Karnataka

Lucknow, May 21: The ruling SP's plan to woo the Muslim community seems to have gone awry with the death of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the 2007 serial blasts. Muslim clerics are now mounting pressure on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to make the Nimesh Commission report public. Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari met SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh on Sunday and

Mangalore, May 21: Cheers erupted outside the terminal of Mangalore International Airport when B Ramanath Rai arrived on Tuesday three days after being sworn in as Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment. He was accorded a jovial welcome to Mangalore by his supporters, Congress workers and fellow leaders including Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader and Mangalore North MLA

Mangalore, May 21: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader is planning to introduce a new health insurance scheme for all citizens that ensures economically-backward people of up to Rs. 2 lakh cover for surgeries and other treatments. During a review meeting with officials of Health and Family Welfare department at circuit house in the new minister lamented that under the present schemes

Mangalore, May 21: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khadar appeared in second judicial magistrate first class court in Mangalore on Monday for the hearing of a six year old case of alleged poll code violation. Mr Khader was booked under the Representation of People's Act (RP Act) in 2007 by a sector magistrate appointed by the election commission during the 2006 by-poll for erstwhile

Mangalore, May 21: A state-level inter-district football tournament organised by Dakshina Kannada District Football Association (DKDFA), in association with Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA), was inaugurated at Nehru Maidan football ground here on Monday. At the inaugural programme, the tournament was inaugurated by chairman of Shree Devi Education Trust A Sadananda Shetty through a kick

Mangalore, May 21: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader directed the officials to complete the work that were pending following model code of conduct, to ensure the supply of water to the villagers. During a meeting with elected representatives and officials convened to review water crisis in Mangalore constituency, Mr Khader expressed unhappiness over the functioning of Mescom. He

Bangalore, May 21: Noted litterateur U?R?Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the fifth Man Booker International Prize 2013 that is given away in recognition of the winner's achievement in fiction and comes with a cash reward of £60,000. The winner will be announced at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Wednesday. Besides Ananthamurthy, other finalists are

Mangalore, May 20: Newly sworn-in Minister for Urban Development and Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake was accorded a warm and joyous welcome by Congress workers and his supporters on his arrival at Mangalore International Airport at noon here on Monday. Amidst a cheering crowd at the airport, the Minister told mediapersons that he was all set to solve problems pertaining to drinking water and

Mangalore, May 20: The New Mangalore Port during the beginning of the current fiscal year 2013-14 is showing upward trend in traffic. Upto 15-5-2013 the port has registered a growth rate of 31.65% by handling 5.09 million tonnes as against 3.87 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year. The growth in traffic is attributable to the increase in the handling of POL crude

Dubai, May 20: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf Kingdom. The schedule currently announced is for the delivery of the first batch of 12,000 emergency certificate applications received at Indian embassy in Riyadh and nearly 3,000 in Saudi's Eastern Province