Karnataka

Riyadh, Apr 30: The Labor Ministry has denied issuing any regulation that allows the private sector to employ expatriates' dependents. The ministry said they would not be automatically considered under the green category. The ministry issued the statement following erroneous reports in a section of the media. “The news report is incorrect as the ministry has not issued any such regulation,” Labor

Bangalore, Apr 30: Lokayukta court today dismissed applications filed by former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu, his son and seven others seeking discharge from Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land scam case. Rejecting the applications, Judge N K Sudhindra Rao adjourned the case to May 27 for framing of charges and directed the accused to be present in the court on that day. On

New Delhi, Apr 30: In a move that would raise the cost of air travel, the government on Monday said it has allowed airlines to charge passengers for preferred seats on a flight, check-in baggages and meals, among other things. "Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has decided to permit scheduled airlines to unbundle certain services and to charge fees for these services separately," an official

Kannur, Apr 29: A three-member team of Internal Security Department of Karnataka Police has gathered details from Kerala Police on recent arrest of 21 activists of Popular Front of India after raiding its "armed training camp" at Narath near here. The Karnataka team, which arrived last evening, primarily wanted to know whether the arrested had any links with recent blast in Bangalore, police said

Mangalore, Apr 29: A person was stabbed to death allegedly by two unidentified armed robbers in the early hours of Monday at Baikampady on the outskirts of the city. The victim is Ismaeel Khan, a driver at CPC Company in Bykampady. Another person identified as Gangadhar was hospitalised with severe injuries after he was assaulted in the same vicinity by same miscreants. The robbers who came on a

Mangalore, Apr 29: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will be arriving in this port city on Thursday, May 2, to campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party candidates of coastal Karnataka. Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the star campaigner of the saffron party would address a huge crowd at Nehru Maidan in the city. The convention would

Mangalore, Apr 29: A team of officials consisting of personnel deputed on election duty by district administration made a surprise raid on the Congress election office of Mangalore (South) constituency and seized some material on suspicion that there has been a possible violation of election code of conduct by party candidate J R Lobo. The team accompanied by police personnel seized two unopened

Jeddah, Apr 29: Saudi Arabia and India have constituted a joint group to address all problems facing the Indian community, including issues related to workers. An announcement to this effect was made here on Sunday by Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, who arrived in the Kingdom Saturday evening heading a high-level delegation which includes Minister of State for External Affairs E

Hubli, Apr 29: Taking on the BJP government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday charged that "bad governance" and "corruption" had slackened state's progress and a sense of insecurity was prevalent among the minorities. Hitting the campaign trail for the May 5 Assembly polls here, Singh said BJP had changed three Chief Ministers in the last five years and a probe had been ordered

Mangalore, Apr 29: Even while the political leaders of the state are actively engaged in campaigning for elections for their respective parties, this BJP leader and president of Beary Sahitya Academy Rahim Uchil has been busy preparing for his B.A. degree examinations, this summer. The B.A. degree examinations conducted by Karnataka State Open University have already commenced. A year ago, Rahim