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Bantwal, July 2: At least three women staff of a medical college and a motorbike rider suffered injuries as medical college bus veered off the road after involving in a collision with a motorbike on Mangalapadavu-Anantady road at Surulimoole, under the limits of Vittla police station in Bantwal taluk. The bus belonging to KMC Hospital, Mangaluru, was transporting the staff of staff of Wenlock, KMC

Bengaluru, July 2: A 12-year-old schoolboy allegedly killed himself after a tiff with a 13-year-old friend and blamed him in a purported death note. The class 6 student used a sari that doubled up as a cradle for his younger brother to hang himself at the family's home in Basaveshwara Nagar, North Bengaluru, on Wednesday evening. He had locked himself in to make sure nobody saw him or tried to

Bengaluru, July 2: The Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) to get eligibility to teach classes 1 to 8 (KARTET-2021) will be conducted on August 22. Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said this in a press statement. Those, who have completed PUC, DEd can apply for grades 1 to 5 and for grade 8, one should have completed any degree with DEd or BEd. July 20 is the last date to

Bengaluru, July 1: Karnataka Congress supremo DK Shivakumar today said his party will draw up a list of people who have died during the Covid-19 pandemic even as he claimed that the government’s death figure is understated. According to Shivakumar, more than three lakh people have died this year alone due to the pandemic as against the government’s death toll of 35,000. “Death audit is compulsory

Bengaluru, July 1: Karnataka on Thursday reported 200 new Delta variant Covid-19 cases, taking the total cases of the variant in the state to 518. Till June 30, there were 318 Delta variant cases in Karnataka. The Kappa variant of the virus went from 112 cases to 145, an increase of 33 infections. Karnataka on Thursday reported 3,203 new cases of Covid-19 and 94 deaths, pushing the infection count

The World Health Organization has said the Delta variant of Covid-19 is now present in nearly 100 countries as per conservative estimates, and warned that in the coming months the highly transmissible strain will become the dominant variant of the coronavirus globally. In its Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, the WHO said as of June 29, 2021, "96 countries have reported cases of the Delta

Madkikeri, July 1: Two children that were playing in a swing fashioned out of a saree, died of suffocation after the saree got knotted and choked them. The tragic incident took place at Unjigana Halli, Ganagur near Somwarpet in Kodagu district on Wednesday June 30. The victims are Munishka (14) and her brother Poornesh (12), children of Raju and Jayanthi couple. According to the Siraguppa police

Israel continues to carry out a wave of arrests of Palestinians, including children, in an effort to crush Palestinian resistance and political opposition to the occupation. In May 2021, at least 3,100 Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and 1948 occupied territories were arrested during random and organised Israeli arrest campaigns, reported the Palestinian prisoners’ association Addameer

Bengaluru, June 30: The Congress high command has reportedly intervened to end the confusions over the post of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC) president. If sources are to be believed incumbent president Raksha Ramaiah is likely to be replaced. Raksha became the KPYCC president in February in a controversial election in which his rival Mohammed Haris Nalapad came first, but

Ayodhya, June 30: Swamijis in Ayodhya appear to be sharply divided on allegations of corruption in land purchases against the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Khestra Trust, which is overseeing the construction of the Ram Temple. While a section of the seers, mostly those owing allegiance to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has extended support to the Trust, another section of seers has demanded a thorough