Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 17: “Reservations based on caste is not a permanent solution to establish social equality; a permanent solution is distribution of lands to the landless. Only if social equality is realised, there will be upliftment of Dalits,” said CPI(M) state secretariat member and vice president of Dalit Hakkugala Samiti G N Nagaraj. Delivering the inaugural address at the city-level Dalit

Bangalore, Nov 17: Lashing out at the UPA government for sitting in “ivory towers”, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Congress was an indoor player while BJP was an outdoor player having a connect with the people. He also charged Congress with using the country's youth as only voters while maintaining that his party considered younger

Riyadh, Nov 17: The Ministry of Education has suspended public school classes for Sunday Nov. 17 in Riyadh and neighboring areas due to heavy rains. The capital experienced heavy downpours Saturday night, with rains flooding roads knee-deep and causing traffic congestion. A heavy blanket of cloud enveloped the city skyline the entire rain before the downpours began. Residents were happy with the

Mangalore, Nov 17: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai said that the opposition cannot simply go attacking the Congress-led government at the state for its schemes. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said that the opposition parties should accept what the Congress government has achieved after coming to power. The state government has undertaken several

New Delhi, Nov 17: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should apologize to the Muslim community for his remarks that Muslim youth were wooed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), opined Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh. "His (Rahul Gandhi's) intention was not to malign any community. But it was blown out of proportion by the media and Congress adversaries," Jairam Ramesh

Mangalore, Nov 17: The culmination of'Year of the Faith,' as declared by the Vatican for the year 2012-13, will be held between November 22 and 24 at Nehru Maidan from 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. The three-day programme will include sessions by preachers from across the country who will deliberate on worship, healing, and other aspects of the religion, said Aloysius Paul D'souza, Bishop of the Mangalore

Mangalore, Nov 17: After several resplendent episodes of both Alva's Nudisiri and Alva's Virasat the organizer of these historic event is all set to amalgamate the two and stage'Alvas Vishwa Nudisiri Virasat-2013' from December 19 to 22 at Vidyagiri in Moodabidri. Speaking about the same, Dr Mohan Alva, the man behind these historic events during the preparatory meet in Mangalore on Saturday said

Mangalore, Nov 17: In a joint press conference by the district units of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, VHP regional working president M B Puranik said that the anti-superstition bill drafted by the state government had been drafted unscientifically and focused mainly on the religious beliefs of the Hindu community, and would be vehemently opposed. A meeting of Hindu religious leaders

Mangalore, Nov 16:'Nandini cashew barfi' and'Nandini 5 litre Ghee jar' have been launched to the market by Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Limited at Kulshekar, Mangalore to commemorate its founder's day, on Saturday. The products were launched by Minister for forest, ecology and environment, B Ramanth Rai who addressing the gathering said that development of nation was

Mangalore, Nov 16: A team of nine Hajj pilgrims who had completed the pilgrimage through a private travel operator have alleged the operator of cheating them by not providing proper facilities. Mohommad Sharief, one of the pilgrims said that he and eight others had taken up the Hajj pilgrimage through Iqlas Hajj and Umrah Service Tours and Travels. The operator had taken Rs 3.80 lac per person