh in Shekar's autorickshaw on Tuesday spent a few anxious hours before being summoned to Mangalore South (Pandeshwar) police

Kasargod, October 31: Three members of a gang of inter-state thieves were arrested and around 56 sovereigns of stolen gold and cash worth several lakh rupees were seized by Kasargod police, here on Tuesday. Rabdeen Salim, 38, of Arunachalam of Thiruvalloor in Tamil Nadu; Abdul Rahmal, 44, of Shiribagilu, near here; and Abdul Rahman, 38, of Chowki, near here, are the arrested, Superintendent of

Mangalore, October 31: The Karnataka State Secondary Education Examination Board will conduct the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) examinations for the academic year 2012-13 from April 1, 2013. The exams will go on till April 10. The first language exams will be held on the first day. The next day being a holiday, the core subjects' exams for Junior Technical School (JTS) students will

Mangalore, October 30: For the first time in the last two years a Mangalore boy has earned a treasure of gold medals in the aquatic championship organised by department of public instruction at Bangalore recently. M Shreyas Rao of Canara Urva High School has won four gold medals and one silver medal in the state school games Federation aquatic championship for 2012-13. He has brought laurels to

Mangalore, October 30: The creativity, scientific temper and the artistic talents came to fore at Lions Seva Mandir, here on Tuesday, as one hundred high school students from over 20 schools participated in the final round of the MMV Art Competition Mangalore. The event is being organised by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva and partnered by Kasturba Medical College, Malaria Cell of

Mangalore, October 30: The implementation of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduates (NEET-UG) instead of Common Entrance Test (CET) will affect the rural students and those studying under the state syllabus, said Mangalore MLA U T Khader. Addressing a press meet at district Congress office, here on Tuesday, Mr Khader expressed concern that due to this system, students from poor

Mangalore, October 30: 'Janleva 555', the romantic musical mystery thriller movie directed by Mangalore based Sandeep Malani will be released on November 2 at Big Cinemas, Bharath Mall here. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday, Sandeep Malani said that the film has got some unique features. It has 15 songs, of which six are Hindi, three English and the rest being musical and instrumental

Mangalore, October 30: Police have cracked the Kodimbala double murder case and arrested two people in this regard. Addressing mediapersons at his office in Mangalore on Tuesday, Abhishek Goyal, SP, Dakshina Kannada district, said that accused Mohammed Rafique (33) and Kamaruddin (25) alias Sayyad have been apprehended for murdering Baby alias Thomas and Mary in Undila village of Kodimbala in

Mangalore, October 30: As part of a month-long nationwide campaign “Why Popular Front” against 'falsehood being propagated about the organization, Popular Front of India' will organise a massive public convention on November 2 at Nehru Maidan, Mangalore. Announcing this at a press conference, here on Tuesday, PFI Karnataka State committee member Abdul Razak Kemmara said that a widespread