Experts warn prolonged regional tensions could trigger layoffs, salary cuts, and remittance slowdown in GCC economies Thiruvananthapuram / New Delhi | April 21, 2026 Escalating tensions in West Asia are beginning to cast a long economic shadow over the Gulf region, with experts warning that a prolonged conflict could lead to mass layoffs, salary reductions, … Read more
Alipur, Karnataka — As tensions escalate in the Middle East following reports of the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, grief has reached far beyond Tehran — all the way to a small village in southern India. Nearly 90 kilometers from Bengaluru, in the Gauribidanur taluk of Karnataka, the Shia-majority village of Alipur … Read more
Bengaluru: A staff member at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru has been arrested after a foreign woman passenger accused him of sexually harassing her during an unauthorized security check at Terminal 2, police said. The incident occurred after the woman had completed all mandatory security screening and immigration formalities and was preparing to board a … Read more
Bengaluru: A fresh political crisis erupted in Karnataka on Thursday after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot refused to deliver the state government’s address in full during his customary speech to the first joint session of the Legislature for the year and walked out of the House midway. The move triggered sharp reactions from the ruling Congress government, … Read more
