Karnataka

Mangalore, May 14: The renovated building of Muhiyuddin Juma Masjid of Panambur Muslim Jamath will be inaugurated on May 17. Addressing the media persons on Tuesday Panambur Muslim Jamath President Muhammad Saleem Rafi said that Ullal Qazi Assayyid Abdurrahman Kunhi Koya Thangal will inaugurate the masjid at 12.30 p.m. He said the Masjid was renovated at the cost of Rs 1.60 crores. He said the

Mangalore, May 14: A list of the names of 50 MLAs, including the names of Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai, Mangalore MLA U T Khader and Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake, who are most likely to be a part of Siddu cabinet has been sent to Delhi for the party leaders to contemplate. A decision to form the cabinet in two phases has been taken decided. The list created keeping in mind the Dalits, caste and

Bangalore, May 14: Senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu was on Tuesday appointed as media advisor to new chief minister Siddaramaiah. Mattu who is senior associate editor with 'Prajavani' Kannada daily, is well known for his insightful analysis of politics at state and national level. He has received several awards for his writings including 'Devraj Urs' award. A native of Mattu village in coastal

Riyadh, may 14: Saudi Arabia has ruled out extension of the three-month grace period that will end on July 3 for expatriate workers to get their work and residency papers corrected before the enforcement of the Nitaqat' Saudisation scheme begins. At a meeting of heads of foreign missions and labour counsellors at embassies called by the Saudi Labour Ministry at Riyadh on Saturday night, Ministry

Bangalore, May 14: The Congress government has decided to restore the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964, that governs the slaughter of cattle in the State. Asked about the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2010, enacted during the previous BJP government which is pending before the President for assent, Chief Minister

Bangalore, May 14: A closer examination of the documents in possession of Manjunath's family relating to UPSC exams clearly shows that Manjunath had fudged them. He committed suicide on Friday, after telling his family that UPSC?had made a mistake in announcing his results. The copy of the hall ticket for Civil Service (Prelims) Examination, that UPSC too has admitted Manjunath attended, shows his

Dubai, May 14: India's central bank on Monday announced steps to restrict the import of gold by banks in a move to stem the country's widening current account deficit. "To moderate the demand for gold for domestic use, it has been decided to restrict the import of gold on consignment basis by banks, only to meet the genuine needs of exporters of gold jewellery," Reserve Bank of India said. The

Dubai, May 13: An expatriate Indian man and his three-year-old daughter in Bahrain have been forced to rough it out in the open for the last six months after a business deal went sour. A desperate Mohammad Sikandar Samrat and his daughter Sara have been living in a park, mosque and car since November 2012 as his daughter does not have a passport and he is yet to get 65,000 Bahraini dinars owed to

Mangalore, May 13: In yet another case of vigilante attack, an engineering student and his female cousin were brutally assaulted by a group of miscreants near Kalpane, Kulshekhar on the outskirts of the city. The incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, when the Muslim boy was taking his cousin from Gurpur Kaikamba to KSRTC bus stand in Mangalore on his motorbike. The girl, a graduation

Bangalore, May 13: The newly-formed Congress government in Karnataka Monday waived cumulative loans and interest arrears to the tune of Rs.1,225 crore owed by 10.3 lakh beneficiaries of the weaker sections of society. Of the total beneficiaries, 1.87 lakh belong to Schedule Castes (SC), 4,078 to Schedule Tribes (ST), 4.98 lakh to OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and three lakh to minorities. "The