Protest campaign led by Ivan D’Souza against fuel price hike
Mangaluru, September 7: A protest campaign will be held under the leadership of MLC Ivan D’Souza against the fuel price hike.
Releasing the pamphlets on the campaign to be held in association with various organizations here on Friday, D’Souza said that an awareness jatha would be taken out from Urva market to other places in the city.
Urging the centre to bring petroleum products under GST, he said that the centre has failed to contain the price hike of fuel products and allowed the corporate companies to loot the country. Though the crude oil prices were reduced in the international market, the prices of petrol, diesel and gas have skyrocketed. During 2014, the crude oil price was 108.26 dollars per barrel and then the maximum petrol price was just Rs 65. Now, one barrel of crude oil would cost 63 dollars and the petrol price has gone up to Rs 81.63. The people have paid the tax for the last four years, but the centre has not divulged the information about its utilization. The gas cylinder price was gone from Rs 400 in 2014 to Rs 813 in 2018. After Modi became the Prime Minister, central excise tax was increased 12 times. According to statistics, the centre has been exporting petrol for 15 countries at Rs 34 per litre, and diesel for 27 countries at Rs 37 per litre. The centre should answer it, he demanded.
As part of the campaign, awareness programmes would be held in different places for two days. On September 8 at 4 pm, the programme would be held at Hampankatta in which 28 different organizations would participate. On September 10, a protest march would be taken from Hampankatta to the deputy commissioner’s office and would hold a convention, he said.
Awareness meetings
Today at 5 pm, the awareness meeting would be held at Urva Market, Urva Auto stand at 6 pm, Kudroli Jodupalli at 7 pm, Bandaru police station at 8 pm, Kandakpete at 8:30 pm.
On September 8 at 6 pm, railway station near Kudroli Circle, KMC Attavar at 7 pm, Mahakali Padpu at 8pm, Valencia Circle at 8.30 pm, Kankanady Maidan at 9 pm.
Leaders of various organizations Dayanand Kotian, Nagendra Kumar, advocate Dinakar Shetty, Punith Shetty and others were present.
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PUC-2 pass percentage stands at 81.58 per cent in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): Students across Karnataka scored high marks in the PUC-2 Examination-1 for 2026, to which the results were announced on Thursday. The overall pass percentage stood at 81.58 per cent.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) released the combination-wise list of toppers for various streams.
The Pre-University College-2 (PUC-2) Exam-1 was conducted from February 28 to March 17 at 1,217 Examination Centers across the state.
A total of 6,94,545 students appeared for the examination this year, of whom 5,66,608 cleared it.
Girls outperformed boys, with a pass percentage of 88.70 per cent compared to 83.65 per cent among boys.
Among college categories, residential PU colleges topped with 93.99 per cent results, followed by unaided colleges at 90.73 per cent, aided colleges at 78.72 per cent, and government colleges trailing at 57.11 per cent.
In terms of categories, General and 3A segments recorded the highest pass percentages at 92.69 per cent and 92.22 per cent respectively, while SC and ST categories also saw marked improvement over the previous year.
Medium-wise results indicated that English medium students performed better with 90.63 per cent pass rate, compared to 76.41 per cent in Kannada medium.
A total of 1,70,529 students secured distinction (85 per cent and above), while 2,95,385 students passed in first class.
The Board said students can access their results on the official portal and through mobile applications.
The PUC-2 Examination-2 is scheduled to be held from April 30 to May 13, 2026, with online registration open till April 17.
The Board has also enabled online applications for scanned copies of answer scripts from April 10 to April 15, and revaluation applications between April 12 and April 17, with fees fixed at Rs 530 per subject for scanned copies and Rs 1,670 for revaluation.
