Karnataka

Udupi, May 24: A poor student, who is working as a Chinese cook at a restaurant here in Udupi, has got 83.5 per cent of marks in Commerce stream in second PUC. Nisar, 25, who appeared for exam privately, belongs to Karnire village near Padubidri in Udupi district. One of the eight children in his family, Nisar began working as a kitchen help eight years ago. He became a cook four years ago and has

Mangalore, May 23: Hadiya Iqbal, a student of Moodbidri based Jain PU College, who had been forced to stay away from classes throughout her second year Pre University Course, felt a sense of betrayal on Wednesday, when she came to know that her result has been withheld for unknown reasons. The 17-year-old Commerce student, who had given the admission ticket in the last moment, had been eagerly

Mangalore, May 23: Petrol station forecourts in Mangalore on Wednesday evening were suddenly inundated with motorists stockpiling fuel in the wake of Union Government increasing the petrol price by Rs 7.50 a litre with effect from midnight tonight. Hundreds of vehicles were seen standing in long queues in front of almost all the petrol pumps across the city that resulted in traffic problem for

Mangalore, May 23: Residents of Melakoppala and Athrebailu areas near Kuloor staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Wednesday against the inaction of district administration pertaining to the mud dumping at Phalguni River carried out by MSEZ authorities. Some of the protestors lied on the floor with white cloth sheets covered over them to symbolically say that if no

Mangalore, May 23: Amidst the complaints of 'inhuman behaviour' by officials during a recent raid on unauthorized chaat stalls, a team of officials from Mangalore City Corporation on Wednesday carried out another round of surprise inspection in various parts of the city. The inspection was carried out as per the orders of MCC Commissioner Dr K Harish Kumar. Environment engineer Manjunath R Shetty

Udupi, May 23: Former Shimoga MP K G Shivappa (70) passed away after a prolonged illness at the Adarsh Hospital here on Tuesday. He was severely injured in a car accident at Kumsi in Shimoga district in December 2010 following which he was hospitalised in Bangalore and later in Udupi. Shivappa was elected to Lok Sabha as a Congress candidate from Shimoga constituency in 1991 by defeating the

Mangalore, May 23: Auto rickshaw drivers in Mangalore will go on strike between 10.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 25 to pressure the district administration and local authorities to notify more auto rickshaw parking stands in the city. Revealing this to media persons at a press meet here on Tuesday, Ivan D'Souza, president of Mangalore Mahanagara Auto rickshaw Chalakara Sangha, said that the drivers

Mangalore, May 23: The pass percentage in the Pre-University Examinations in Karnataka this year has grown up by about nine per cent with 57.3 percent of the students emerging with success. Announcing the results in Bangalore on Wednesday Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said that Dakshina Kannada district has recorded highest pass percentage of 85. 70. Udupi

Manipal, May 23: The Mangalore Rural (Kodagu) team defeated the Udupi district team on the second day of the second round of limited overs Under 25 Inter-District Cricket Tournament organised by the Mangalore Zone of Karnataka State Cricket Association here on Tuesday. In the 40-over match played on the Manipal University grounds here, the Mangalore Rural (Kodagu) team beat the Udupi district team

Udupi, May 23: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said on Tuesday that the Right to Education (RTE) Act would be strictly brought into force in all schools including private schools from current academic year. Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday, Mr Kageri said that the Government was giving priority to proper and meaningful implementation of the Act in the