Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Dakshina Kannada District Assistant Labour Commissioner D G Nagesh said that a total of 3,16,529 families below poverty line (BPL) had been identified in the district to cover workers in the unorganised sector under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) for the year 2014. Speaking at a district-level meeting held at deputy commissioner's office here on Saturday, he said that

Mangalore, Jan 3: Thousands of Muslims in the city celebrated the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed on Saturday. Homes and institutions belonging to Muslims besides Masjids, Dargas and Madrasas were decked with flags, buntings and banners to mark the day, considered by a section of Muslims to be the most blessed in Islamic calendar. Madrasa children took out Milad

Mangaluru, Jan 3: With regard to production of arecanut, concerns of arecanut growers will have to be looked at in a comprehensive fashion, rather than as a commodity or a product with health implications, said Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India Nirmala Sitharaman. Interacting with media persons at a press conference here on Saturday, she assured that the ministry was

Mangaluru, Jan 3: A man was critically injured while two other sustained minor injuries when the car in which they were travelling met with an accident at Baikampady on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The tragedy took place when the trio was heading to Muhiyuddeen Masjid at Baikampady to take part in a special programme to mark Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi. According to sources the driver lost

New Delhi, Jan 3: Calling anyone 'Chinki', 'Chinese' or making any other derogatory remark relating to race, culture or physical appearance will land you in jail for up to five years, according to a proposal which the Home Ministry is considering. Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said his ministry is considering the proposal made by a high-level committee that looked into the attacks on

Bengaluru, Jan 3: Describing the Congress government in Karnataka as non-performing, corrupt and defunct, BJP president Amit Shah Saturday called upon the people to free the state from the ruling party. "As the NDA freed the country from the Congress at the centre, the people should free the state from the ruling party. By joining hands with our party, the people should ensure a Congress-free

Bengaluru, Jan 3: In what is becoming the norm for Bengaluru police, another 'green corridor' was created for safe transportation of the live heart of a brain dead person from MS Ramaiah Hospital in North Bengaluru to BGS Global Hospital in Kengeri. The patient reported to be 21, had met with an accident near Jalahalli on January 1st and declared brain dead the next day. The authorities at MS

Puttur, Jan 3: Is Congress Party in communalism-stricken Dakshina Kannada district forming an alternative Hindutva organisation to check the strengthening of Bharatiya Janata Party, which is traditionally backed by the existing Hindutva outfits? If sources are to be believed, Bharatiya Hindu Parishad or BHP, said to be the brainchild of Congress leaders in Puttur taluk, will soon be a reality

Riyadh, Jan 3: An Indian woman, who worked here as a domestic help without being paid for the last six years, is awaiting her dues and an exit from Saudi Arabia. Shamsumma, a native of Kerala's Kollam district, was brought to the kingdom around six years ago by a recruitment agency and was handed over to a Saudi family as a domestic help. The recruitment agency fixed her monthly wage at 900 Saudi

Dubai, Jan 3: Encouraged by the low cost of remitting money to India and the current strength of the UAE dirham over the Indian rupee, wealthier non-resident Indians (NRIs) are remitting big amounts for investment back home, according to a recent white paper commissioned by Friends Provident International (FPI) and published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The white paper and documentary