Woman dies after police allegedly stopped Ambulance on Karnataka border
Manjeshwara: A 70-year-old woman from BC Road died allegedly because she could not get timely treatment as the ambulance which was carrying her was stopped on Kerala-Karnataka border.
The deceased woman has been identified as Pathunhi, a resident of BC Road.
It has been reported that she had gone to Manjeshwar 15 days ago to visit her relative in Udyavara. She was suffering from age-related ailments and getting treatment from doctors at a Mangaluru hospital.
She was rushed to the same hospital in Mangaluru by ambulance on Saturday evening as her health was deteriorating. It is alleged that the police on duty on the Kerala-Karnataka border blocked the ambulance and did not allow it to pass on.
Later, the ambulance driver tried to enter Karnataka through other routes but Karnataka police refused to allow the ambulance in. It is alleged that the on-duty police at the border said that they did not want any patients from Kerala.
The woman was later taken back to the her relative's home in Udyavara where she breathed her last on this morning.
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
