Karnataka

Udupi, May 30: A woman along with her two young daughters drowned in a lake at Belattu under Kota police station limits in Udupi district on Tuesday. Barathi Shettadi,42, wife of Surendra Shetty and resident of Beluru village had ventured into the lake to remove the paddy seeds kept in the lake for seedling purpose. However, she slipped and fell into the lake. As she was struggling to come out

Mangaluru, May 30: "Though I was sure about getting a place in the top 10, I never expected first rank. I want to study in one of the top IITs of the country,'' an elated Prathik S Nayak said. Prathik, a student of Expert PU College, Mangaluru, has emerged topper in engineering and pharmacy streams in the Common Entrance Test, the results of which were announced on Tuesday. He secured 99.27%. "I

Mangaluru, May 30: Two persons, including 28-year-old Ronald who got engaged on Sunday, died following a motorcycle accident near Bhagwan Mahaveer Junction early on Monday. The Mangaluru East Traffic police said that after his engagement, Ronald was driving his cousin, Roshwin Jackson D'Souza (21), home. The police said that around 1 a.m. near the junction, a lorry came in the wrong direction and

Bengaluru, May 30: As many as 216 doctors from the Karnataka Medical Registry have been issued show-cause notices by the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) for having reneged on the assurance to serve in rural areas following the completion of their post-graduate courses. The move comes in the backdrop of pressure from the state government as it has been finding it difficult to deploy doctors in

Mangaluru, May 30: Social Democratic Party of India has termed the recent violence occurred in Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk as a pre-planned attack carried out by the notorious rowdies at the behest of Sangh Parivar leaders such as Prabhakar Bhat with the intention of creating communal tension in the region. On May 26, Mohammed Hashir and Mohammed Mashooq, two local residents were stabbed by

Madurai, May 30: The Madras High Court today stayed for four weeks the Centre's notification banning sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter. In its interim order, a Madurai bench comprising Justices M V Muralidharan and C V Karthikeyan directed the central government to file its counter in four weeks. When a batch of petitions challenging the ban came up for hearing, the judges stayed the

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, May 30: A year after the worst drought in decades, widespread pre-monsoon showers have brought relief to the people from scorching heat and water scarcity across Karnataka. The monsoon rains too expected to reach Karnataka soon as they already arrived at the Kerala coast and the Northeast today in line with the India Meteorological Department or IMD forecast. The IMD's

Bengaluru, May 30: Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) will announce the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2017 results today. As per the update released at the official result portal of Karnataka, the result will be announced after 1 pm today. The examination which was held for granting admission in professional educational institutions in the State of Karnataka for the academic year 2017-2018 had

Udupi, May 30: In a historic development, the Sode Mutt of Udupi and the Kukke Subrahmanya Mutt have buried a misunderstanding going back over 250 years with a conciliatory meet at the Anantheshwara temple in the presence of the Pejawar Mutt seer and others. “Differences are not permanent. They should be buried in the interest of the society. The reunion of two Vaishnav mutts will go down as an

Bengaluru, May 30: St Joseph's Institutions, Bangalore, is starting a new Law College, named St Joseph's College of Law at 18, Residency Road, Bengaluru. This is the first law College by Jesuits in South Asia. Fr. Swebert D'Silva, SJ, who recently retired as the principal of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, is the director of the law college. Jesuits have been in the field of education, all over