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Riyadh, Jun 16: The Embassy of India urges all Indian nationals who have obtained Emergency Certificates (ECs)/Out passes from the Embassy to ensure that they obtain their exit visas from Tarheels immediately. Anyone who overstays their visa in Saudi Arabia beyond the grace period will face penal action including jail sentence, penalty and deportation with a ban on re-entry. The Embassy again

Bangalore, Jun 16: Bangalore-based artist Anup Mathew Thomas, whose works featured at the Kochi biennale, is among five winners of Dubai's Abraaj Group Art Prize. Besides Thomas, the other winners are Abbas Akhavan and Kamrooz Aram (both Iran), Basim Magdy (Egypt) and Bouchra Khalili (Morocco). The annual award, into its sixth year, is given to five artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and

Mangalore, Jun 16: An auto driver from Mangalore put up a wonderful show of honest and sincerity at a juncture of time when such virtues have become mere words in the dictionary. Praveen, an auto driver from Yemmekere found a bag belonging to a passenger in his auto. The bag contained a laptop, gold chain, mobile phone, visa, passport, shirts and various other commodities which would lure any

Mangalore, Jun 16: Prajna Counseling Centre has been honoured with the prestigious State Aaward for this year by the state government. The award was received by Centre Director Prof Hilda Rayappan at the World Anti- Child Labour day programme held at Jnana Jyoti Hall, Palace Road, Bangalore on Wednesday. The award was given away by Labour Minister P R Parameshwara Nayak. Prajna Counseling centre

Mangalore, Jun 16: Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, health minister U T Khader, fisheries minister Abhayachandra Jain, and MLAs J R Lobo and Moideen Bava were felicitated in a programme organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in the city on Saturday. A document titled 'IT Vision – 2020' compiled by the people of Mangalore working in the IT sector was

Mangalore, Jun 16: For all those people who have nurtured a false notion that virtues like care, compassion, helping nature and sense of belongingness is confined to human race, this true story, which can easily pass off as a fable, will change their outlook. Two days ago, Ragini S, a resident of Mangalore was disturbed by cawing of a murder of crows. When she went out she saw a crow rendered

Mangalore, Jun 16: A warm felicitation programme was organised by the Mangalore Bar Association in honour of health minister U T Khader at the Court Hall in the city on Saturday. Being a member of the bar association, Mr Khader was warmly felicitated by the advocates. Citing the example of the recent ban on gutka, he said that all departments and matters are invariably related to the health

Mangalore, Jun 15: Dakshina Kannada district is ready to implement the state government's scheme of Re.1 per kg rice for poor. Addressing the district review meeting chaired by B Ramanath Rai, district in-charge minister, at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday, Sharana Basappa, Deputy Director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies said that the district has about 1,58,289

Mangalore, Jun 15: U T Khader, State Health Minister, has directed officials of the Health Department to set up FTDs (Fever Treatment Depots) in areas concentrated by migrant labourers in every Taluk to address their healthcare issues. He was chairing a review meet with regard to control of vector borne diseases in the district at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday. The

Mangalore, Jun 15: In a major haul, customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on Saturday seized 15 kilograms of saffron estimated at Rs 15 lakh from a passenger. The arrested is Abdul Safeer from Kasargod in Kerala. The passenger came by a Jet Airways flight from Dubai. Officials who made the seizure said that the passenger had packed the saffron sachets neatly in four boxes. The