Karnataka

Kochi, Jan 6: The new age e-passports are expected to be rolled out in the country by 2016, a top official said here today. "We are going ahead and are in the process of tendering. By 2015-16 we should be able to achieve e-passport," Muktesh K Pardeshi, Joint Secretary (PSP) and Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, told reporters here. The External Affairs Ministry has plans in

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Caste census in the State will begin on April 11 and the first phase will be completed on April 30, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday. After a review meeting with officials, he told reporters that the deputy commissioners (DCs) had been tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the census in their respective districts. œPeople should compulsorily participate in the

Bantwal, Jan 6: Widespread awareness on the importance of educating girls will ultimately lead to a social revolution, opined B Ramanath Rai, minister for forests, ecology and environment and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge. Speaking after inaugurating the sixth annual day celebration of the Melkar Women's Pre University and Degree College at Marnabail, Sajipa Munnoor in Bantwal taluk on

Hyderabad, Jan 5: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has stirred a nation-wide debate with a statement that every child is born a Muslim as he locked horns with Hindutva outfits over their controversial 'ghar wapsi' campaign. "Every child is born a Muslim. His parents and society convert him to other religions," Owaisi said, apparently in a tit-for-tat to hardline Hindu organisations which have been

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Expressing his ire towards Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa for his criticism of the Congress-led state government, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary questioned the authority of the former to criticise the government which is the job of the opposition in the legislative assembly. Addressing media persons at a press conference here on Monday, the

Kolkata, Jan 5: One person was today arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police from Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for allegedly making a threat call to the city office of Air India. Prasanta Biswas (35), a resident of Bongaon, was arrested for making the call to Air India's city office yesterday and he is presently being interrogated, city police sources said. A

Abbasiya (Kuwait), Jan 5: Hundreds of Non-resident Indians and dozens of dignitaries from coastal Karnataka and Kerala took part in the'International Meelad Conference' organised the Kuwait chapter of Karnataka Cultural Forum at Indian Central School, here on New Year day. AP Aboobakar Musliyar, the General Secretary of All India Ulema Federation, said that KCF, Kuwait is marching in the path of

Mangaluru, Jan 5: MLC and Congress leader Ivan D'Souza said that the booth-level membership drive which was launched by the party in Dakshina Kannada district on October 28 last year would be extended from December 31 up to February 15. Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, Mr D'Souza said that the membership drive was being conducted as a prelude to the gram panchayat elections

Dubai, Jan 5: An Indian youth has won a luxury car in a raffle in Dubai. Ishaq Shaikh, a resident of Kunjathoor village near Manjeshwar in Kasaragod district was the winner of the Nissan car on the second day of the Dubai Shopping Festival 2015. The good luck was brought to him by raffle ticket number 780802. "I was thrilled when I received the call. There could not be a better start to the New

Mumbai, Jan 5: A plenary speaker on Sunday raised many eyebrows at the Indian Science Congress after he said that 'planes were invented in the Vedic Age by a sage.' The speaker in question, Captain Anand Bodas said that 'these planes could travel from one planet to another, halt in mid air and move in different directions altogehter.' Bodas said that there was both official and unofficial history