Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 6: For the second consecutive day the Kumaradhara bridge, the nearest connecting link to the temple town of Kukke Subrahmanya remained submerged on Wednesday. Following this vehicle disembarked passengers on the other side and people had to wade in knee deep waters to reach the other side. Those on the temple side and had to reach Gundya, which is 23 km away from Kukke, had to take

Bangalore, Aug 6: Parbatji Takur of Bhildi village in Banaskanta district of Gujarat was arrested by the Bangalore police on Tuesday in connection with a mail that was sent to the Kempegowda International Airport Limited (KIAL) on July 21, threatening to blow up the airport and the hijacking of an aircraft signed by the Indian Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Toiba. 19-year-old school dropout Takur

Dubai, Aug 6: An expatriate Indian man has been jailed for molesting two female co-workers in the United Arab Emirates, media reported. The Indian worker, 28, identified only as SK, groped his workmates, a 27-year-old Nepali and a 36-year-old Kenyan, who worked as cleaners, in a staff canteen in Dubai in March this year, Gulf News reported on Monday. The Dubai court of first instance found SK

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6: Backing Supreme Court Judge Justice A R Dave over his call to teach Gita in schools, a leading RSS ideologue today said the work is not a mere religious scripture but a spiritual and philosophic classic and called for it to be declared the "national book." Joining issue with Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju for raising objections to Justice Dave's views, P

Riyadh, Aug 6: Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar - a police officer said. The announcement comes as a part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to prohibit Saudi men from marrying expatriates, a subject widely debated in the Gulf nation. There is an estimated 500,000 women from the four countries, residing in Saudi

Mangalore, Aug 6: Aarthi Shah, sister of BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday paid obeisance to Sri Kshethra Dharmastala and Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple on August 5. She was accompanied by her husband Bharat Bhatt and Amit Shah's personal secretary Shakuntala Apte. Vidya Prasanna Teerta Sripada welcome them and felicitated them on the occasion. Krishnaprasad Madtila, President of

Riyadh, Aug 6: The Nitaqat program has provided jobs to some 255,000 Saudi nationals but it has also caused delays in the development of various projects. Nitaqat, which means “zones” or “ranges”, is a Saudization program introduced by the Ministry of Labor and announced in June 2011 when the ministerial resolution No. 4040 was issued. Last year was the deadline for implementation of the

Dubai, Aug 6: A Dubai-based Indian woman died in an accident in her hometown of Thrissur in the South Indian state of Kerala on Monday. Noble Prakash, 31-year-old housewife, was on vacation with her family when the accident occurred on the national highway on Friday. Tokson Thomas, a friend of Prakash, said Noble, along with her husband Prakash and son Aiden Prakash, was returning home in Perambra

Kasaragod, Aug 6: A six-year-old girl was killed when the roof of her house at Beetiadkka on the Paika-Mallam road caved in on Tuesday morning. The victim has been identified as Aidthya, a Class I student of Edaneer Vidya Mandir. Aidytha was going through her lessons when the roof caved in. The only daughter of Sreedhara and Dhanya, the girl succumbed to her injuries on the way to hospital

Bangalore, Aug 6: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara on Tuesday described Union Railway Minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda “as a man without culture.” Both the leaders reacted sharply to the comments of Sadananda Gowda who said: “The birthday of Parameshwara will become the death day of the Congress.” On Tuesday, Siddaramaiah at his home office