Dubai, Jan 15: Expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia will bear the brunt of rising inflation, according to a report by a London based economics consultancy. Jason Tuvey, Middle East analyst at Capital Economics, said that recent price increases for fuel and power, as well as value added tax, would affect expat workers more than Saudi citizens, who will be compensated by cost of living allowances for
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Bengaluru, Jan 15: Former State Minister Anand Asnotikar today quit BJP and joined the Janata Dal Secular, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka. Asnotikar along with his followers joined the JDS in the presence of party supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, and state President H D Kumaraswamy here. Asnotikar said he was joining JDS, a regional party for the welfare of
Bengaluru, Jan 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday sought a report on the incident where a journalist's dead body was transferred in a garbage van by the local police. Taking on to Twitter, Siddaramaiah said that he has asked the Additional Director General of Police (Northern Range) to probe the matter. "I am pained to read this. I have asked ADGP & Commissioner of Traffic & Road
Belagavi, Jan 15: Belagavi District in-charge Minister M B Patil said that stern action will be taken against Goa state, if its Irrigation Minister Vinod Palyekar and its Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, do not unconditionally apologise for the foul language used to describe Kannadigas. Patil assured on Monday, that after discussing the matter with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jan 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has termed as "reprehensible" the use of abusive words by Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar against the people of Karnataka. Mr Palyekar had called Kannadigas as ‘haraamis’ (illegitimate-born) on Sunday when he visited a site where Karnataka, according to the Goa government, is constructing a canal on a tributary of Mahadayi river
Mangaluru, Jan 15: In what could have been a major tragedy, a speeding bus rammed the wall of a bridge at Kuloor on the outskirts of the city on Monday. It was indeed a miraculous escape for dozens of passengers as the bus was almost left hanging precariously atop a bridge. The incident occurred when the bus named Ave Maria was plying from Suratkal to State Bank bus terminus in Mangaluru (route
Panaji, Jan 15: The Goa government will file a contempt petition before the Supreme Court and the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal against Karnataka for allegedly resuming work on a canal of a Mahadayi tributary at Kanakumbi in Belagavi district "in violation" of the apex court order. Goa Water Resources Department Minister Vinod Palyekar said here on Sunday that the state would file the contempt
Mysuru, Jan 15: BJP leader and former chief minister Jagadish Shettar has alleged that with a view to capture the votebank in the forthcoming general elections, Congress party leaders have been illegally distributing sarees, watches and mixer grinders among the people. The state government may soon regularise it in the name of 'Vastra Bhagya', he commented. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday
Haveri, Jan 15: The body of TV journalist Mounesh Potharaj, who died in an accident near Hangal, was transported to the morgue in a City Municipal Council garbage tractor on Sunday. This created an uproar in the town. The people of Hangal town expressed their anger against the police who shifted the body in a garbage tractor. Mounesh had died when his bike crashed against a tree.
Bengaluru, Jan 15: Fog has once again impacted operations at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). Fifteen IndiGo flights – seven arrivals and eight departures – were cancelled due to the fog that engulfed the airport for four hours at dawn. The fog led to the suspension of operations between 4.44 am and 8.25 am. At least 63 flights were delayed, out of which 54 were arrivals. Also