Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 29: A footwear shop near Rao & Rao in the city was completely gutted after a fire broke out in the shop in the wee hours of Friday. According to the fire service officials, it took nearly two hours for the personnel to douse the flames which spread all corners of Sri Mahadeva Footwear. Six fire tenders were pressed into service to ensure that the fire does not spread to the nearby

Mangalore, Mar 29: The immediate focus of the district administration is ensuring greater percentage of voter participation and organizing smooth, free and fair Assembly elections in the district, said Harsh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, DK. Interacting with media persons for the first time after officially taking charge as the Deputy Commissioner of the district in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Gupta

Udupi, Mar 29: Karnataka BJP?president Pralhad Joshi has said that the sex tape CD allegedly featuring Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat would not affect the image of the party or its poll prospects. Responding to the new development that rocked saffron party ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls, Mr Joshi said that his party would order an inquiry into the veracity of the CD and take an appropriate decision

Mangalore, Mar 28: Senior IAS officer Harsha Gupta on Thursday evening took charge as new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. Outgoing D C N Prakash handed over charge to the new incumbent in the presence of the senior district officials at his office. Mr Prakash and other officials briefed Mr Gupta about the preparations for the impending Karnataka Assembly elections.

Mangalore, Mar 29: Former Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Nagaraj Shetty, who had recently quit JD(S), has decided to return to Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of looming Karnataka Assembly polls. Sources within the DK district committee of BJP said that Mr Shetty would formally join the BJP at a convention to be held at Nehru Maidan later in the day. Mr Shetty had resigned from the

Bangalore, Mar 29: With Karnataka heading for the May 5 Assembly polls, the state power regulator today withheld its tariff order proposing sharp hike citing enforcement of model code of conduct for the elections. "We have decided not to issue our tariff order after we received a letter from the Election Commission of India asking us to abide by the model code of conduct," Karnataka Electricity

Riyadh, Mar 28: A middle aged expatriate worker hailing from coastal city of Mangalore, died after a massive cardiac arrest in Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Family sources said that Abdul Latheef (43) from Attavar, Mangalore, breathed his last at inside his accommodation in Riyadh on Wednesday morning. He was working for Marcon company in Saudi Arabia. He is survived by his wife, a 2-year-old

Mangalore, Mar 28: Days after the news of expulsion of D M Aslam, president of the district minority wing of Janata Dal (Secular) made the rounds, Mr Aslam today notified that he had received no such formal intimation or letter from the party's high command. Addressing media persons at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that neither had JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy suspended him

Riyadh, Mar 28: Thousands of Indian expatriate workers including a number of NRIs from Kerala and coastal districts of Karnataka employed in the small and medium enterprises in Saudi Arabia are likely to be hit hard as the Kingdom goes ahead with its plans to expand employment avenues for its own nationals. As the deadline for implementing the new policy called Nitaqat, ended Wednesday, labor

Jeddah, Mar 28: Down a narrow alleyway deep in Jeddah's Karantina, three women from Sudan have set up stalls under colorful parasols, selling peanuts, hibiscus petals, dried pulses, baskets, frankincense, calabashes and sandalwood. They laugh and gossip in the sunshine, swathed in bright printed cloth. But when approached by a stranger, they are cautious. Jeddah has attracted outsiders for