Karnataka

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

Mangalore: Most of the cabinet ministers who were sworn in on Saturday morning might be still taking time to digest the fact that they are ministers. However, within two days of taking charge as Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader was seen visiting some of the most unhygienic parts of the city to know the conditions prevailing in those parts. On Monday morning Mr Khader visited fishing

Mangalore, May 20: Moideen Bava, MLA, Mangalore North has said that he will take steps for the comprehensive development of the constituency. Taking part in a programme organized to pay gratitude to the party workers and the voters for their contribution for the victory of the Congress, at Ganeshpura organized by Surathkal Block Congress, Mr Bava said that he will strive to bring in special

Malpe, May 20: A speedboat, which was being operated in Malpe beach, overturned and capsized in the sea on Sunday evening, leaving one child missing and three others injured. The missing child has been identified as Hitesh Gowda (2), son of Malini from Doddaballapur. Belonging to the same family, the three injured children in the speed boat were Chinmaya (4), Swathi (3) and 10-month old Charita

Jeddah, May 20: Expats who leave the Kingdom on an exit visa will be able to return the moment they get a new work visa, said Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Labor Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani. He stressed that his ministry has urged companies to recruit those who are in the process of rectifying their status. “One of the goals of the recent campaign to rectify the status of visa overstayers and

Jeddah, May 20: Several hundreds of Indian expatriates are facing problems with newly issued passports by Indian diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities are not accepting the newly designed passport, saying they have not received any official information on modification. Passport holders are legal residents of the Kingdom with valid residency permits who have approached Passport

New Delhi, May 20: Eyeing the coming Lok Sabha elections, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is set to push through developmental projects aggressively in Karnataka, even as the Siddaramaiah-led State government's functioning is likely to be subjected to intense scrutiny by the Congress high command. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday to seek

Mangalore, May 20: After two invigorating months of spirited and effervescent dance performances across 15 cities in South India, Chennai witnessed 7UP 'Dance On' finale extraordinaire at the MGR Govt. Film and TV institute, Taramani. Led by the 7UP dance entourage, the journey of 7UP 'Dance On' 2013, ended on a high note with the announcement of the 'Dance On' finale winners SNV Crew. Screened by

New Delhi, May 20: The Congress high command is likely to ask Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to hold another round of expansion of his Cabinet by inducting one or two legislators representing the Legislative Council. As per the rules, only a minister representing the Legislative Council should be the ruling party floor leader in the Upper House. With no member from the Upper House finding a

Bangalore, May 19: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has retained key portfolios of Finance, Industries and Energy, while K J George would be the new Home Minister. Here follows the list of portfolios: Siddaramaiah (Chief Minister): Finance, Energy, Large & Medium Scale, Industries, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Cabinet Affairs, Planning and Statistics, Intelligence Wing