Karnataka

Mangalore, May 21: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader directed the officials to complete the work that were pending following model code of conduct, to ensure the supply of water to the villagers. During a meeting with elected representatives and officials convened to review water crisis in Mangalore constituency, Mr Khader expressed unhappiness over the functioning of Mescom. He

Bangalore, May 21: Noted litterateur U?R?Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the fifth Man Booker International Prize 2013 that is given away in recognition of the winner's achievement in fiction and comes with a cash reward of £60,000. The winner will be announced at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Wednesday. Besides Ananthamurthy, other finalists are

Mangalore, May 20: Newly sworn-in Minister for Urban Development and Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake was accorded a warm and joyous welcome by Congress workers and his supporters on his arrival at Mangalore International Airport at noon here on Monday. Amidst a cheering crowd at the airport, the Minister told mediapersons that he was all set to solve problems pertaining to drinking water and

Mangalore, May 20: The New Mangalore Port during the beginning of the current fiscal year 2013-14 is showing upward trend in traffic. Upto 15-5-2013 the port has registered a growth rate of 31.65% by handling 5.09 million tonnes as against 3.87 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year. The growth in traffic is attributable to the increase in the handling of POL crude

Dubai, May 20: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf Kingdom. The schedule currently announced is for the delivery of the first batch of 12,000 emergency certificate applications received at Indian embassy in Riyadh and nearly 3,000 in Saudi's Eastern Province

Mangalore: Most of the cabinet ministers who were sworn in on Saturday morning might be still taking time to digest the fact that they are ministers. However, within two days of taking charge as Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader was seen visiting some of the most unhygienic parts of the city to know the conditions prevailing in those parts. On Monday morning Mr Khader visited fishing

Mangalore, May 20: Moideen Bava, MLA, Mangalore North has said that he will take steps for the comprehensive development of the constituency. Taking part in a programme organized to pay gratitude to the party workers and the voters for their contribution for the victory of the Congress, at Ganeshpura organized by Surathkal Block Congress, Mr Bava said that he will strive to bring in special

Malpe, May 20: A speedboat, which was being operated in Malpe beach, overturned and capsized in the sea on Sunday evening, leaving one child missing and three others injured. The missing child has been identified as Hitesh Gowda (2), son of Malini from Doddaballapur. Belonging to the same family, the three injured children in the speed boat were Chinmaya (4), Swathi (3) and 10-month old Charita

Jeddah, May 20: Expats who leave the Kingdom on an exit visa will be able to return the moment they get a new work visa, said Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of Labor Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani. He stressed that his ministry has urged companies to recruit those who are in the process of rectifying their status. “One of the goals of the recent campaign to rectify the status of visa overstayers and

Jeddah, May 20: Several hundreds of Indian expatriates are facing problems with newly issued passports by Indian diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities are not accepting the newly designed passport, saying they have not received any official information on modification. Passport holders are legal residents of the Kingdom with valid residency permits who have approached Passport