A total of 12,533 students were absent on Day 2 of the II PU examinations held for Mathematics on Monday across Karnataka.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the Centre and state governments should treat all religions equally but alleged that step-motherly treatment is being meted out to Muslims.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has blamed contractors for swelling pending bills, saying tenders were floated without budgetary provisions and then the works were completed.
Bidar: Former member of the Legislative Council and editor of the Hindi newspaper Bidar Ki Awaaz and the Urdu newspaper Surkh Zameen, Qazi Arshad Ali (75), passed away on Monday, March 3, due to a heart attack.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Monday claimed the Dravidian ideology has created a narrative of differences between Aryan and Dravidian in the last 60 - 70 years, and said the word Aryan as a race was not used in the Indian literature.
Mangalore: A patent application for a groundbreaking medical device, Device for Monitoring Gynaecological Disorders, has been officially published, marking a significant achievement for the team of doctors and student inventors from Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Mangalore.
New Delhi: India batter Ajinkya Rahane was on Monday assigned captaincy of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League after a remarkable run in the domestic T20 competition.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday made it clear that he will go by the directives of the Congress high command, whose decision is final on leadership change in the state.
Bhubaneswar: A tattoo of Lord Jagannath on a foreign woman's thigh has triggered outrage in Odisha, leading to the arrest of two persons - the artist who drew the figure and his boss, a police official said.
Kalaburagi: In an incident reported from Mahadev Nagar here on Monday, a 30-year-old man identified as Rakesh committed suicide by hanging himself alleging harrsament by his wife and in-laws.
