Karnataka

Kasargod, Aug 2: A 29-year-old woman from Bihar, suspected to have links with the alleged recruitment of youths from Kerala to Islamic State (IS), is being questioned here by the state police after being taken into custody from New Delhi. The woman, identified as Yasmin Ahmed, was arrested by a special team of Kerala police from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi when she was about to

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Rahim Uchil, the Muslim face of Bharatiya Janata Party in coastal Karnataka, has been appointed as the vice president of the State Minority Morcha. The 42-year-old Beary artiste-cum-politician, who had earlier served as the vice president of the Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Minority Morcha, will now also be in-charge of the minority unit of the saffron party in twin

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2: Pioneer Saudi sportswoman Sarah al-Attar has already raced at the Olympics, but now her campaign will become a marathon as she uses the Rio Games to break down barriers in the conservative kingdom. Attar turned heads in the head-to-toe outfit she patched together with her mother to race in the 800 metres at the 2012 London Games, where she was one of the first Saudi women

Varanasi, Aug 2: Taking the battle to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's turf, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today led a massive roadshow here kicking off the party's campaign for the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh where it is out of power for nearly three decades. 69-year-old Gandhi, however, had to cut short the roadshow towards the fag end of the eight-km march route this evening after

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 2: Over 700 Keralites are among an estimated 10,000 Indians who lost their jobs and are in dire straits in Saudi Arabia, after the Saudi-Lebanese construction firm that employed at least half of these Indians shut down. The figure is part of the report that Norka (non-resident Keralites' association) secretary submitted to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday night

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Expressing concern over the deteriorating condition of around 10,000 jobless Indian expatriates stranded in Saudi Arabia, a senior leader of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has urged the union government to expedite their evacuation process and take necessary steps for their rehabilitation in India. P K Kunhalikutty, the former Minister for Industries and Information Technology

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Thanks to the quota restrictions imposed by the government of Saudi Arabia on global Haj pilgrims, the number of people undertaking the annual sacred journey to the holy land from Mangaluru and other parts of Karnataka has come down this year. A total of 4,477 Muslims will undertake the Haj from this South Indian state this year embarking from Mangaluru, Goa, Hyderabad and

Bengaluru, Aug 2: The state government is at loggerheads with the Lokayukta over transfer of officers. The government wants to call the shots in the appointment of officers on deputation to the corruption watchdog, while the Lokayukta insists it must be consulted on fresh postings as per law. The Lokayukta has decided not to relieve officers transferred by the government. The transfer of 17 police

Bengaluru, Aug 2: JD(S) presdient H D Deve Gowda on Monday said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is grieving his son's death, should remain brave and courageous. Citing the example of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, Deve Gowda said that Indira Gandhi, who had lost her son in a plane crash stayed strong, and instilled courage in the people around her. “Sanjay Gandhi's remains had to be

Mangaluru, Aug 2: As many as 16 activists (extremists) of Sri Ram Sena, a Hindutva outfit have been arrested by the Mangaluru police after an anti-Arabic raid on a school in the taluk. Sleuths of Mangaluru Rural police station on Monday arrested 13 SRS activists on charge of trespass into a school on the city's outskirts. On Sunday three were arrested. A group of Sri Ram Sena activists barged into