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Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 27: A total of 149 Indians serving prison terms for minor and financial offences in Sharjah will be released following the amnesty declared here by the Emirate's visiting ruler Sultan Bin Mohammed Al- Quasimi. The announcement came in response to a request by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking the release of Keralites who had completed three years of their jail

Mangaluru, Sept 27: The Dakshina Kannada district administration has initiated externment proceedings against two persons, whose street-fighting had snowballed into a communal tension in Bantwal taluk in June. Acting on a report from superintendent of police C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy, the deputy commissioner and district magistrate K G Jagadeesha has issued notices to Rathnakar Shetty and Ibrahim

Mangaluru, Sept 27: Accepting the offer by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join hands with the government in the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ movement, renowned saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath has decided to get two toilets built for a 98-year-old government primary school at Bengre here. The Prime Minister has, through a letter on September 9 to the artiste, invited him to lend support to the “Swachhata Hi

Bengaluru, Sept 27: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) may go to the Supreme Court against the stay given by the High Court of Karnataka on the investigation and further proceedings in two FIRs against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa over the denotification of Shivaram Karanath Layout. The ACB has sought the opinion of its legal cell on moving the Supreme Court. A suitable decision will be

Bengaluru, Sept 27: About 5.79 lakh jobs are in the pipeline in the state of Karnataka in the next six months, according to Minister for Medium and Heavy Industries R V Deshpande. Karnataka has generated 13.91 lakh jobs in the last four years. The government has set target of creating 15 lakh jobs by 2019, he said. Between 2013-14 and 2017-18, Karnataka has generated 12.03 lakh jobs in the micro

Jeddah, Sept 27: In a historic decision, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday issued orders to grant driving licenses to women in the Kingdom. The royal order will come into force from Shawwal 10, 1439, corresponding to June 24, 2018, the Saudi Press Agency reported. In a royal decree, the monarch directed Minister of Interior Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Saud Bin Naif to constitute a

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26: Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, supreme council member and ruler of Sharjah, arrived to a warm reception here on Sunday on a five-day visit to Kerala. Mr. Al-Qasimi, who arrived in a private jet at 3.15 p.m. at the invitation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was greeted with Thalappoli and Pancharimelam at the technical area of Thiruvananthapuram international

Mangaluru, Sep 26: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rahim Uchil has waged a legal battle against Congress leader and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai for his alleged controversial remarks against Yuva Brigade leader Chakravarti Sulibele, who is known for his communally provocative speeches and anti-Muslim rants. Uchil, who is lobbying hard for BJP’s ticket from Mangaluru

Ajman, Sept 26: Sayed Khorshed Alam, a 50-year-old Bangladeshi national who recently underwent a brain surgery spoke and sang with his Doctors at Thumbay Hospital – Ajman throughout the surgery, while they were busy removing a Tennis ball-sized tumour from his brain. Dr Ishwar Chandra Premsagar and patient Sayed Khorshed Alam Known as ‘awake brain surgery’ this procedure requires the patient to be

Bengaluru, Sept 26: Karnataka High Court judge Justice Jayant Patel has resigned but has not cited any reasons. "Justice Jayant Patel yesterday sent in his resignation to Karnataka Chief Justice S K Mukherjee, who is retiring from the current post on October 9," office of the Karnataka High Court Registrar General said here. The resignation has been faxed to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad