Mangaluru: A total of 350 students who were supposed to appear for the first paper of the SSLC examination on Monday in Dakshina Kannada district, skipped the exam and remained absent for the paper.

Mysuru: A student who was appearing for the first paper of SSLC examination on Monday died after she suffered a heart attack at the examination center here in the T Narsipur taluk in Mysuru district.

Mangaluru: In the wake of the commencement of the SSLC Examination in the state on Monday, the Director of MAHE’s Gandhian Centre for Philosophical Arts and Sciences, Professor Varadesh Hiregange has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urging him to allow Muslim students in Hijab to appear for their SSLC examinations.

Bengaluru: As the tenth standard examinations began on Monday, Karnataka Ministers said anyone violating the High Court ruling on hijab will not be permitted to write the tests.

New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Monday suspended three BJP MLAs for the day amid vociferous protest by the AAP over derogatory remarks made by Delhi BJP president Adesh Kumar Gupta against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Panaji: Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the BJP to win 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly, was sworn in as the state's chief minister for the second time on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to his media adviser.

New Delhi: Banking services were partially impacted on Monday as a section of bank employees did not report for duty in support of the two-day nationwide general strike called by central trade unions.