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Mangaluru, Feb 4: Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party and Mangalore MLA U T Khader has condemned the move of the Government PU College in Kundapura for allegedly denying permission to girl students to attend classes wearing hijab. He alleged that owing to the pressure from outside forces, the college authorities have decided to deny permission to the students. "It is not right to deny

Bengaluru, Feb 4: Amid two colleges in Udupi district facing criticism for barring hijab clad girls from entering classes, the government of Karnataka has decided to issue a strict dress code for government pre-university colleges. The Department of Pre University Education is waiting for the court direction on forming a committee. However, highly placed sources said that it has been decided to

Jeddah, Feb 3: Saudi Arabia announced new travel restrictions on Thursday that will enter into force on Feb. 9. An official source at the Ministry of Interior stated that all Saudi citizens must take the booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to travel outside the Kingdom effective from Feb. 9 (Rajb 8). According to the Interior Ministry, all arrivals to the Kingdom, including citizens, must submit a

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet in a case relating to alleged irregularities and preferential treatment provided to V K Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister late J Jayalalithaa, at the Central Prison here. The ACB informed the Karnataka High Court that a chargesheet has been filed against six people, including two senior prison

Lucknow, Feb 3: Shots were fired at the vehicle of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Uttar Pradesh today. Speaking to media, the Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP) said, "I was leaving for Delhi after a poll event in Kithaur, Meerut, in Uttar Pradesh. Three to four rounds of bullets were fired upon my vehicle by two people near Chhajarsi toll plaza. They

Guwahati, Feb 3: On Monday 31 January, a 60-year-old man in Assam committed suicide after he was declared Bangladeshi by the Foreigners Tribunal. The man has been identified as Manik Das, a resident of Borkhal village located near Jagiroad in the Marigaon district of Assam. The family of the deceased alleges that he committed suicide as per the impact of being regarded as a Bangladeshi. They

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Strongly defending the decision of two colleges in Udupi district to be intolerant towards the Muslim girls with headscarves, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra today said that children should neither wear the hijab nor saffron shawls when they go to educational institutions. He also he directed the police to “watch” religious outfits in the coastal region where

Cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron have escalated globally over the past two months, with many countries experiencing peaks higher than previous variants. Now we’re seeing cases of a sub-variant of Omicron, known as BA.2, emerge in Australia and more than 50 countries. Rather than a daughter of the Omicron variant BA.1 (or B.1.1.529), it’s more helpful to think of BA.2 as Omicron’s sister

Kundapura, Feb 3: In the wake of protest from students belonging to hardline saffron outfits, Muslim girl students with headscarves were today barred from entering government Pre-University College at Kundapura. The principal took this sudden step after more than 100 Hindutva-backed students attended classes wearing saffron shawls in as a counter to Muslim girls wearing headscarves. In a video

Markaz English Medium School, Karanthur, Calicut has been certified by British Council, under the auspices of British High commission conducts assessments and observations Globally for promoting International Dimensions in school curriculum. MEMS International gets this certification for the second time. School Principal Kalam Siddiqui received the certificate in the presence of Sheikh Abu Bakar