Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 28: The results of ComedK 2017 test which will decide admission to private engineering colleges in Karnataka were announced on Saturday. The top 10 scorers are from Karnataka, nine from Bengaluru and one from Uttara Kannada. Candidates can access their ranks on ww.comedk.org. Of the 2,000 top rank holders, 1,423 secured more than 70% and remaining 577 secured 67% and above but below

Mangaluru, May 28: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Saturday said the so called three-year achievement of the NDA government at the Centre is only rhetoric while the achievement on ground has been zero. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Rai said the NDA which had opposed Goods and Services Tax regime and the Aadhaar system when proposed by the United Progressive

Mangaluru, May 27: “The ban on sale of cows for slaughter and the new restrictions imposed on cattle trade by the central government will trigger new waves of Hindutva violence against Muslims and Dalits across the country”, Abdul Wahid Sait, Secretary, Popular Front of India warned in a statement issued here today following the amendments to the existing rules governing Prevention of Cruelty to

Mangaluru, May 27: Mangaluru International Airport authorities have finally taken action against the parking contractor for extracting a parking fee of Rs 60 from every vehicle entering the airport premises to pick up or drop passengers. As per rules only those vehicles that don’t exit the airport premises within seven minutes of its entry from the toll gate, should be charged a parking fee of Rs

Bengaluru, May 27: Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today claimed that the saffron party would achieve its dream of 'Congress-mukt Bharat' after defeating the ruling party in the state in next year's Assembly polls. Yeddyurappa, who has been named as the BJP's chief ministerial face for the Karnataka Assembly polls by party chief Amit Shah, said he and the workers of the saffron party were

Kasaragod, May 27: 'Beef Fests' were held in various parts of Kerala on Saturday to protest the Centre's decision of banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, even as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said he would approach the prime minister in this matter. Hindus, Christians and atheists cooked and swallowed beef on the road side in various cities of the state. However

New Delhi, May 27: The results of the ICSE Class X and ISC Class XII examinations will be announced on May 29. The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, which conducts the exams, will introduce a DigiLocker facility to store digitally signed certificates and marksheets. In another first, the Council has also made a provision for candidates to apply for rechecking of marks. "The

The union government’s ban on sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter in open markets across the country is likely to worsen the woes of farmers for whom sale of cattle was one of the ways to overcomes financial difficulties. Terming the Centre’s move as an assault on agriculture, the farmers’ unions have said that enacting such stringent rules to regulate sale of cattle will push farmers

Mangaluru, May 27: The two youths from Mangaluru, who returned home on Saturday after five month ordeal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, wholeheartedly thanked the hands that toiled for their ‘rescue’ from a sheep farm in the Arab country and reunion with their families in India. Damodar Shettigar (31), a resident of Gandhinagar in Ganjimat, and Puneeth Jayaraj (25), a resident of Mulki (both areas

Bantwal, May 27: Most of the shops and offices remained closed in Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk on Saturday a day after a Muslim youth was stabbed and another one was attacked by alleged saffron activists. The presence of two rival groups on roads in Kalladka in the morning forced the police to beef up security arrangements in the area. According to sources, a group of people protesting against