Karnataka

Mangalore, October 31: The Karnataka State Secondary Education Examination Board will conduct the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) examinations for the academic year 2012-13 from April 1, 2013. The exams will go on till April 10. The first language exams will be held on the first day. The next day being a holiday, the core subjects' exams for Junior Technical School (JTS) students will

Mangalore, October 30: For the first time in the last two years a Mangalore boy has earned a treasure of gold medals in the aquatic championship organised by department of public instruction at Bangalore recently. M Shreyas Rao of Canara Urva High School has won four gold medals and one silver medal in the state school games Federation aquatic championship for 2012-13. He has brought laurels to

Mangalore, October 30: The creativity, scientific temper and the artistic talents came to fore at Lions Seva Mandir, here on Tuesday, as one hundred high school students from over 20 schools participated in the final round of the MMV Art Competition Mangalore. The event is being organised by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Geneva and partnered by Kasturba Medical College, Malaria Cell of

Mangalore, October 30: The implementation of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduates (NEET-UG) instead of Common Entrance Test (CET) will affect the rural students and those studying under the state syllabus, said Mangalore MLA U T Khader. Addressing a press meet at district Congress office, here on Tuesday, Mr Khader expressed concern that due to this system, students from poor

Mangalore, October 30: 'Janleva 555', the romantic musical mystery thriller movie directed by Mangalore based Sandeep Malani will be released on November 2 at Big Cinemas, Bharath Mall here. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday, Sandeep Malani said that the film has got some unique features. It has 15 songs, of which six are Hindi, three English and the rest being musical and instrumental

Mangalore, October 30: Police have cracked the Kodimbala double murder case and arrested two people in this regard. Addressing mediapersons at his office in Mangalore on Tuesday, Abhishek Goyal, SP, Dakshina Kannada district, said that accused Mohammed Rafique (33) and Kamaruddin (25) alias Sayyad have been apprehended for murdering Baby alias Thomas and Mary in Undila village of Kodimbala in

Mangalore, October 30: As part of a month-long nationwide campaign “Why Popular Front” against 'falsehood being propagated about the organization, Popular Front of India' will organise a massive public convention on November 2 at Nehru Maidan, Mangalore. Announcing this at a press conference, here on Tuesday, PFI Karnataka State committee member Abdul Razak Kemmara said that a widespread

Mangalore, October 30: Minority fundamentalism is as dangerous as the communalism spread by Hindutva forces and hence, both need to be condemned, said GV Shriram Reddy, Former MLA and State Secretary, CPI(M). He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on communalism at Town Hall in Mangalore on Tuesday. Mr. Reddy said that although it is true that minority fundamentalism has evolved as a

Mangalore, October 30: By countering AICC chief Sonia Gandhi's statement given in Mangalore, H D Kumaraswamy, former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader, has stood by the BJP. It was Mr. Kumaraswamy who was responsible in bringing BJP to power in Karnataka, said B Ramanath Rai, President, DK district Congress. He was speaking at a protest meet organised by the Congress party against BJP led state

Uppinangady, October 30: An elderly woman was killed when the Tata Indica she was travelling in crashed into a mini-bridge on National Highway 75 near Uppinangady-Subrahmanya cross on Monday. The deceased is 69-year old Ammu Achari from Nagadevarahalli in Bangalore. The accident occurred when she along with her family members had been traversing towards Mangalore from Bangalore. Purushottham