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Manama, Jun 12: Bahrain's high criminal court on Tuesday jailed an Indian expatriate for two years for manslaughter of a Saudi Arabian customer in a cafeteria, a media report said. The unnamed Indian, aged 30, who worked as a cafeteria employee, was arrested for knocking down a Saudi man, who suffered a severe head injury, in his restaurant in Exhibitions Avenue area in Bahrain's capital Manama

Ahmedabad, Jun 12: Around 100 passengers of an Ahmedabad-bound Air India flight from Mumbai had a trying time when the flight's airconditioning stopped working. The passengers later created a ruckus at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. AI-643 was supposed to fly at 5.50pm from Mumbai on Wednesday, but was delayed by over one hour. "Ever since we boarded the flight, the airconditioner

Bangalore, Jun 12: A well-known writer and critic in Karnataka has predicted that Islam may become dominant religion in India in coming decades and Muslims will once again rule the country in future. “Indians are failing to uphold the principles of Hindu religion,” lamented Dr K Marulasiddappa, the former chairman of the Karnataka Nataka Academy and an exponent of drama. He was speaking at the

New Delhi, Jun 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government would focus on uplift of the poor while working for development of all sections, including Muslims, and promised to take along every political party and State to make the country prosperous and powerful. In his first speech in the Lok Sabha, he talked about his “dreams” of ensuring the country 's progress and

Mangalore, Jun 11: Two days after a group of undertrials attacked policemen in Mangalore sub jail, the district unit of Sri Rama Sene on Wednesday urged the district administration to hand over the case to CBI for investigation. Speaking to media persons at a press conference here on Wednesday, state vice-president of the organisation Kumar Malemar said that there were hidden hands ' behind the

Mangalore, Jun 11: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund set up by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore, has invited applications for Merit-Cum-Means Scholarships-2014 from Konkani Speaking students belonging to any caste and religion, seeking professional education in the stream of Engineering and MBBS. Eligibility Criteria will be as follows. 1. Only candidates with Konkani as mother tongue can

Mangalore, Jun 11: Endo Virodhi Horata Samiti has alleged that the health and family welfare department had been submitting inaccurate and false information to the High Court of Karnataka pertaining to the number of Endosulfan affected victims in Dakshina Kannada district and facilities being provided to them by the department, thus making it difficult for the affected victims to survive. Speaking

New Delhi, Jun 11: The Congress parliamentary party, not the most cheerful set of benches in the Lok Sabha with a very thin spread of 44 MPs, seemed a little better inclined to parliamentary life than it was a week ago, as its leader in the House Mallikarjun Kharge gave a surprisingly well received speech yesterday. Kharge, a veteran of many electoral battles, none of which he has lost till date

Mangalore, Jun 11: State president of People 's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) P B D 'Sa has written a letter to the Chief Minister of Karnataka raising an objection to the appointment of senior IPS officer Kempaiah as the Security Advisor to the Government of Karnataka, in view of his alleged unethical practices and urging him to reconsider the appointment. In his letter to CM Siddaramaiah, Mr D

Manama, Jun 11: The agony of a 58-year-old man from Karnataka in Bahrain, who has been separated from his family for 25 years owing to a travel ban over an unpaid debt of $2750, may end soon. A ray of hope to see his family emerged for Parasuram Hublikar after officials from the Indian embassy here met him and discussed his plight. Hublikar, a garage mechanic without a permanent job, is banned