Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 2: Amidst the fears about a reported imminent exodus of thousands of Indian expatriates from Saudi Arabia following the Nitaqat implementation, a long pending dream of these hard working people is all set to come true, finally. Milestone When the Air India Express' first direct flight from Mangalore to Saudi Arabia takes off on Wednesday, April 3, it will be an important milestone

Bellary: Apr 3: In an unusual confession Deputy Chief Minister K?S?Eshwarappa has said that Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Karnataka has been engulfed in corruption. Speaking at a party workers' meeting ahead of the Assembly polls, here Mr Eshwarappa, who recently quit the post of State BJP president said that in the past five years his party did both what it should have and what it should

Jeddah, Apr 2: Inspection rounds made by government officers to limit labor breaches have pushed people working under sponsors other than their own to submit their resignation from their jobs, resulting in the refusal of some employers to pay them their dues under the pretext they don't have sponsors. In a telephone call to Arab News, Khaled Abu Rashed, a lawyer, said: “From a legal point of view

Bangalore: April 2: The results of the II PU examination held in March will be announced before May 3, according to Chakravarthy Mohan, Commissioner of the Department of Pre-university Education. The valuation of answerscripts will begin on April 2. As per the statistics available with the department, as many as 6,11,864 students wrote the II PU exam this year. Of this, 4,70,088 are regular

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 2: Kerala today asked the Centre to seek six months general amnesty from Saudi Arabia for expatriates, who would be affected by the new labour policy 'Nitaqat' being implemented in that country as part of localisation of jobs. Besides this, the state would, among other things, ask the Centre to see that those who return were not send through deportation routes, that would

Mumbai, Apr 2: Mumbai police has kicked up a controversy following its circular which says the women's wing of an Islamic organisation is "brainwashing and training girls for Jihad". The organisation has threatened legal action if no apology is tendered by the police. The "internal circular" said the Girls Islamic Organisation (GIO) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, one of the country's largest Islamic

Mangalore, Apr 1: An engineering student allegedly committed suicide at her residence at Bokkapatna, here on Monday morning. The deceased is Shreya (21), daughter of Shashidharan, a resident of Bokkapatna. On Monday morning the entire family barring Shreya left to a nearby temple. When they returned home after half an hour, they found Shreya hanging from the ceiling fan in her bedroom. Shreya was

Bantwal, April 1: Shakuntala Shetty's candidature for Puttur Assembly constituency on a Congress ticket has almost been confirmed. While the same is being publicised in Puttur, Vittla and other nearby places, Ms. Shetty's recent visit to the residence of her political mentor Ram Bhat has given political analysts more reasons to believe that she is Congress' candidate for Puttur. Ms. Shetty was

Mangalore, Apr 1: Since 1972 when Congress fielded Eddie Saldanha, the Mangalore constituency has to date remained the reserved constituency for Christian candidates from the party. Three Christians have represented the constituency so far. Five Christian candidates have been fielded by the Congress from this constituency in the past. In 1972, Eddie Saldanha was elected MLA from the region

Mangalore, Apr 1: Although election heat is catching up in the state, none of the political parties have shown interest in highlighting the sufferings of endosulfan victims in their campaigns. Endosulfan victims and those fighting for their rights will not vote for parties who do not include steps to help endosulfan victims in their manifestos, said Shridhar Gowda K, President, Endo Virodhi Horata