Karnataka

Sindhanoor, Apr 23: In a major offensive against the ruling BJP in Karnataka, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the party of "looting" the state and claimed it would lose the May 5 assembly polls. Launching the Congress' campaign in northern Karnataka, he said BJP broke electoral promises and "the only thing they remembered was how to loot public money in the state. They have

Mangalore, Apr 23: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DCC) is contemplating to lodge a complaint with the Karnataka State Election Commission (KSEC) on the 'false allegations' being spread against Mangalore MLA U T Khader and other Congress candidates, said interim DCC president Ibrahim Kodijal. He said that the opponents of U T Khader and B Ramanath Rai, who are contesting from

Mangalore, Apr 23: A total of 15,00,385 names have been registered in the district in the revised voter list, said Harsh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Gupta said that after the previous voter list was put out in January earlier this year, 62,140 additions and 23,414 deletions were made. As of now, the total number of

Riyadh, Apr 23: Several green category companies in Saudi Arabia have come forward to offer placement to Indian expatriate workers who have been affected by the Kingdom's Nitaqat programme. “The Embassy of India is receiving queries from green category companies in Saudi Arabia offering placement to those Indian workers affected by Nitaqat programme,” stated a released issued by the Indian Embassy

Mangalore, Apr 23: In an apparent case of moral policing, a woman was assaulted by a person for having spoken to an acquaintance belonging to a different community at a place called Karyatodi in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. According to a complaint lodged in Sullia police station, Hemavathi, wife of Purushottam from Karyatodi, was assaulted by her neighbour Suresh hailing. The

Bangalore, Apr 23: People in Karnataka are generally crazy about film stars but this adoration has not tempted many actors to enter politics. And the few contesting the May 5 assembly polls are having a tough time. The most prominent actor in the fray is Congress candidate M.H. Ambareesh, who was a junior minister for a short period in the first United Progressive Alliance government at New Delhi

Riyadh, Apr 23: The National Society for Human Rights has called for scrapping the sponsorship (kafeel) system in the Kingdom and limiting the relationship between the employer and the worker to the contract only. This means the worker can change his employer once his contract is terminated. Mufleh Al-Qahtani, president of NSHR, said in his report to the regular meeting of the society that the

Madinah, Apr 23: Tears rolled down the eyes of Arnoud Van Doorn, when he entered the Prophet's Masjid in the holy city of Madinah in Saudi Arabia and offered Namaz. The former Dutch politician who always passed aspersions on Islam had never imagined that he would one day accept Islam and glorify Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him). Doorn, was not only a leading member of extremist Dutch politician

Bangalore, Apr 22: BJP leader L.K. Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations. "I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time," V. Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Bharatiya

Mangalore, Apr 22: Ahead of looming elections, Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) released a booklet on the maladministration of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during its five-year term titled 'Mahadrohada Karala Dinagalu' (Days of great betrayal) here on Monday, to make the electorates and other citizens aware of the misdeeds of the political party in question. The booklet has been brought