Bangalore - Ahead of the Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Ayodhya title suit tomorrow, the Karnataka government has banned protests, demonstrations and processions to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state. State Home Minister R Ashok reviewed the situation on Wednesday with Deputy Co

Bangalore - Mangalore United beat Davanagere Diamonds by 44 runs in the first semi final match held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore to book a berth in the finals of the Karnataka Premiere League (KPL) T20 tournament. Mangalore United were asked to bat first by Davanagere Diamonmds skipper Su

Mangalore - Mulky police have successfully busted an antique theft case by arresting three Hindu priests. They have also confiscated the valuable and ancient idol of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha worth Rs. 20 lakh from the accused. The arrested are identified as Raghavendra Bhat from Kaup, Ramachandra Bhat

Bangalore - Karnataka government on Tuesday declared a two-day holiday for schools and colleges on September 30 and October 1 in view of the Allahabad court's scheduled pronouncement of verdict on Ayodhya title suit dispute on Thursday. The announcement also said that the prohibitory orders will be

Bhatkal - Admissions for the new academic year begins at Bhatkal's renowned Islamic Seminary, Jamia Islamia. The new academic year of Jamia will start from 2nd October 2010. The admissions were started from Tuesday itself. Principal of the Jamia has requested parents to admit their children as early

ABU DHABI - An expatriate resident who has been registered with the Ministry of Labour as an employee of a firm but is also a partner will only be considered as an employee. An employee can be the owner or partner of another firm but cannot draw salary as such unless he obtains permission from the m

Keyboard warriors from the United States and a dozen other nations were battling a simulated cyber attack Tuesday on government and private networks that undermines basic trust in the Internet."Cyber Storm III," which simulates a "large-scale cyber attack on critical infrastructure," involves thousa

Expatriate Indians have been urged to register themselves with their respective diplomatic missions to participate in their country's elections.This announcement is in accordance with the recently introduced voting rights law for non-resident citizens.The Indian Parliament last month passed the Repr

A six-month or one year long recruitment ban on a worker cannot be used against issuing a new work permit during the said period, a Ministry of Labour (MoL) official said."This system demonstrates the MoL's commitment to grant the blacklisted worker the opportunity to search for another job. Likewis

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday announced extension of the grace period for vehicles whose registration had expired more than two years ago.Pushed from October 2010, the new deadline would be January 2011.The decision has been taken in order to allow motorists extra time to have

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has assured New Delhi of full support to repatriate thousands of illegal Indian workers, and to help expedite the legal issues affecting stranded Indians and prisoners in different jails.The assurance of support came during an hour-long meeting held between Deputy Minister of La

HUBLI: As the nation anxiously awaits one mosque verdict, villagers in Karnataka's Gadag district have made their judgment clear as far as their local mosque is concerned. The spirited folk of Purtageri, a village around 500km from Bangalore, dissolved religious lines to come together and rebuild a

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has unveiled its new tablet computer 'BlackBerry PlayBook', which will hit the markets early next year taking on Apple's iPad.The PlayBook has a seven-inch touch screen - half the size of the iPad - high-definition cameras in the front (3 megapixel) and back (5 me

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said security forces have fully taken over the Commonwealth Games venues and a fool-proof security blanket is in place."All venues have been handed over to the Delhi Police. We have a perfectly fool-proof security," Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal told reporters aft

Supreme Court last week ordered the Allahabad High Court to delay its judgement on the long-standing ownership struggle over the site in the northern town of Ayodhya where Hindu activists destroyed a mosque in 1992New Delhi: An Indian high court will deliver its verdict on Thursday, September 30, on

Dubai: Some categories of expatriate workers who had previously been barred from sponsoring their children and family members can now do so by depositing Dh5,000 per person, a senior Ministry of Interior official has said.Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary for Natural

Bhatkal - In the view of tomorrow's (28th Sept) Supreme Court decision on Ayodhya title suit, Majlis Islah Tanzeem appealed people to maintain peace in the town. In its press release, Tanzeem has said that, whatever will be the verdict; we should not take law into our hands and requested people to r

DUBAI: Active IT Distribution won the 9thDulsco Ramadan Cricket Tournament which concluded on Saturday at the Zabeel Park Dubai. In the final Active IT defeated Arabian Gulf Establishments (AGE) Group by five wickets. Electing to bat first, AGE Group put on 153 runs for the loss of six wickets while