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Over 60 Hindu inmates keep roza with 1,150 Muslims

Muzaffarnagar: Setting an example of communal harmony, more than 60 Hindu inmates of the district jail here are keeping ‘roza’, the dawn-to-dusk fast during Ramzan, along with 1,150 Muslim inmates. The holy month of Ramzan commenced yesterday. On the first day of the Ramzan, 65 Hindu inmates k

2,400 calls, 250 accidents in 5 hours on first day of Ramadan: Dubai Police

The Command & Control Centre of Dubai Police received 2,419 calls during the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. "Yesterday [the first day of Ramadan on June 6], The Dubai Police Command & Control Centre received 2,419 emergency calls and reported 250 traffic accidents [two of which w

Dr Pavitra a well known gynecologist available in Rabita Clinic

Bhatkal (8 June, 2016): Rabita Society in their press release informed that Dr Pavitra a well known gynecologist and general practitioner has joined Rabita Clinic and she is available in Rabita Clinic from 4PM to 7 PM from today onward. For the past several years, Rabita has been actively working

SC dismisses plea seeking CBI probe into Mathura violence

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence at Mathura in which 29 people, including two police officers, died while members of the Swadheen Bharat Vidhik Satyagrahi outfit were being evicted from a public park. An apex court vacation benc

Bihar: FIR against 10+2 Arts, Science toppers

PATNA: An FIR has been registered against four persons including Bihar class 10+2 Arts and Science toppers in connection with irregularities in Bihar School Examination Board results on complaint of the Bihar board, on Tuesday. A criminal case has been registered against Science toppers Saurabh S

Saudi family takes care of paralyzed maid for 19 years

JEDDAH — A Saudi man took care of a housemaid after she was diagnosed with paralysis, Al-Madina newspaper reported. Salah Al-Syoufi said he has been taking care of his Ethiopian maid for 19 years after she was diagnosed with paralysis. It was the wish of the maid to stay and die under my roof tha

This Omani village has just a 3.5-hour day

A remote Omani village located nearly 2,000 metres above sea level has one of the shortest days in the world, not exceeding 3.5 hours. Newspapers in Oman and other Gulf countries said the sun rises in Wekan around 11am and sets about 2.30pm. The village, accessible by donkeys, horses and four-

Dubai's 'The Tower' 100 metres taller than Burj Khalifa: Alabbar

Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest property developer, will commence work on The Tower, the centerpiece of 6-square-kilometre Dubai Creek Harbour development, next month, and will be 100 metres taller than 828-metre Burj Khalifa, company Chairman Mohammed Alabbar told CNN in an interview. “The tow

New green norms to make power, fuels, cars costlier

NEW DELHI: Consumers will have to shell out more for power, fuel and cars in a few years as these industries begin to pass on the burden of technology upgrades being put in place for meeting increasingly stringent environmental and emission norms. The new environmental norms for coal-fired power

China bans Ramadan fasting in Muslim region

Beijing | 6 June 2016|AFP China has marked the start of Ramadan with its customary ban on civil servants, students and children in a mainly-Muslim region from taking part in fasting, government websites said as the holy month started on Monday. China's ruling Communist party for years has banned

Dadri: Prohibitory orders clamped ahead of planned mahapanchayat

Prohibitory orders have been clamped and security stepped up in Bishada village in the wake of a proposed mahapanchyat today over demand for registration of an FIR against Mohammad Akhlaq's family for alleged cow slaughter nine months after he was lynched over rumour that his family had eaten beef.

Deteriorating heritage of Hyderabad

The concept of heritage sites living in neglect may not be new to us, but seeing neglect at such a scale all across the city is depressing. The heritage of the erstwhile rulers of Hyderabad who were rulers of the largest princely state in British India has been deteriorating year after year. A ci

Ramadan moon sighted, June 6 is first day of Ramadan in Bhatkal

June 05, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Ramadan moon has been sighted in Kapad, near Calicut, therefore Monday, June 6, will be the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, announced the qazis of Bhatkal on Sunday evening, shortly before the call to Isha prayers. Taraaweeh prayers

Bhatkallys.com re-launch Urdu Audio App

‘Its a contribution to the Tableeg as well as the Urdu Language’ - Maulana Abdur Rab Khateebi. Bhatkal Jun 04 2016: With the onset of holy month of Ramadan, Bhatkallys.com re-launched its Urdu Audio app, with a new look and extensive collection of Dars-e-Quran, Duas, Quran Recitation, sermons fro

Muslim soldier wants to move SC after being terminated by Army for sporting a beard

After a great deal of legal wrangling, a jawan who insisted on growing a beard on religious grounds has been terminated by the Army and termed ‘an undesirable soldier’. His dismissal was upheld by the Kochi Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) recently. Maktumhusen, a 34-year-old Muslim fr

All you need to know about Dubai health insurance

Image Credit: Gulf News Dubai: By end of June, almost 95 per cent of residents with Dubai visas will have to come under the mandatory health insurance cover as per the Dubai Health Insurance law, a top official said on Monday. Approximately 3.8 million people are on Dubai residence visas. Res

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies aged 74

  Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. [embed]https://youtu.be/ZWZOBX1vE7A[/embed] The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state after being admitted on

New Urdu audio website launched in Bhatkal

June 04, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A new website www.islamiafkaar.com that will contain Urdu sermons and lectures of Bhatkal was launched after Asr prayers today by Maulana Ilyas Jakti Nadvi. Actively involved in circulation of Friday sermons on WhatsApp for the past many ye