Karnataka

Kochi, May 30: A protest march organized by the Muslim Ekopana Samithi, Ernakulam to Kerala high court on Monday against a court judgment that cancelled a marriage conducted by a qazi between a Muslim man and a Hindu converted Muslim woman turned violent, forcing police to use force. The samithi has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal against `police brutality' in Ernakulam district on Tuesday. "There

New Delhi, May 30: A 30-year-old IAS officer drowned while rescuing a lady colleague from drowning in the swimming pool of the Foreign Service Institute in Ber Sarai here early Tuesday morning. The police was informed about a man drowning in the swimming pool of the institute. He was rushed to Fortis Hospital where he was declared brought dead, the police said. The deceased, Ashish Dahiya, was a

New Delhi, May 30: The practice of tagging and stamping hand baggage of domestic passengers has been done away with in six more airports of the country from June 1. Jaipur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Trivandrum, Patna and Chennai are the latest addition. The other airports where the practice is already in place include Delhi, Mumbai, Cochin, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. "We had run a trial

New Delhi, May 30: The Congress high command is likely to ask Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara to continue in the post till the next Assembly polls while asking him to quit as the home minister soon. The decision seems to have been taken by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who held a meeting with over 17 leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Lucknow, May 30: A new disclosure in the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, who was found dead near a guest house in the state capital a few days back, has put the police in the dock. It has now come to light that a passer-by had informed the police at 0523 hours that a body lay on the road near the Meerabai Guest House here. The passer-by, whose identity has not been

Hubballi, May 30: State JD(S)?president H?D?Kumaraswamy said on Monday that 100 vehicles with video screening facility would be provided to North Karnataka region, one each for every Assembly segment, to play the videos of former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa's speech levelling corruption and other charges against BJP leaders, when he was with KJP. Speaking at a party meeting here, he recalled

Bengaluru, May 30: Two students from Karnataka have made the state proud in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 examination, by securing ranks 10 and 11 in the country in the undergraduate category. Dhrishaj Suresh from Mangaluru scored 146.5 out of 200 to secure all-India rank 10 and Ananya H S from Mysuru secured 11th rank with a score of 146. The overall first rank was secured by Rajat

Mangaluru, May 29: After cancelling the appointment of N. Satheesh Kumar as the Police Commissioner of Mangaluru, the state government on Monday posted T R Suresh in his place. Mr. Suresh was the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Fire Services, Bengaluru. Earlier on May 25, the government had posted Mr Kumar as Mangaluru Police Commissioner. It is said that some politicians were unhappy with his

Mangaluru, May 29: Bhushan Gulabrao Borase, Superintendent of Police of Dakshina kannada district, has warned the social media rumour-mongers of stringent action in the wake of communal tensions in Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk. Those creating tension by spreading false information on WhatsApp and Facebook in connection with the untoward incidents that took place on May 26 in Kalladka, will face

New Delhi, May 29: The results of the ICSE Class X and ISC Class XII examinations for 2017 were announced on Monday and the southern region has fared best in the country. A total of 1,75,299 candidates appeared for the ICSE examinations and 98.53% passed out. Of the 73,633 students who took the ISC examinations, 96.47% passed. The ICSE and ISC schools abroad recorded 100% pass. In the ICSE results