Karnataka

Newsroom, Jan 12: The number of Indian workers emigrating to Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Gulf countries has declined sharply in last few years thanks to the economic slowdown in the Middle East triggered by weak oil prices. According to the Ministry of External Affairs of Indian government, emigration clearances granted to Indians headed to the Gulf for employment have dropped by 21%, standing at

Dubai, Jan 12: U T Khader, minister for Urban Development of Karnataka government, yesterday met All India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi at Palm Jumeirah hotel in Dubai. Former MP Milind Murli Deora, NRIs Siddiq Ucchil and Iqbal Hebtoor were present among others. Rahul Gandhi is on a two day visit to United Arab Emirates.

Udupi, Jan 12: Heli-tourism has future in Udupi and other two districts of Karnataka as the region has a lot of beautiful and eye-catching spots, said Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat. He was speaking after inaugurating the three-day helicopter joy ride facility organised by the district administration here. The facility is available at the Adiudupi helipad here. Mr. Bhat said that the provision of heli

Udupi, Jan 12: IUT Bangladesh and a team from Poland, AGH Space Systems, did well in the tasks scheduled on the second day of the second edition of the Indian Rover Challenge at MIT grounds here on Friday. Both were leading in a task each after the completion of two tasks. Warsaw Rover, the second Polish team in the fray, managed to participate with a rover assembled overnight at the MIT workshop

Hassan, Jan 12: JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has indicated his party is willing to field candidates in less than 10 constituencies and give up the rest to the Congress, its coalition partner at the state level, during this year’s Lok Sabha elections. Some JD(S) leaders had indicated that they would demand at least 12 seats and even threatened to go it alone if their demand was not met. However

Dubai, Jan 11: Indian National Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi's maiden public event in the UAE witnessed immense fanfare and made nearly 30,000 crowd feel excited and hopeful for the future of India. Thousands waited outside as gates were closed after the stadium was filled. There was a massive tailback around the area even an hour after Gandhi addressed the crowd as people made their way out of

Dubai, Jan 11: India’s Congress party president Rahul Gandhi began his two-day visit to the UAE by meeting hundreds of Indian workers at the Mujamel workers accommodation in Jebel Ali on Friday morning. Later Gandhi attended an interactive meeting organised by the Indian Business and Professional Council in Dubai. Around 200 invited Indian business leaders and professionals attended the function

Dubai, Jan 11: Rahul Gandhi, the President of the Indian National Congress, arrived in Dubai on Thursday night for his two-day tour of the UAE. On Friday, he visited the workers' accommodation at Jebel Ali industrial area. He made his first speech and had conversations with the blue-coloured workers. Dubai International Cricket Stadium filled up with tens of thousands of people from several states

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Ten-year-old Kaushal Kumar from Bengaluru in Karnataka became the youngest scuba diver in the world breaking earlier records achieved by Partha Sanghvi and Tammanna Balachandran. Kaushal set the new record on his birthday on January 9 at Grande island in Goa under the watchful eyes of his instructor Venkatesh Charloo. "He did his pool training session in the morning and

Bengaluru, Jan 11: All the sitting Congress MPs in Karnataka, including Former Union Ministers M Veerappa Moily and K H Muniyappa are likely to get ticket for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, KPCC Working President Ishwar Khandre said on Friday. Addressing a press conference here, Mr Khadra said that the Members, who had got elected in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, weathering the Modi wave, are