Bangalore

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Despondent after failing in her Standard IX exam, a 14-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Monday evening.The girl allegedly took the extreme step as she was unable to bear the snide remarks made against her by her peers over her failure.The girl, identified as P Madhushree, was a student of Good Health School, Rajarajeshwari Nagar. She had failed in two subjects and was dis…

Two low intensity blasts outside M chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore injured at least 15 peoples including 5 policemen. Match starts with

Higher education minister Aravind Limbavali on Wednesday patted the vice-chancellors and administrative staff of various universities in the state for their excellent performance. "Vice-chancellors of all state universities are doing a good job," Limbavali told reporters after attending the Dr BR Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrations in Bangalore University(BU).When asked about a recent comment made by governor HR Bhardwaj on the indiscipline prevailing in state universities, L…

The first phase of the 15th national census exercise will kickstart in Karnataka on Thursday. This 45-day exercise will end on June 1, during which officials will knock on your doors to collect data on your family, housing and household amenities.Director of census operations in Karnataka, Anil Kumar, and the state nodal officer for the operations, KS Prabhakar, met mediapersons and said that the massive exercise would take off at 8 am on Thursday at Raj Bhavan, with officials first collec…

A 25-year-old man was arrested while trying to sell a countrymade revolver near St John’s Road here on Thursday.The Commercial Street police, who arrested JC Nagar resident Mohammed Salman Khan (pictured), said he was only a seller of the illegal firearm. The revolver was manufactured in a North Indian state.Khan was reportedly showing the firearm to passersby near the RBANMS ground, in a bid to sell it off. However, a passerby, who was also offered the revolver, informed the po…