Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 19: The medical cell of Highland Islamic Forum (HIF), Mangalore organised 'A Day with Orphans' - a free medical camp for orphaned and poor children from Dakshina Kannada district at Highland Educational and Cultural Centre in the city on Sunday. Over a hundred children, including girls, from Bantwal taluk and other parts of the district participated in the medical camp, where they

New Delhi, Jan 19: About 1.4 million Indian workers got regularized, 250 Indians are still stuck in Saudi Arabia without valid documents while nearly 140,000 workers have returned due to the kingdom's 'Nitaqat' labour policy, Overseas Indian Affairs Secretary Prem Narain has said. "Some 250 people are still there. They are stuck because of casesrelated to incomplete documents," Narain said in an

Mangalore, Jan 19: Timely action by police prevented a possible attack on a pub located at Kankanady here on Saturday. The members of Bajarang Dal planned to carry out attack on 'Hi Bar Lounge and Grill' alleging that services of Hindu girls were in dance at the pub. It was said that a few Hindu girls were participating in a DJ party hosted by a Muslim youth from Kannur. A Bajarangdal activist

Mangalore, Jan 19: As per the latest directive issued by the district administration, advanced medical care will soon be made available free of cost for Endosulfan victims in speciality hospitals and medical colleges in Dakshina Kannada. In a meeting convened by the district administration to discuss related to Endosulfan-affected families on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that

New Delhi, Jan 19: Emotions were high as Sunanda Pushkar, wife of junior HRD Minister Shashi Tharoor, was given a tearful adieu on Saturday, as both families cried on one another's shoulder just before her mortal remains were consigned to flames. Pushkar's only son Shiv - from her second marriage - hugged her body one last time before it was cremated at 5:21 pm at the Lodhi Estate crematorium in

Mumbai, Jan 18: The funeral procession of Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin today began from his Malabar Hill residence here, where lakhs of mourners gathered to pay tributes to the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community amid tight security arrangements. The procession, which moved at a snail pace commenced around 10 AM from Saifee Mahal, where community members converged in huge numbers for

Bangalore, Jan 18: The Karnataka High Court today refused to quash criminal cases filed against liquor baron Vijay Mallya by Income Tax Department for non-remittance of tax deducted at source by Kingfisher Airlines Limited (KFA). Justice Nagamohan Das passed the order while dismissing the petitions filed by KFA and its chief Mallya. A Special Economic Offences Court here had initiated criminal

Bangalore, Jan 18: Bangalore City police Saturday began interrogation of the Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal on his alleged involvement in the Chinnaswamy cricket stadium blast case. "We have begun Bhatkal's interrogation in Chinnaswamy stadium blast case and he will be in our custody till January 28," said City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar. Bhatkal, under judicial custody

Bangalore, Jan 18: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde today said the beginning of the Kejriwal Government in Delhi had not been good, as he flayed Law Minister Somnath Bharti's vigilante style raid and his calling a meeting of judges. "Two things the Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti has done are certainly wrong - creating a scene... and convening a meeting of all judges of courts," Hegde, a

Mangalore, Jan 18: The student sub-committee of Students Federation of India (SFI) and the women's unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) urged that all police stations in Dakshina Kannada district should have a separate toll-free telephone facility mainly for the protection of women. At a round table conference discussing atrocities on women in coastal districts held under the aegis