Markaz Al Nawayath hosts Iftar gathering for Bhatkalli community in Abu Dhabi on Friday Bhatkallys News Abu Dhabi, 17 June 2016: Bringing together people to celebrate the spirit of communion and sharing, Markaz Al Nawayath Abu Dhabi hosted its annual Iftar gathering on Friday. More than 100 memb

SARGUJA (CHHATTISGARH): Where there is a will, there is a way – this inspiring proverb has yet again been proved right by Sunil Lakda, a tribal student from Chhattisgarh’s Sarbuja village, who fought against all odds to achieve the feat of cracking the IITJEE exam courtesy the Chhattisgarh Governmen

June 18, 2016 | Rizwan Gangavaly | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Incessant rains accompanied with lightning and thunderstorms lashed Bhatkal since wee hours of Saturday morning till noon time throwing normal life out of gear. With lack of storm water drains, water was seen flowing on the roads in seve

Claiming that 50,000 Muslims migrated after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi today asked the BJP if it would send a fact-finding committee there, akin to the one sent by it to Kairana on the issue of alleged migration of Hindus. The Hyderabad Lok Sabha member terme

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday promised a Rs 2 lakh reward to anyone who bought tea from Prime Minister Narendra Modi or studied with him. Addressing a party-organised protest rally of farmers, titled 'chai ki charcha' , he said if anyone who claims that he had studied with Modi at the

Two girls from Kashmir pursuing MBBS in Bangladesh were detained for questioning at Delhi airport’s domestic terminal Friday after security personnel spotted a bag with them with the words ‘There could be bomb inside’ inscribed on it, said sources. The girls had flown in from Dhaka and were on their

AHMEDABAD: Eleven people convicted of murder in the Gulbarg Society massacre were sentenced to life in jail by a special SIT court on Friday. Of the 13 people convicted for lesser crimes, one was sentenced to 10 years in jail and 12 were given seven years in jail. The court said all the convicts

NEW DELHI:  A long-awaited new civil aviation policy that eases rules for airlines to fly overseas and seeks to increase regional air connectivity and encourage more people to fly has been cleared by the cabinet on Wednesday morning. Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this story: The p

Against the backdrop of a restored synagogue in the northwestern city of Edirne, the country's Jewish community hosted hundreds of locals and Muslim clerics for an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner, more than 80 years after they were forced to flee the city Edirne, a city on Turkey's European bord

June 17, 2016 | Rizwan Gangavaly | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: The incidents of thefts continue to haunt residents of Bhatkal as robbers now are boldly carrying out thefts in Bhatkal. In a fresh incident, unidentified burglars made away with Rs 5,00,000/- cash and gold worth more than 25 lakhs of

Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week. "They don't report them," Trump said in a CNN interview on Mon

JEDDAH: Expatriates outnumber Saudis in some parts of the country, including Jeddah and Jubail, according to statistics released by the Public Statistics Department. According to the report published in local media on Wednesday, the population of Saudi Arabia at the end of 2015 was 31.5 million,

Prices of pulses inched close to Rs 200/kg today even as the Centre has decided to increase the buffer stock by over five times to 8 lakh tonnes for retail sale at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 120/kg. It is yet to be seen however whether procuring more pulses for the buffer stock would help in

Amidst concerns over wild polio virus (P2 strain) being found in a Hyderabad drain, the Union Health Ministry today said it was a vaccine derived virus and does not change the polio-free status of India. However, as a precautionary measure, the ministry will hold a special immunization drive in t

RIYADH: Islamic Affairs Minister Saleh Al-Asheikh has called for reducing the cost of the pilgrimage. This year’s Haj will be in September with pilgrims arriving one month before the start of the rituals. Al-Asheikh made his observation this week at their second meeting in Riyadh in the presence

Allowing the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to open its first branch in Ahmedabad is a refreshing step. It was part of an MoU signed between IDB and India’s EXIM Bank during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April 2016. Since the global economic crisis of 2008, tr

MUMBAI: MNS chief Raj Thackeray cut a cake with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi's picture for his birthday, in Mumbai on Tuesday. The incident has evoked a strong reaction from the Hyderabad-based party. Raj was greeted by his supporters at his residence 'Kris

The fee will be applicable after June 30. Dubai: Abu Dhabi airport is introducing a Dh35 fee for passengers transiting or departing the airport, local Arabic daily Al Ittihad reported on Tuesday. The announcement comes barely two months after Dubai and Sharjah airports introduced similar charg