Karnataka

Mangalore, May 27: Department for Backward Communities and Minority Welfare has invited application from unemployed minority youth to undergo free training in servicing electronics equipment and servicing air conditioners/refrigerators. Candidates hailing from religious minority communities (Muslims, Christians, Jains, Budhiists, Sikhs and Parsis), whose family income is not more than Rs 48,000

Yangon, May 26: In an apparent effort to appease extremist Buddhists after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, in which hundreds of Rohingya Muslims were massacred, authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim families. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine townships that

Mangalore, May 26: A case of a Dalit headmistress in a government school in Bantwal taluk being subjected to harassment by subordinate teachers belonging to a upper caste came to light at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Kamalakshi, headmistress of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School in Panelabarike at Pajeer

Mangalore, May 26: Pushparaj Jain of Abish Builders was formally installed as the new president of the Mangalore chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI) at a formal programme in the city. He took charge as the fourth president of the organisation for the term 2013-15. The outgoing president P M A Razak of Plama Developers Ltd handed over the presidentship

Mangalore, May 26: Beary litterateurs realizing the need to strengthen research and study of the language, demanded setting up a Chair for Beary Language Study and Research in Mangalore University. Inaugurating the Beary 'Chiri-Chuktuku Goshti' at Srinivas Hotel in Mangalore on Saturday, Journalist B M Haneef said that if Beary language dies, then even the rich Beary culture will cease to survive

Chitradurga, May 26: Four people including three from Dakshina Kananda district, were killed on the spot when their car collided with a truck on National Highway 4 at Kyadigere village of Chitradurga taluk on Saturday. According to Chitradurga rural police, rash and negligent driving led to the accident. The deceased have been identified as Srikanth Anakala (27) from Pandeshwara in Mangalore

Madina, May 26: A youth hailing from Battipadau in Manjeshwara has gone missing from Madina in Saudi Arabia. Zubair, son of Abubakkar has been running a grocery shop along with his brother in Madina. On Thursday, Zubair had gone with couple of friends within Madina. However, the family has no clue of these friends that Zubair had gone with. On Thursday, Zubair had sent an SMS to his uncle and

Kasargod, May 26: The increasing number of missing cases of young girls in Kasargod district has emerged as a mystery. While the parents of the young girls are worried about their safety, the cops are looking for a clue that could help them crack the mystery. Swapna According to the data available, over the last two to three months over 15 young girls have gone missing and till date there has been

Jeddah, May 26: The Ministry of Labor, Saudi Arabia, has advised expatriates not to pay their sponsors any fee for rectifying their status in the country. This comes amid reports that unscrupulous sponsors are illegally charging expatriates between SR 3,000 and SR 15,000 for transferring their sponsorship and getting new residency permits. The sponsors are taking advantage of the three-month grace

Jeddah, May 26: In a bid to allay India's concerns over the controversial 'nitaqat' labour law, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on Saturday said "procedures" are being made in the "best interest of Indian workers". The labour law and the ongoing drive to identify workers who are overstaying in the Arab kingdom was one of the main areas of focus during the talks held between