Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 7: The situation turned violent on Wednesday outside a school in Byatarayanapura, south Bengaluru, when protesting parents clashed with the police. The violence ensued when protesters tried to assault a physical education instructor as the police were taking him away for questioning for allegedly sexually abusing a child. The accused has been identified as Krishna, who is also

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Renowned Kannada-Tulu writer and researcher Dr Indira Hegde and well-known television and theatre artiste Vinni Fernandes have been selected for Veera Rani Abbakka Award and Rani Abbakka Award for the year 2015 respectively. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, president of the reception committee of Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava K Jayaram Shetty said that the

Bengaluru, Jan 7: In yet another incident of child abuse, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a PT teacher at a school in Bengaluru. The teacher in question was beaten up as police were taking him away for further questioning. Police had to resort to mild lathi charge as parents who were protesting outside the school demanding action against the teacher, pelted stones at the school

Jeddah, Jan 7: The Council of Saudi Chambers has reportedly asked the Labor Ministry to delay by three years the implementation of the Nitaqat program's third phase that aims to further increasing the percentage of Saudis working in private firms. Labor Minister Adel Fakeih announced recently that the third phase of Nitaqat would be launched on Rajab 1 (April 20), including advanced systems to

Mangaluru, Jan 7: HNGC Builders and Developers will be launching two new projects in Surathkal, the fastest growing suburb of Mangaluru. ˜Icon City', a commercial complex and'Icon Tower', a residential apartment will be launched on Thursday, January 8. Janab B S Ahmed will formally launch the project in the presence of dignitaries at 10 a.m. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel will release the

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Even as the former union minister B Janardhana Poojary has warned against forming a Hindu outfit to strengthen the Congress party, a party activist from Dakshina Kannada has now sought high command's nod for the Bharatiya Hindu Parishat (BHP). Hemanath Shetty, the Puttur block Congress president, who has floated the BHP, as an alternative to the Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP), has

Mangaluru, Jan 7: In yet another embarrassing moment for Congress party in Karnataka, Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa has gone on to the extent of launching a scathing attack on veteran party leader and former union minister B Janardhana Poojary. Mr Poojary had earlier accused Mr Thimmappa of waging a war against the government, instead of carrying out the responsibilities of a

Jeddah, Jan 7: The Passport Department has announced that mandatory medical insurance for the dependents of expatriates living in the Kingdom would start on Jan. 21, with no residence permits issued or renewed for those failing to comply. In a statement on Tuesday, the department said the decision is based on Article 3 of the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) regulations, which would

Bengaluru, Jan 7: The State president of National Students' Union of India (NSUI), S V Siddaveer, who had attempted suicide by consuming poison on January 2, died at a private hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. The NSUI is the Congress' student wing. Siddaveer, 29, an active worker of the Congress party for nearly a decade, was a native of Kanakapura taluk in Ramanagara district. On January 2

Bengaluru, Jan 7: State Congress president G Parameshwara has reportedly asked all district and block party heads to submit reports on the style of functioning of the respective district in-charge ministers and party legislators. Parameshwara is learnt to have told the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office bearers as well as district and block Congress presidents that the All India