Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 15: Alva’s Pragati, a mega placement drive organized every year by Alva’s Education Foundation will be held this year on June 24 and 25 at Vidyagiri campus, Moodbidri. The ninth edition of the job fair will be inaugurated on June 24 at 9:30 a.m. at Vidyagiri by Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs. Abhayachandra Jain, MLA, Moodbidri will preside over the programme

Lucknow, Jun 15: Scores of dalits, including children, in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district embraced Buddhism in protest against attacks on their brethren by the dominant thakur community members in the neighboring Saharanpur district. According to the sources, the dalits of Nyamu village in the district converted to Buddhism at a ceremony at Sant Ravidas temple in the village in the presence

Bengaluru, Jun 15: With less than a month left for the rollout of the GST, the 'Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017' was unanimously passed by the state assembly here today. Before Karnataka, as many as 24 states and Union Territories had passed the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) bill in their respective legislative assemblies. As per the GST Constitutional amendment, all states have

Puttur, Jun 15: Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Ratnakar Shetty, who had disappeared from a private hospital in Puttur last night, has now returned to the same hospital claiming that he had gone to another hospital in Mangaluru. Interestingly, the doctors of Adarsh Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment since Tuesday, too have endorsed Shetty’s claim. “Shetty did not flee. He was in fact taken

Mangaluru, Jun 15: Several Muslim families in Bantwal taluk’s trouble-hit Kalladka have accused the local police of barging into their houses at midnight and harassing innocent residents including women in the wake of recent communal disturbances in the region. At least five persons including four women have been admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru after they were allegedly manhandled by

Hubballi, Jun 15: A JD(S) leader and his aide in Hubballi have been arrested by the Ashok Nagar police on charge of rape attempt on a minor girl. Police commissioner PH Rane said that Muktumsab Sogalad, 32, of Jannat Nagar, Dharwad, who is also a JD(S) leader and his aide Mahmmedsha Sayyed were arrested and booked under the Pocso Act. "There is also a case registered against the duo at Vidyagiri

Udupi, Jun 15: Aditi Kiran, a student of Second Year Pre-University Course, MGM Pre-University College, has obtained 584 marks out of 600 in the Arts Stream after she applied for revaluation of marks. In a press release issued here, Malati Devi, principal of MGM Pre-University College, said that as per the previous rank list, Ms. Aditi Kiran had now secured the second rank at the State-level in

Puttur, Jun 15: A local Hindutva leader, who had got himself admitted to a hospital in Puttur after attacking a youth in Kallakda two days ago, has now escaped to evade arrest. Ratnakar Shetty, a local leader of Hndu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) had reportedly suffered minor hand injuries in the clash following a verbal altercation with a youth in Kalladka on Tuesday. Instead of visiting a local hospital

New Delhi, Jun 15: Nearly 1 in every 2 elderly people faced abuse in public spaces across India and Delhi was among the least abusive cities, a report by HelpAge India has claimed. According to the report, 'How India treats its elderly', 23 per cent of the elderly in the national capital faced abuse as against 70 per cent in Bangalore, which recorded the maximum abuse, followed by 60 per cent in

New Delhi, Jun 15: The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on pleas challenging its controversial notification banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter. A vacation bench comprising Justices R K Agrawal and S K Kaul issued notice to the Centre and asked it to file response within two weeks on two separate petitions challenging the notification. The