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New Delhi, Jan 8: Saudi Arabia has given its nod to India's plan to revive the option of ferrying Haj pilgrims via sea route to Jeddah, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement today. Naqvi made the comment after the signing of annual Haj agreement between India and Saudi Arabia in Mecca. "Saudi Arabia has given its nod to revive the option of sending pilgrims by sea route

Manama, Jan 8: Congress President Rahul Gandhi had a “euphoric reception” on his arrival at the Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday. The Congress soon took to Twitter and said that this was the party president’s first foreign visit after his takeover. The members of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) received the Congress scion at the airport with open arms and smiles. Fans and well

Puttur, Jan 8: Amidst rumours of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee searching for a ‘better’ candidate for Puttur constituency, Chief minister Siddaramaiah has dropped hints giving ticket to sitting MLA Shakuntala Shetty in the upcoming assembly elections too. "It is your duty to ensure Shakuntala Shetty's victory once again," Siddaramaiah told a packed crowd in Puttur, where he unveiled

Mangaluru, Jan 8: In an apparent bid to disrupt peace in the region miscreants caused damages to a mosque and a couple of buildings owned by Muslims at Natekal village under the limits of Konaje police station on the outskirts of the city. The local police have arrested two persons on Monday in connection with the incident. The have been identified as Jayaraj and Nithin, natives of Sullia. Both

Mangaluru, Jan 8: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday paid a visit to former minister B A Mohideen who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. The CM who arrived in Dakshina Kannada on Sunday to inaugurate various developmental projects initiated by the state government spent the night in Mangaluru. In the morning, before leaving the city, Siddaramaiah headed to the

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the move to shift the proposed Coast Guard Academy in Kannur district to Mangaluru in Karnataka. The Centre should drop such an "unjustified move" that is against Kerala's interests, Vijayan said in a letter to Modi. The state government has already transferred 164 acres

New Delhi, Jan 8: After an ugly spat over the unfurling of the national flag in Kerala on August 15, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is all set to hoist the tricolour again in the left-ruled state on Republic Day. Bhagwat will be in Kerala to attend a three-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) camp, to be held in a school near Palakkad town from January 26. He will hoist the flag in the school. "The

Hubballi, Jan 8: The bandh call given by the various Dalits' welfare organistations has hit the normal life in Hubballi-Dharwad on Monday. Business establishments, schools and colleges remained closed. The bandh was called in the protest against the rape of dalit girl in Vijaypura, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's statement on constitution and the Bhima-Koregaon incident in Maharashtra. The

Bangalore, Jan 8: Five employees of a bar-cum- restaurant were charred to death when a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sanghabuilding in Kalasipalya here in the early hours today, police said. The incident occurred at 2:30 AM at Kailash Bar and Restaurant when the employees were asleep. Police identified the victims as Swami (23), Prasad (20), Mahesh, all residents of Tumakuru, Manjunath (45)

Mangaluru, Jan 8: 50-year-old Prabhakar, a resident of Akash Bhavan locality in the city left shell-shocked after hearing the death news of his best friend and neighbor Ahmed Basheer on Sunday. 48-year-old, Basheer, who was running a fast food restaurant near Koattara Chowki for past one year breathed his last on January 7 at a hospital, four days after a gang of four miscreants attacked him with