Karnataka

Riyadh, Mar 30: Public pressure has been mounting to provide translation of Friday sermons in different languages spoken by non-Arab expatriates in the Kingdom, especially in English, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog, to help them understand the sermon 's message and learn more about Islam. “This is a very important topic. We know there are millions of non-Arab expats who come to attend the Friday

Lucknow, Mar 30: If you thought Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal was the last big challenge to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi, read on! The latest to have hitched the VIP bandwagon is a mafia don-turned-politician and a transgender. The gangster, currently lodged in a high-security prison, announced his candidature while in a court for appearance in a

New Delhi, Mar 30: No alliance will get a majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections even though BJP-led NDA would emerge as the largest alliance pocketing 233 seats, a latest opinion poll has predicted. As per the ABP News-Nielsen opinion poll, BJP leader Narendra Modi 's popularity has declined a bit but he remains the clear choice of people for the position of prime minister. He got 54 per cent

Mangalore, Mar 30: Family of a 19-year-old girl in Kasargod is shell-shocked following her death in hospital two weeks after attempting suicide. Shamseena, daughter of Zakir, a resident of Uduma Pakyar in Kasargod breathed her last at a hospital in Mangalore on Friday. Humiliated by the allegation of theft, she had attempted suicide on March 19. The girl was a pursuing her second year degree at a

Mangalore/Udupi, Mar 30: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district administrations are gearing up to implement webcasting in hundreds of polling booths under their jurisdiction during April 17 Lok Sabha polls. According to officials, 247 booths in Dakshina Kannada and 197 booths in Udupi will adopt webcasting method. Students are given opportunity to record the election proceedings from polling stations

Hassan, Mar 30: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed confidence of Congress victory in Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which is considered as JD(S) bastion. Launched a tirade against JD(S) supremo H?D Deve Gowda, who is contesting from Hassan, and his sons – H D Kumaraswamy and H D Revanna, the CM said that a CBI?probe could be ordered against them. “A?CBI?probe can be ordered against Gowda

Karwar, Mar 30: The Janata Dal (Secular) received another jolt on Saturday when its Uttara Kannada candidate Shivananda Naik withdrew his nomination, facilitating a straight fight between sitting Lok Sabha member Ananth Kumar Hegde of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prashant Deshpande of the Congress. The first jolt came when its Gangavathi MLA Iqbal Ansari did not file the nominations for

New Delhi, Mar 30: The BJP, on Saturday, expelled senior leader Jaswant Singh for a period of six years. This is the second time that the former Union minister has been expelled by the party. In 2009, he had been expelled from the party for praising the founder of Pakistan in his book 'Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence'. The decision to expel Singh, 76, for six years was taken by BJP

Mangalore, Mar 30: The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism is not a substitute to the existing judicial system, but a supplement to the existing adjudication process of the judicial system. It is an alternative to the adjudication process in the existing system, said Justice N Kumar, executive chairman of International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), Regional Centre

Panaji, Mar 30: Aam Aadmi Party today accused Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of going "overboard" in "chasing" Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal but failing to arrest ministers involved in illegal mining scam. "You (Parrikar) have chased Tejpal enough. But you have yet to arrest ministers involved in mining scam," AAP leader and South Goa candidate Swati Kerkar said addressing a public