Karnataka

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

Mangalore, June 5: In order to provide a high-quality road to enable exporters and importers use the Mangalore Port optimally than depend on ports in other states, Karnataka State government is planning to build a tunnel through the 38 km Shiradi ghat section. This move will reduce the travel time and distance between the coastal city and Bangalore. Currently it takes eight to 10 hours to traverse

Mangalore, June 5: To mark the World No Tobacco Day, a public dental awareness programme was organized jointly by AJ Institute of Dental Sciences and Indian Dental Association, DK, at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Tuesday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Seemanth Kumar Singh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner, advised fellow police personnel to get them informed

Mangalore, June 5: In spite of a rainy morning, Mangalore witnessed active participation in World Environment Day celebrations on Tuesday. Matha Amritanandamayi Math, Mangalore, in association with the district administration and Environment Pollution Control Board, held an environment protection awareness programme at Town Hall in the city. Dr. K N Vijayaprakash, CEO, DK Zilla Panchayat