Cut-off marks in some of the most sought after pre-university colleges are set to increase for the academic year 2017-18. Despite the SSLC pass percentage declining this year, college managements who have already received applications state that more students have secured higher ranks this year.

To ensure that pre-university students keep abreast of the demands of the market, the Department of Pre-University Education plans to redesign subject combinations. C. Shikha, Director of DPUE, said on Thursday they want to redesign the PU combinations in tune with undergraduate courses and job o

The pass percentage of SSLC exams stands at 67.87 %. Out of the total 8.5 lakh candidates, who appeared to the exam, 5.8 lakh candidates cleared the exam held in March 2017. The results were announced by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Friday. Three students bagged 625/625 m

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in 2018 will be fought under his leadership and he is confident of the party returning to power. Listing out various achievements of the Congress government, which completed four years on Friday, the Chie

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is all set to get a new president later this month. The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) team led by K.C. Venugopal, general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, has held consultations with over 400 Congress leaders, legislators and Ministers, and f

Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided offices and residences of four senior government officials in and around the city on Wednesday morning and unearthed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The officials whose houses and offices were raided at 6 a.m. are Addi

The Yeshwantpur-Karwar day train will soon operate on the newly commissioned Bengaluru-Hassan line. When South Western Railway diverts Yeshwantpur-Karwar-Yeshwantpur Tri-Weekly Express via Shravanabelagola from June 1, the total services on the line will thus become six days a week, including the

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday described as “baseless and totally false” the allegation that his son Yathindra was involved in benami property transactions. In a complaint to the Income Tax Department, a Varthur Kanaka Das has alleged that Mr. Yathindra, along with Matrix Imaging Solution

State Bank of Mysore was merged with State Bank of India over a month ago, but their database was integrated as recently as Saturday May 6. Customers, who have been facing problems with their transactions, can now heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, operations were carried out without any major hitch

Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s former independent corporator V. Nagaraj, evading arrest since April 14 after seizure of demonetised currency from his office-cum-residence, on Tuesday offered to surrender before Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara. “My (other) condition for surrender is that police

A day after the arrest of seven persons of Bangladesh origin on charges of staying without proper documents in the city, the Belagavi police on Sunday arrested five more persons. The arrested have been identifies as Habib- Ur-Sheikh, Rakib- Ul- Sheikh, Ikram Abul Kayar, Mohammad Mulla and Ibrahim Ya

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the State should impress upon the Union government to release sufficient drought relief funds for the State instead of trying to politicise the drought issue. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Siddar

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Even as the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has been trying to clean the Bellandur Lake after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the former for its lax approach, the Bellandur Lake was again seen catching fire on Monday. As an aftermath, thick smog sur

Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T.B. Jayachandra has said that natural sand will be imported from the Phillippines and Indonesia to Karnataka. He said at a meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Tumakuru city on Saturday that the sand, including transportation, costs Rs.800-Rs.

Police officials on Friday busted an inter-state group dealing with fake marks cards of several universities and colleges by arresting five people involved in the racket. Officials from the Central Crime Branch raided a consultancy firm located in Manipal Centre on MG Road and arrested Kunal Kumar M

Mysuru: The rift between BJP state unit chief BS Yeddyurappa and the leader of opposition in the legislative council KS Eshwarappa became all the more apparent at the party's two-day executive meet that commenced here on Saturday. Despite sharing the dais, the two senior leaders remained indifferent

A complaint against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and 27 others was lodged on Thursday with the Lokayukta by the chief of the Karnataka Police Mahasangha alleging “unlawful” transfer of police personnel on requests from political leaders. A thorough investigation into the matter has been sought by

In an incident that sparked off outrage among residents of Chintamani town, Chickballapur district, a police officer on Thursday slapped a 70-year-old man who immediately collapsed, and had to be rushed to hospital. According to his family members who filed a complaint with the police, the senior