Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 9: It was a starry event as many big names of the Karnataka's political arena including the Chief Minister was seen at Vidyagiri Alva's Campus in Moodbidri on Friday evening. The event was the marriage ceremony of Ayush, son of Minister for Fisheries K Abhyachandra Jain and Manjula. Ayush tied the knot with Manjushree, daughter of Mangalore based advocate M R Ballal. Home Minister K

Mangalore, Nov 8: Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, Mangalore Dr M Subramanyam has asked the non-filers and stop-filers of service tax such as industry bodies and other associations to pay their pending Service Tax dues of the last five years under the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013. Delivering an address on the scheme at Kanara Chamber of Commerce and

Bangalore, Nov 9: Former minister and BJP?leader C?T?Ravi on Friday dared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to bring in a legislation banning wearing of burqa by Muslim women. Speaking to reporters at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore, the venue for the Narendra Modi rally, Ravi wondered why the provisions of the bill on anti-superstitious practices being deliberated by the State government should confine

Mangalore, Nov 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that the future course of action to the new draft law -The Karnataka Prevention of Superstitious Practices Bill, 2013 will be taken only after reviewing the draft copy and discussing it in the assembly session. The chief minister during his visit at the Mangalore international airport on Friday said that so far no committees have been formed in

Mangalore, Nov 9: The proposed Anti Superstition Bill seems to be gaining opposition within Congress house. In one such reactions, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary has said that the Bill will affect the religious beliefs of the people of all religions in one way or the other. “Instead of bringing in one more law it is better if the government contemplates and makes arrangements to

Jeddah, Nov 9: Thousands of expatriates who refused to correct their status during the grace period are now having sleepless nights. They have stayed away from work since Nov. 3 in the belief that the raids would end soon and it would be business as usual. “I'm scared to death after seeing all those photos of handcuffed expats in newspapers and on social media sites,” said Nasir Lateef, a

Chikmagalur, Nov 9: The N R Pura police in Chikmagalur district on Friday registered a case against senior BJP?MLA and former minister D N Jeevaraj and two others, following a complaint by a woman that the trio had raped her in May 2010. The woman alleged that Jeevaraj, a three-time MLA from Sringeri, along with two local BJP leaders, kidnapped her near Kesaki village and raped her at the

Mangalore, Nov 8: The Friday prayers were offered at Melangadi Mohiuddin New Masjid, near Ullal Central Masjid, amidst police protection despite the confusions existing between two factions here. The police were deployed in the Masjid premises from morning itself. The devotees who turned up at the Masjid early in the morning for the prayers did not leave the Masjid till the Juma prayers were

Mangalore, Nov 8: With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Dakshina Kannada BJP Yuva Morcha organised its first district party workers' meeting at the BJP office here on Friday. Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurating the meet said that the Congress-led state government has implemented'shaadi bhagya' scheme to grab the votes of the minorities. He also criticised the anti

Mangalore, Nov 8: One of the two terrorists who had kept three persons as captives in a under construction building near Rozario school was gunned down by the Centre for Counter Terrorism (CCT) personnel, Bangalore with the help of local police. The captives were successfully released by the team of police, thereby foiling the plans of the terrorists. While the scenes of the operation went on