Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 10: The government is considering giving Aadhaar cards to Non-Resident Indians and a decision on it will be taken soon, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday while inviting the diaspora community to actively participate in India's growth story. In her address to the first limited edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD), Swaraj said it has been decided that women

Kasaragod, Jan 10: Nearly four decades after he left Kasaragod and landed in Gulf, he could not return home till last week. 54-year-old Alambadu Balakrishnan who spent 38 years in Bahrain as an undocumented migrant worker returned home last Saturday under a six-month public amnesty for undocumented workers in Bahrain that ended on December 31, 2015. Balakrishnan, who has been doing mundane jobs

New Delhi, Jan 10: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy who has his hands deep in the Ram Temple construction issue, courted controversy on Sunday and offered the "Lord Krishna' package to the Muslim community where in return for 'three temples' they get to keep '39,997 mosques' in return. "We Hindus offer Lord Krishna's package to Muslims--give us 3 temples and keep 39,997

Dubai, Jan 10: Festival cricket will be escalated to the next level in the upcoming Globelink West Star Shipping LLC Mangaluru Premier League (MPL) to be conducted under the patronage of Ajman Cricket Council at the Ajman Oval between 4th of March to 8th of April, 2016. As many as teams will battle it out in this unique event wherein for the very first time the skills of both the team owners and

Dubai, Jan 10: Kannadigaru Dubai along with other Karnataka Associations jointly hosted a lunch meeting with well known Karnataka Assembly Speaker, Kagodu Thimappa who was on a private visit to Dubai on January 8. The meeting was held at Fortune Plaza Hotel, Ghusais, Dubai at 11 a.m. Kagodu Thimappa along with patron of Kannadigas in UAE, Padmashree Dr. B.R. Shetty, Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha

Bengaluru, Jan 10: The Karnataka Sahitya Academy presented its annual awards to rationalist-writer K.S. Bhagavan, who had received threats from right-wing groups, and others amid unprecedented security on Saturday, which was a first in the five-decade history of the academy. Some persons had threatened the academy of dire consequences if they honoured Prof. Bhagavan with the Lifetime Achievement

Bengaluru, Jan 10: A 27-year-old BJP worker was murdered over a monetary issue at Subramanyapura in Bengaluru allegedly by the goons of a realtor. The Subramanyapura police said the victim, Sandeep Reddy, a resident of Raghvendra Layout in J P Nagar, was hacked to death in his car while he was returning home. Investigations revealed that Sandeep, who had gone for some work to Hulimavu, was on his

Channarayapatna, Jan 10: Seven employees of Toyota Kirloskar in Bidadi, who were on a trip to religious places, died when their SUV plunged into a lake near here on Saturday. Three others in the vehicle managed to escape with injuries. According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Karthik (26) of Kuppur village in Turuvekere taluk in Tiptur, Dilip (23) of Thimmegowdana Doddi in

Mangaluru, Jan 9: The former judge of the Karnataka High Court Vishwanath Shetty said here on Saturday that criminals have joined various outfits and organisations in Dakshina Kannada to “protect themselves.” But the people of the district should not protect them to maintain peace and communal harmony and instead help police to curb them. Addressing a gathering at the Shanti Souharda Adalat that

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Mata Amritanandamayi is on a visit to the city to attend the two-day Brahmasthana Mahotsava and Amrita Sangama programmes. Speaking at the beginning of the Mahotsava, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade said he was impressed by the qualities of Mata Amritanandamayi, who blessed devotees irrespective of their caste, creed or religion, and guided her disciples in the