Karnataka

Mangalore, May 21: Vittala Malekudiya, who is in judicial custody on charges of being an alleged Naxal sympathizer, on Monday, appeared for second semester examination conducted by the Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Mangalore University. The 22-year-old student, who was arrested on March 3 along with his father at his house in Kuthlur in Belthangady taluk by Anti Naxal Force, was

Mangalore, May 21: A scrap shop was completed gutted and a house was partially damaged in two separate incidents of fire mishap in the city. Losses were estimated at Rs 10 lakh. A fire broke out at a scrap shop near Ansari ground at Bunder, here, around 11 am on Monday destroying scrap materials. Though the fire brigade rushed to the spot and tried to extinguish the fire the owner incurred a loss

Mangalore, May 21: The Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to professional courses commenced at 16 centres across Dakshina Kannada district on Monday. The district administration has made arrangements for smooth conduct of the examination, for which an overwhelming number of students from across the district have been enrolled. The Deputy Commissioner has imposed prohibitory orders within a

Mangalore, May 21: BJP's MLC candidate D H Shankaramurthy has been publicizing everywhere as part of his election campaign that it was in his tenure as the education minister that Karnataka got 184 colleges but the truth is that it was the then Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's initiative, said Puttanna, JDS leader. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Puttanna said

Mangalore, May 21: Despite the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 coming into force in India, the dowry related cases are increasing at an alarming pace, said National Women's Front Vice-President A S Zainaba Kerala. Delivering the inaugural address at a women's conference to bring awareness among women against dowry system, at Town Hall on Monday, she said that with the practice of dowry system

Mangalore, May 21: Congress leaders and workers in the city on Monday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack on this day 21 years ago. Rich floral tributes were paid to the portrait of the sixth prime minister of India at a programme organised by Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee to commemorate 21st death anniversary of the late leader

Mangalore, May 21: A meaning of social activists decided to drag the Mangalore City Corporation to High Court for its negligence in forming ward committees in the city on Sunday. At the meeting organised by 'Namme Mane Namma Ooru' at Barathiya Vidya Bhavan, chief convener of the organisation B S Chandru said the MCC had failed to form ward committees in all the 60 wards even thought there were

Shirur, May 21: Green Valley National School & PU College of Shirur has secured cent per cent results for the fifth consecutive year in the recently announced ICSE syllabus class X examination results. Mawad Ifra is the school topper with 95%. Out of the 46 students appeared for exams, six have scored more than 90% marks. 24 students have secured more than 80% marks. Rest all have got more than 70

Mangalore, May 21: In an act of goondaism, a youth and his grandmother were assaulted by a group of miscreants over a trivial reason at Adyar on the outskirts of the city on Sunday night. The injured Safwan and his grandmother Asiyamma have been admitted to a private hospital. The assailants have been identified as Ashraf, Nawaz and Mustafa, all residents of Adyar. It is learnt that Safwan and

Mangalore, May 21: Honnamma, mother of Vittal Malekudiya, has alleged that the police have taken away Rs 22,000 kept in the cupboard, to help his son's education. The money went missing after the police arrested Vittal and took away everything from home. “Vittal had given me the keys of the cupboard in which he had kept Rs 22,000 which he had saved before leaving for Mangalore University for his