Karnataka

Riyadh, Feb 6: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today arrived in Riyadh on her maiden visit to Saudi Arabia during which she will inaugurate the Janadriyah festival of the Gulf Kingdom, which is home to over three million Indians. During the three-day visit, Ms Swaraj will meet with the Saudi leadership and discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. She will also

Bengaluru, Feb 6: The Congress dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to either dismiss the party's government in Karnataka and register cases against the corrupt, or tender an unconditional apology for his charges against it. The party was reacting to Modi's attack on the Siddaramaiah government at a public rally here on Sunday. The prime minister had accused the Congress government in Karnataka of

Bengaluru, Feb 6: The Karnataka BJP has alleged that the Siddaramaiah-led government in the state was adopting the West Bengal and Kerala models for targeting its workers and "committing political murders". The Karnataka BJP Digital Communications Team made the accusation in a statement yesterday on social media site Facebook. "Never in Karnataka history had people witnessed political murders in

Bouyed by the triumphant win of Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani in recent Gujarat polls, many social activists in Karnataka have shown keen interest in testing their luck in the upcoming state legislative elections. Ravi Krishna Reddy, an anti-corruption activist who is associated with Aam Aadmi Party; C S Dwarakanath, an advocate and former chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Backward

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Congress leader and MLC C M Ibrahim on Monday took objection to identifying departed political leaders by their caste and religion while paying tribute in the Legislative Council. Taking exception to referring Mukhtar-unnisa Begum, former MLA, as a minority leader in the obituary reference, he said it was not right to restrict social and political leaders to a particular caste

New Delhi, Feb 6: In a bid to pressure companies into hiring more Saudi citizens and reduce unemployment in the country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed a restriction on the expatriates from working in 12 sectors. The tighter policy has been approved by Labor Minister Ali bin Nasser al-Ghafis, a report in Prabhat Khabar said. The new rule could potentially affect large numbers of people

New Delhi Feb 6: The Congress will not have any sort of understanding with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) for the Karnataka Assembly polls, AICC secretary Madhu Goud Yaskhi said. He refuted media reports that the state Congress leaders had a secret meeting with AIMIM leaders to ensure that there was no division of votes of minorities. The AIMIM is

New Delhi, Feb 6: A Supreme Court judge on Monday recused from hearing a plea challenging quashing of sanction for prosecution to ex-Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in land scam cases. Justice J Chelameswar, while presiding over the bench, also comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, withdrew himself from considering the pleas filed by Sirajin Basha and the Karnataka government. "List the

Bengaluru Feb 6: Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "understated" the percentage of commission the Congress government allegedly charges to clear projects. "It's actually 30% and not 10% as the prime minister said," Gowda told reporters. "This includes 10% advance and another 20% at the time of billing." BJP leader and former minister C T Ravi

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his all-out attack on his Congress government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday accused him of telling a "tissue of lies" and said he was "morally not fit" to be prime minister. "He did not speak as prime minister. He has uttered a tissue of lies and made baseless and irresponsible allegations," Siddaramaiah said in an angry