Karnataka

Riyadh, Apr 23: The National Society for Human Rights has called for scrapping the sponsorship (kafeel) system in the Kingdom and limiting the relationship between the employer and the worker to the contract only. This means the worker can change his employer once his contract is terminated. Mufleh Al-Qahtani, president of NSHR, said in his report to the regular meeting of the society that the

Madinah, Apr 23: Tears rolled down the eyes of Arnoud Van Doorn, when he entered the Prophet's Masjid in the holy city of Madinah in Saudi Arabia and offered Namaz. The former Dutch politician who always passed aspersions on Islam had never imagined that he would one day accept Islam and glorify Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him). Doorn, was not only a leading member of extremist Dutch politician

Bangalore, Apr 22: BJP leader L.K. Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations. "I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time," V. Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Bharatiya

Mangalore, Apr 22: Ahead of looming elections, Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) released a booklet on the maladministration of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during its five-year term titled 'Mahadrohada Karala Dinagalu' (Days of great betrayal) here on Monday, to make the electorates and other citizens aware of the misdeeds of the political party in question. The booklet has been brought

Sharjah, Apr 22: A 20-storey tower in Sharjah's Al Taawun area caught fire on Monday afternoon. The fire broke at the 7th floor of the Al Hafeet Tower after 2pm and there were no immediate reports of injuries, Arabic daily 'Emarat Al Youm' said. Civil Defence teams rushed to the spot and the fire has now been brought under control, said Brigadier Abdullah Saeed Al Suwaidi, the Director General of

Mangalore, Apr 22: One of the new players in the game, the KJP too is in the fray to fight against the national party Congress. Talking about the same, District President of the party Ravindra Shetty in a press conference on Monday said that as far as competition is concerned the KJP takes only Congress as its prime rival. Briefing about the campaigning activity in the party, Mr. Shetty said that

Bangalore, Apr 22: JDS supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today did not rule out the possibility of his party emerging as the "king" rather than a kingmaker in the May 5 Assembly elections in Karnataka, witnessing a multi-cornered contest also involving BJP, Congress and KJP. Gowda, whose party had run coalitions with Congress and BJP in the state, said that in politics, "nobody

Belgaum, Apr 22: Rejecting suggestions that the ruling BJP was "sinking" in the Assembly poll-bound Karnataka, party National President Rajnath Singh today asserted that it would re-emerge victorious in the elections. The "lotus (BJP's poll symbol) is blooming all over the country," Singh told reporters while replying to a query whether the "lotus is sinking" in Karnataka, the first ever southern

Mangalore, Apr 22: Even as police have claimed that Ullal has returned to normalcy on Monday after episodes of tension following a minor accident on Sunday evening, buses have remained off road on Monday as a retaliation to the Sunday's clash. Ullal town, situated about 14 kms from Mangalore has witnessed communal unrest on Sunday night after a minor mishap. This also called for prohibitory orders

Mangalore, April 22: All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi will visit Mangalore for poll campaigning on April 27. Earlier, Ms Gandhi was scheduled to be in Mangalore on April 25, which was cancelled and postponed to April 27 in wake of 'stormy parliament' sessions these days, which calls for her presence. Addressing a news conference on Monday, senior Congress leader B Janardhana