Karnataka

Even as the bond between Trump administration of the United States of America and Modi government of India is growing stronger, as many as 75,000 Indian workers in US are facing deportation thanks to a proposed tweak in H-1B visa rules. According to report, a new proposal being shared as a memo in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in sync with the President Donald Trump’s "Buy American

Mangaluru, Jan 2: All the private doctors in twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are observing a 12-hour strike along with nearly 3 lakh doctors across the country on Tuesday in response to a call given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to register their protest against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill. According to doctors, who are observing the day as a ‘black day’, the

The below minimum balance in your account is indeed a bonanza for the banks. According data provided by the finance ministry, India's largest lender State Bank of India, from April to November in 2017, had collected a whopping Rs 1,771 crore as charges from customers who did not maintain their minimum monthly average balance (MAB) in their accounts. It has been learnt that the amount is more than

Bengaluru Jan 2: The strict instruction of the BJP national president Amit Shah that candidates for the Assembly polls should not be announced during the course of the ongoing Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra, has come as a setback for the BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. Yeddyurappa's detractors in the party have been expressing their displeasure over him unilaterally naming the

Bengaluru Jan 2: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has set a New Year resolution for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah: The party must win the Assembly elections. Rahul rang up Siddaramaiah post midnight and, the two are said to have spoken for nearly 10 minutes. After the customary New Year greetings, Rahul is said to have told Siddaramaiah that 2018 will be a challenging year. "We must win Karnataka,"

Tumakuru Jan 2: The controversy over the statement of Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde is a closed chapter, state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has said. Speaking to reporters at Kaidala in Tumakuru district on Monday, Yeddyurappa said that Hegde had sought apology in the Lok Sabha over his statement. "Myself and party national president Amit Shah too have cautioned him against issuing

Mangaluru, Jan 1: The Karnataka state committee of Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association organized a programme to distribute student scholarships, student awards, and dialysis and dream house amounts on December 31 on the premises of AL Ehsan Masjid in the city. Master Adam Ahil Farooq inaugurated the function with Quran recitation. KKMA Karnataka State Committee General Secretary Hussain Shafi

Mangaluru, Jan 1: During the month of December 2017, the Customs officers at Mangaluru International Airport have detected 14 cases and intercepted 18 passengers who had adopted diverse modus operandi to smuggle the contraband. The officers seized 3.87 kgs smuggled gold valued over Rs.1.1 crores and foreign currencies equivalent to INR 56.11 lakhs, which was attempted to be smuggled out of the

Haliyal (Uttara Kannada), Jan 1: A 15-year-old student has won appreciation from her school authorities after she presented to the authorities a gold ring worn by a minister, that had fallen off the latter's finger. Industries Minister R V Deshpande had taken part in the inauguration of a new classroom at the Akkamahadevi government girls' high school on December 29. Soundarya Rama Nagatri, a

New Delhi, Jan 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 2017's last "Mann Ki Baat" speech claimed that his government had removed the restriction which allowed Muslim women to perform Hajj only in the company of 'Maharam' (a male relative of a woman with whom she is permanently forbidden to marry by Islam). However, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi rejected his claim and said that a regulation by Haj