Mangaluru : Eleven persons from Dakshina Kannada, who were deported from Kuwait last month for performing Satyanarayana puja, are hoping to return. Among them is Santosh Kumar Rai, a resident of Mangaluru who had been employed as painting supervisor in Kuwait Oil Company. Claiming that there was no case against them, he said: “We are […]

New York : A gold-laden sword looted from ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s personal office in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq has been returned to Iraqi authorities. The Homeland Security Department yesterday returned the 43-inch sword with an embellished blade and sheath with gold inlaid Arabic writing to the Iraqi ambassador. The […]