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Maktab Jamia Islamia program on Monday
Bhatkallys News Service | March 19,2017 BHATKAL - Maktab Jamia Islamia (Chowk Bazaar), Bhatkal will organise a literary programme at Jamia Street, Near Jamia Masjid, at 9pm on Monday, March 20, 2017. There will be interesting mix of skits, nazms, recitations of qiraat, etc by the students of the
Anjuman Degree College for Women shifts to new building
Bhatkallys News Service | March 19,2017 BHATKAL - Anjuman Degree College for Women, Bhatkal has been shifted to its new building in Khatija Complex near Shamsuddin Circle (old Musba Garden) on 18th March 2017. According to Jukaku Abdul Rahim, president, Ajuman, "SM Syed Khalil Saheb,
Bhatkal: 9 Year old attacked by stray dogs, hospitalized
Bhatkallys News Service Bhatkal 19 March 2017: A nine-year-old boy was injured after some stray dogs attacked him while returning home after his Quran classes at Shamsuddin Road, Nawayath Colony here, on Saturday. A passerby woman was quick to respond to help the boy from the dogs, which avoid
Inayathullah Shabandri slams MLA Mankal Vaidya at JDS member's meet
Bhatkallys News Service/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 18 March 2017: Janata Dal Secular (JDS)Bhatkal, today organized its member’s meet keeping in sight the assembly elections in the state that will take place next year. Bhatkal JDS president, Inaythullah Shabandri, in a press conference after the
Yogi Adityanath to take oath as CM tomorrow with Keshav Maurya and Dinesh Sharma as his deputies
Yogi Adityanath, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur, was named Uttar Pradesh’s new chief minister on Saturday evening following a meeting of BJP’s legislators in Lucknow. The swearing-in ceremony will take place tomorrow, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu announced, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Iranians to resume hajj in Saudi Arabia after 2016 boycott
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year’s annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals. For the first time in nearly three decades Iran’s pilgrims -- which would have numbered about 60,000 -- did not attend last year’s hajj after Riyadh and Te
Four Gulf central banks hike rates after US Federal Reserve’s rate hike, others may follow
DUBAI, March 16,2017 (GN): Four Gulf central banks raised interest rates within hours of the US Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday, pressured by the need to protect their currencies even though an economic slowdown in the region calls for loose monetary policy. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait
Cash for trash: Egyptians in Cairo can sell their garbage
Ambitious project launches to ease the gigantic waste management problems afflicting the densely-populated capital Cairo, March 16,2017 (GN): Egyptians stood in line on Wednesday outside a waste management station in the capital Cairo to sell their solid trash, a baby step in an ambitious project
UAE police uses fake cutout car to stop over-speeding
Have you seen this fake cop car in UAE? KT|March 16,2017 The UAE police have devised an innovative idea to prevent motorists from speeding on highways. To deter the motorists from going over the speed limit, the police has put up a full-size cutout of a patrol car on one of the highways
Karwar: Trawler boat catches fire, one person from Bhatkal seriously injured
Mar 16: After an explosion was experienced at around 5 am on Wednesday March 15 in the engine section of Malpe-based 'Gurudev' trawler boat, the boat caught fire. The boat was engaged in deep sea fishing near Karwar when the incident happened. Boat driver, Anthon D'Costa (46), who suffered burn inju
Court dismisses plea against ban on Zakir Naik's IRF
Naik had challenged the November 17, 2016 notification imposing an immediate ban on the IRF Mumbai, March 16 2017 (INAS):The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by NRI televangelist Zakir Naik against a ban on his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), saying the hom
Saudi-Chinese ties get a fillip with King’s historic visit
March 16,2017| SG Beijing — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman arrived in China on Wednesday on an official visit. The King was received at Beijing International Airport by State Councilor Yang Jiechi. A girl presented a bouquet of roses to the King. King Salman will hold talks wit
Trump, Muhammad agree on new Saudi-US initiatives
March 16, 2017|SG WASHINGTON — Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, and US President Donald Trump discussed the development of a new Saudi-US program with initiatives including infrastructure and energy worth potentially more than $200 billion in i
UAE electricity, phone bills may be taxed under VAT
The new tax will be charged on items such as electronics, smartphones, cars, jewellery, watches, eating out and entertainments, among others. Dubai, March 16,2017 (KT):The UAE's impending value-added tax (VAT) will also be applicable on utility bills including electricity and water, as well a
Law on 5 per cent VAT passed in UAE; house rents set to rise
Abu Dhabi, March 16,2017 (KT): The tax is binding on landlords renting out properties as well, which could mean a rise in rents for tenants across the UAE. Business owners and landlords must pay a five per cent value-added tax (VAT) starting January 2018, announced the Federal National
KCR vows to implement quota for Muslims
Hyderabad, March 16,2017: Telanganana Assembly but one with “100 % conviction” to extend quota to Muslims and STs. CMs’ conference The government will unite the people of the entire country on the issue and, if need be, organise a Chief Ministers conference. He will also lead a delegation of p
Yasin Bhatkal not kept in solitary confinement, court told
New Delhi, March 7: The Tihar Central Jail officials on Tuesday told a Delhi court that Alleged Indian Mujahideen co-founder Ahmed Siddibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal has not been kept in solitary confinement as there is no such cell in the prison. During in-camera proceedings, the jail officials also tol
US Prez Trump allows CIA to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists
US president Donald Trump has given new authority to the Central Intelligence Agency to use drone strikes against suspected terrorists that were fully vested in the military under the Obama administration in the interest of transparency and reducing the number of unintended casualties. The admini