Monsoon session of Karnataka Legislature starts with condolence to departed souls
Bengaluru: The monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature started on Monday with the members offering condolence to the great achievers across the world who had died recently.
As the session involving the members of both the Houses began at 11 am, Speaker of Karnataka Assembly Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri put forth the condolence message. In addition, he recollected the efforts and contributions of the deceased souls.
The members of the Assembly and the Council paid tribute to British Queen Elizabeth II, Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti, former ministers M Raghupati, Prabhakar Rane, and Yadav Rao, former legislators G V Sreerama Reddy, A G Kodgi, K Kempegowda, C M Desai and Ishanna Gulagannavar as well as renowned singer Shimoga Subbanna.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Opposition leader Siddaramaiah expressed their accordance with the condolence message of the Speaker and offered respect to the departed souls.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
