Karnataka

Dubai, Mar 27: A Kerala based man was stranded for five days at Abu Dhabi airport as he forgot his passport in the plane while transiting for another flight to Saudi Arabia, according to a media report on Wednesday. Mohammed Ali, had set out from Calicut to Riyadh via Abu Dhabi on March 6. The flight he took was diverted to Al Ain due to heavy fog and thus reached Abu Dhabi airport after some

Bantwal, Mar 27: In yet another incident of hate crime, five persons were arrested by Vittal police on the charges of assaulting five persons who were returning in a jeep after work on the night of March 25 at Jakimoole near Kambalabettu Dargah in Vittal. The arrested are Abdul Razak (27) from Haladinagar in Vittal Mudnoor village, Abdul Basheer (26), Isubu (32) from Nekkare Kambalabettu, Abul

Riyadh, Mar 27: A group of professional expatriates has called for amending laws in the Gulf to allow foreigners to hold resident visas of two member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) simultaneously. This will facilitate business operations between the GCC states, the group argues. Banker Saleh Alam said: “A large number of professional bankers or decision makers often need to visit two

New Delhi, Mar 27: Even as it attacks the Congress for its "dynastic politics", the BJP appears to be charting a similar course going by the number of sons and daughters of its leaders in the fray for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has often derided Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as "shehzada (prince)" in his election rallies and refers to

Jammu, Mar 26: Narendra Modi today targeted Defence Minister A K Antony and Arvind Kejriwal, calling them "agents of Pakistan and enemy of India" and speaking its language. "Three AKs have emerged as a unique strength for Pakistan. One is AK-47 which has been used to cause bloodshed in Kashmir. The second is A K Antony, who informs Parliament that people wearing the dress of Pak army beheaded our

New Delhi, Mar 26: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has waded into a controversy for asking his supporters to remove the indelible ink mark and vote twice in the coming Lok Sabha election. But makers of the ink say it cannot be erased so quickly and those who try to do so with chemicals may end up burning their fingers. According to C. Harakumar, marketing manager of Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL)

Udupi, Mar 26: Jayaprakash Hegde, the Congress candidate for LS polls to the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, filed his nomination papers at the deputy commissioner 's office here on Wednesday. After handing over the four sets of papers to Deputy Commissioner Muddu Mohan, Mr Hegde expressed his confidence of winning the election at least by one lakh votes. “People of this constituency

Mangalore, Mar 26: A total of 17 candidates have filed 30 sets of nomination papers altogether from the 17-Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency in the coming elections next month, said Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, who is also the District Election Officer. Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday, he informed reporters that the scrutiny of the nomination papers submitted by the 17

Bangalore, Mar 26: Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, former minister B Sriramulu and state senior Congress leader Janardhana Poojary today jumped into the fray on the last day of filing of nominations for the April 17 Lok Sabha polls in the state. Kumaraswamy, who was accompanied by wife Anitha Kumaraswamy, filed nomination papers to take on Union Minister M Veerappa Moily from Chikkaballapur

New Delhi, Mar 26: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set a condition of depositing Rs 10,000 crore by Sahara Group for granting bail to Subrata Roy. The apex court agreed to defreeze bank accounts of Sahara companies to raise Rs 10,000 crore. The court adjourned the case for tomorrow, asking the group to give details of the bank account numbers which are to be defreezed. The Sahara group on Tuesday