Karnataka

Mangalore, June 6: As the Common Entrance Test results were out on Wednesday, tension on the face of the PUC students were relieved and were smiling. Several students from Dakshina Kannada district have excelled in the CET. As usual several students of city based Expert P U College, and students who received postal coaching from Expert and Boscoss Tutorials have secured the top 100 CET ranks

Mangalore, June 6: The act of Mangalore City Corporation officials, who allegedly yielding to the pressure from Sangh Parivar activists, raided a beef-carrying auto rickshaw in the city on Wednesday, has raised many eyebrows. The officials intercepted a hired auto-rickshaw, in which a passenger was carrying a few kilograms of beef purchased from MCC's beef stall at Kankanady. Sources said that

Mangalore, June 6: A women delivered a male child at the Okha express train when it was reached near Surathkal on Tuesday. According to the sources, a Maharashtra-based couple boarded the Okha Express along with their two little children from Bhatkal. The pregnant women started experiencing diately she went to the toilet when a co-passenger Ahmed from Murudeshwar noticed this, he alerted other

Mangalore, June 6: People in the city turned their attention to the daytime sky on Wednesday to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus. For some astro-enthusiasts, it wasn't just a rare planetary spectacle as it won't be seen for another 105 years. They hoped the passage of Venus between the Earth and the sun would spark curiosity about the universe and our

Bangalore, June 6: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has announced the results of the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 on Wednesday. A Common Entrance Test (CET) is a competitive exam conducted for the purpose of admission of students to the first year or first semester of full time courses in Medical, Dental and Engineering Courses in professional colleges within the state in

Mangalore, June 6: A team of police from Belthangady station have arrested seven young interstate dacoits, including three women at Charmadi Check post. The arrested have been identified as N Basavraj (23), Lokesh (24), Ganesh (25), Saroha (44), Kavita (28), Manjula (35) and Srinivas alias Sheena (25) from Tamil Nadu. They were produced before the court, which remanded them to judicial custody for

Mangalore, June 6: Activists and leaders of Left parties got together on Tuesday to commemorate the death of senior Communist Party of India leader B V Kakkilaya, who passed away two days ago. Several social activists and rationalists, people who closely worked with Kakkilaya and a big group of beedi workers also took part in the meeting organised by the Communist Party of India's Dakshina Kannada

Puttur, June 6: An engineering student and her cousin have ended their lives together with the intention of 'uniting in the death' The deceased have been identified as Sharanya (21), a resident of Karmala in Puttur and Ramya (24), a resident of Kudroli in Mangalore Sharanya was a six semester student of electronics engineering at Vivekananda College. Ramya was studying computer course after

Mangalore, June 5: 7UP began an amazing journey more than two months back when they launched Dance For Me contest. That journey of UPtimism and dance culminated Monday as 7UP brand ambassador and actors Allu Arjun and STR, along with actress Hansika Motwani declared 'Boyzone' as the winner of '7UP Dance For Me' to win Rs.51 lakhs as cash prize! The seven talented members of 'Boyzone' are from

Vittla, June 5: Property worth around Rs 13 lakh was gutted in a massive fire that reduced a grocery shop to ashes at Kuddupadavu near here on Tuesday morning. However, no casualties were reported. Large quantity of rice, food grains, pulses and cashew nuts was destroyed in the fire, which broke out in the wee hours. Within an hour two refrigerators and furniture including cupboards were also