Karnataka

Mangalore, May 12: If sources are to be believed, first time MLA or rather first time politician J R Lobo representing Mangalore City South constituency is doing all possible efforts to snatch a ministerial berth in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. If the caste based criterion is taken into consideration while distributing the ministerial berth then J R Lobo has a stand under the Christian quota. However

Mangalore, May 12: Even if the BJP has toppled from power, its secret agenda are intact in place. It is not even a week ago that the poll results were out and already incidents of minor communal clashes and moral policing are being heard about in the district. Basking over his victory, Mangalore City South MLA J R Lobo, answering the reporters had said that his victory was against the moral police

Mangalore, May 12: As many as 21 IAS officers, who had been transferred, last month, when the Assembly election process began across Karnataka, have been re-transferred by the state government. With this Harsh Gupta, who had replaced N Prakash as the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district, is once again vacating the post to his predecessor. The officers who have been re-transferred are –

Mangalore, May 12: A new dialysis machine, donated by K S Sayeed Karnire, was inaugurated at the Dialysis Unit of Father Muller Medical College Hospital (FMMCH), here on Saturday. A programme was organised by Father Muller Medical College Hospital, in association with Jamiyyatul Falah, on the occasion of their silver jubilee. The donor of the dialysis machine Sayeed Karnire is an NRI businessman

Dubai, May 12 The 51-year-old Mayankutty K.P. is one of the seven lucky survivors from the Air India Express plane crash in Mangalore three years ago, on May 23, 2010. Of course he was lucky to have escaped largely unhurt from the crash that killed 159 passengers and crew on board. But also feels unhappy, because like many of the next-of-kin of the dead victims of the Mangalore plane crash, he has

Jeddah, May 12: The Ministry of Labor has ordered all the labor offices to work in the evening and on Thursdays, if required, during the grace period as it expects a heavy rush of applications for rectification of residence and labor status of expats following Friday's announcement of concessions. Ninety percent of the services for expats are done online to avoid long queues at labor offices

Bangalore, May 11: With Karnataka Chief Minister- designate Siddaramaiah all set to install his Cabinet next week, lobbying for ministerial berths has intensified. Siddaramaiah is slated to be sworn in alone by Governor H R Bhardwaj at 11.50 AM on Monday at a ceremony at Sri Kanteerava Stadium. Unlike previous occasions when such functions were held in Glass House of Raj Bhavan which restricted

Dubai, May 11: Expatriates in Saudi Arabia have hailed the results in the recently concluded assembly elections in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Congress party had stormed back to power in the state, replacing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2008, the BJP had managed to come to power in a south Indian state for the first time by winning the Karnataka assembly elections. Hailing the

Moodbidri, May 11: Alva's Education Foundation organized the sixth mega job fair, Alva's Pragati—2013 on Saturday at Alva's College, Moodbidri. The event started off with the registration of job aspirants who had come from different parts of the state. The companies that had registered for this job fair were from different sectors that included Mechanical, Civil, IT/ITES, BPO, Management, Sales &

New Delhi, May 11: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated Siddaramaiah on his election as Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Prime Minister also wished him "well for the future." Siddaramaiah was yesterday elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the state. "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked to Siddaramaiah to congratulate him on his election as the Chief Minister of