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Jeddah, Nov 29: Gold and jewelry shops that employ foreigners will be asked to pay a fine of Saudi Riyal 20,000 (around Rs 3.5 lakh) for each expat worker after Dec 3 when 100% Saudization of the sector comes into force. The ministry also intends to appoint permanent inspectors in every market and mall to conduct surprise inspections and punish violators of the Saudization law. Khaled Aba Al-Khail

Mangaluru, Nov 29: In a gruesome accident, an elderly pedestrian was crushed to death by speeding car near Infant Jesus Shrine at Bikarnakatte in the city yesterday. The victim has been identified as Thomas Crasta (75), a resident of Kulshekara. He was working as a security guard at the shrine. Crasta was going to Moodbidri to visit his son on Tuesday morning around 6.30am. As he was crossing the

Bengaluru, Nov 29: A private survey has revealed that most of the people still consider newspapers as most trustworthy source of information. Bollywood tops a list of categories containing fake news as per the survey conducted by market research firm Chrome Data Analytics & Media. Social media platforms were seen by 46% of a total of 847 respondents interviewed as the easiest way to spread fake

Mangaluru, Nov 29: The council of Mangaluru City Corporation has decided to nominate Tulu drama and cinema comedy actor Naveen D. Padil as “sanitation ambassador” for activities under the Swachh Bharat Mission in the city. The ambassador will assist the corporation in creating awareness on sanitation in the city ahead of Swachh Sarvekshana Survey 2018 due in January. A Union government team will

Mangaluru, Nov 29: The Team Nirman Home Company has clinched the prestigious trophy of Corporate Cricket Bash by defeating the Ganesh Shipping Corporation in the final match. This is the ever first corporate tournament was organized by Brand Vision Company at Adyar, Mangaluru and 24 corporate companies took part. In the final match held under floodlit in the turf pitch of Sahyadri College Ground

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Dialysis units will start functioning at all taluk-level hospitals in Karnataka from December 10, according K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare. “The government has decided to provide dialysis services to patients in all taluk hospitals under a private-public partnership (PPP) model. The preliminary process was complete and the units were likely to begin

Benagluru, Nov 28: A 31-year-old spurned lover strangled an 18-year-old girl before hanging himself at the former's house in Marenahalli in Vijaynagar, West Bengaluru, on Monday evening. Police suspect that Ramakrishna alias Krishnamurthy grew furious after Divya Kumar spurned his advances. Ramakrishna, of Marenahalli, had been working at a chicken stall run by Divya's uncle Madhu for the past 15

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed his reluctance to campaign for Congress party in poll-bound Gujarat, saying he has lot of works to do in his home state. Speaking to reporters at his official residence Krishna on Tuesday CM said that there was no need for him to campaign on behalf of his party in Gujarat, as there were other national leaders to carry out the

K M Asokan, a Kerala based man, who had kept his daughter Akhila alias Hadiya under house arrest and allegedly tortured her for embracing Islam and marrying a Muslim man, has continued to call his Muslim son-in-law a terrorist. However, Asokan said that he would not oppose Supreme Court’s decision to allow Hadiya to return to her college to continue her studies. Asked about his stance on Hadiya’s

Mandya, Nov 28: Actor-turned-politician Ramya is likely to be Congress candidate from Mandya constituency in 2018 Karnataka Assembly polls. The prestigious constituency is presently represented by another actor-turned-politician M H Ambareesh. Ramya, a former MP from Mandya, presently heads the party's social media outreach. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Mandya seat in the 2013 bypolls