Karnataka

Jeddah, May 13: Huroob (missing from work) cases against all expatriates will be canceled in the new mechanism to correct the residency status of foreigners, Labor Ministry sources said. The sources did not specify when the correction measures will begin but attributed the delay in their implementation to the numerous violations to be covered and the comprehensive facilities to be offered. The

Bangalore /New Delhi, May 13: Dejected at the confusion over his Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) result, a civil service aspirant has committed suicide at Napoklu in Madikeri. Manjunath V Y (24) appeared for the UPSC interview in New Delhi on April 16. Confident of clearing the interview, Manjunath got a rude shock when the results were announced on May 3. His roll number (538745) featured

Bangalore, May 13: Siddaramaiah was today sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka at a grand show at a stadium here, marking the return of the administration back to the hands of Congress after more than seven years. 64-year-old Siddaramaiah was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor H R Bhardwaj in front of thousands of his supporters at the Kanteerava Stadium. Sporting

Bangalore, May 13: Congress leader Siddaramaiah will take over as Karnataka chief minister Monday, beginning the party's rule of the state on its own after a gap of nine years. Governor H. R. Bhardwaj will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Siddarimaiah at Sree Kanteerva stadium in city centre. This is the first time in Karnataka that a chief minister will be sworn-in at a stadium as

New Delhi, May 12: With BJP losing its only government in the south, party leader L K Advani today said the Karnataka poll verdict has not come as a surprise to him and it serves as a lesson to both his party and Congress about not "taking the common man for granted". Critical of the party's handling of Karnataka affairs, he maintained it had been "absolutely opportunistic" and said BJP's response

Udhagamandalam, May 12: Karnataka Janata Paksha president B S Yeddyurappa on Friday described the Congress win in May 5 assembly polls as good for the state, but said it remained to be seen how the party was going to govern. "Yes. Congress win is good for Karnataka. This is a honeymoon period for that party and it has to be seen how they (the leaders) are going to govern in future," Mr Yeddyurappa

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