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Riyadh, Aug 6: Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar - a police officer said. The announcement comes as a part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to prohibit Saudi men from marrying expatriates, a subject widely debated in the Gulf nation. There is an estimated 500,000 women from the four countries, residing in Saudi

Mangalore, Aug 6: Aarthi Shah, sister of BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday paid obeisance to Sri Kshethra Dharmastala and Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple on August 5. She was accompanied by her husband Bharat Bhatt and Amit Shah's personal secretary Shakuntala Apte. Vidya Prasanna Teerta Sripada welcome them and felicitated them on the occasion. Krishnaprasad Madtila, President of

Riyadh, Aug 6: The Nitaqat program has provided jobs to some 255,000 Saudi nationals but it has also caused delays in the development of various projects. Nitaqat, which means “zones” or “ranges”, is a Saudization program introduced by the Ministry of Labor and announced in June 2011 when the ministerial resolution No. 4040 was issued. Last year was the deadline for implementation of the

Dubai, Aug 6: A Dubai-based Indian woman died in an accident in her hometown of Thrissur in the South Indian state of Kerala on Monday. Noble Prakash, 31-year-old housewife, was on vacation with her family when the accident occurred on the national highway on Friday. Tokson Thomas, a friend of Prakash, said Noble, along with her husband Prakash and son Aiden Prakash, was returning home in Perambra

Kasaragod, Aug 6: A six-year-old girl was killed when the roof of her house at Beetiadkka on the Paika-Mallam road caved in on Tuesday morning. The victim has been identified as Aidthya, a Class I student of Edaneer Vidya Mandir. Aidytha was going through her lessons when the roof caved in. The only daughter of Sreedhara and Dhanya, the girl succumbed to her injuries on the way to hospital

Bangalore, Aug 6: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara on Tuesday described Union Railway Minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda “as a man without culture.” Both the leaders reacted sharply to the comments of Sadananda Gowda who said: “The birthday of Parameshwara will become the death day of the Congress.” On Tuesday, Siddaramaiah at his home office

Mangalore, Aug 6: Three persons were arrested by Mangalore north police in connection with alleged inter-state theft of two-wheelers. Mohammed Naushad, 22, from Seethangoli, Mohammed Faizal, 28, from Arikkady, and Majid, 31 from Chengala are the arrested. All hail from Kasaragod. While the first two accused used to steal bikes, Majid was the receiver, who has a scrap shop in Chengala. Police have

Ahmadabad, Aug 6: The Gujarat High Court granted temporary bail to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Babu Bajrangi, convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case. A division bench of justices A S Dave and Sonia Gokani granted temporary release from jail to Bajrangi for treatment of an eye disease, from August 9 to 16. In his plea before the HC seeking temporary bail, Bajrangi, presently lodged

Mangalore, Aug 5: Urging to restart the direct flights to Kuwait from Mangalore, J.R Lobo, MLA of Mangalore south constituency, along with R Roshan Baig, minister for Information, Infrastructure development and Haj met Rohit Nandan, chairman and managing director of Air India at and G M Siddeshwar, minister of State for Civil Aviation, Govt of India, separately at New Delhi on Tuesday. The direct

Mangalore, Aug 5: Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal Devi is ready to open branches of her movement in Karnataka if people of the state are ready to take initiatives. Addressing the gathering at a workshop on distress management for women, self-defence techniques, organised by the Vivek Traders here on Tuesday to commemorate Mangalpady Namdev Shenoy she exhorted the oppressed and subjugated women to