Karnataka

Jeddah, May 25: As Saudi Arabia implements its controversial naturalisation law or Nitaqat, which seeks to replace foreigners in companies with its own people, India is in the midst of a gigantic effort to bring back over 75,000 people in the next few months. After having failed to regularise their work status, these people have applied for emergency exit certificates to leave the country by July

Mangalore, May 25: An auto-rickshaw driver was brutally attacked and injured by a gang of four miscreants using iron rods morning in Bantwal taluk. The victim Adam alias Adam Palla (33), a resident of Shanthi Angadi near Kaikamba was on rounds when the attack took place on Thursday. Adam who identifies himself with the Congress has alleged that the attackers were members of the SDPI who were out

Mangalore, May 25: Unidentified miscreants have torched a stationary bus that was involved in a serial accident at Kodaje near Mani in Dakshina Kannada district. On Thursday, a private bus, an Innova car and a Maruti Swift were involved in a serial accident. The bus heading to Puttur from Mangalore hit the Toyota Innova vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the Innova lost

Mangalore, May 24: Members of the city unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and other like-minded organisations such as Forum Against Atrocities on Women (FAAW) held a protest in front of the District Commissioner's office here on Friday, against the alleged sexual harassment on a female police officer by ACP T R Jagannath. Based on a complaint filed with the Women's Commission by

New Delhi, May 24: In a bid to combat the menace of pesky calls and SMSes, sectoral regulator Trai has decided that telecom facilities given to subscriber would be immediately disconnected if it is found being used for sending unsolicited communication. Name and address of such subscribers shall be entered into a blacklist and no resources would be allotted to these subscribers for a period of two

Bangalore, May 24: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will induct Congress legislator S. R. Patil into his ministry Saturday, four days ahead of the state legislature's first session after the party wrested power from BJP early this month. "Patil will be sworn-in tomorrow (Saturday) by Governor H. R. Bhardwaj," the chief minister told reporters here Friday, a day after he got Congress president

Bangkok, May 24: Union Minister M Veerapa Moily was presented with a "Global Citizen Award" by an university here for his role in transforming Bangalore as a global IT hub during his tenure as Karnataka Chief Minister. The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), presented the award to the Minister who was chief guest at the university's graduation ceremony yesterday. The award was presented to him by

Mangalore, May 24: The BJP has alleged the new Congress government in Karnataka of not just bringing in a string of policies which are against the interest of the people but also resorting to taking revenge on the former BJP government. Addressing a news conference on Friday, BJP national vice-president and former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda said that the Congress government, within no time

Riyadh, May 24: India will issue at least 27,000 more emergency certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf Kingdom. The Indian embassy here has released a second list of verification and delivery process of emergency certificates (ECs) for all Indian nationals who have applied at the embassy and at other collection

Mangalore, May 24: A blood donation camp was organised by the medical cell of Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) at Al-Kalam here recently. Surgeon Dr Abdul Majeed, owner of Indira Hospital Mangalore Dr Nizamuddin, Dr Sreejith Chakravarthy from Kasturba Medical Hospital, Mangalore, and principal of St Mary's School Sr A C Sylvian were the chief guests on the occasion. Dr Sreejith Chakravarthy, on the