21st July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Taking action on an illegal house that was under construction at Bunder Road, government officials demolished the structure. Tahsildar in-charge Abdul Ghani who was present during this demolition said that the construction of the house

20th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A car stolen from Goa was caught today on Shirali check post. As per sources, Bhatkal police stopped this car on Shirali check post when they spotted it without a number plate. After inspection, it was discovered that this car was stolen

20th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A speeder riding a bike collided with a KSRTC bus coming from the opposing direction at  noon time today near Shifa Cross on Bhatkal National Highway due to which the bike rider sustained injuries. He has been identified as Ganpati Lachma

20th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Youths from Azad Nagar Imam Shafi masjid area caught a 10-feet long python that brought a huge relief to residents of the area. According to sources, when female members of the locality spotted a giant python, they started shouting. Soon,

20th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: "Previous BJP government in Karnataka is responsible for expulsion of poor people from atikaram (unregistered) lands." This allegation was laid by Uttar Kannada District Atikaram Horte Samiti President Ravindra Nath here in a press confer

20th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: An awareness program was organized by Bhatkal police in Bhatkal police station for school students to provide guidance related to crime and their responsibilities in controlling the crime. On this occasion, Bhatkal CPI, Belliayappa add

19th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Markaz Khalifa Jamaat-ul-Muslimeen's ex-Kazi late Saibo Khalfo's wife and Chief Kazi of Khalifa Jamaat-ul-Muslimeen, Maulana Khaja Moinuddeen Madani's mother, Bibi Ruqiya Shabandari passed away today at the time of Jumma Salah. She was 79

18th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A massive power outage in Bhatkal that lasted for approximately twenty hours from yesterday evening till today evening at 6 pm left nearly 75% residents of Bhatkal disturbed. When our correspondent contacted HESCOM regarding this, they

18th July 2013 / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: An elderly resident of Makhdoom Colony Bhatkal, died at the age of 113 years today evening at 8:30 pm. His funeral prayers will be held at Makhdoomia Jamia masjid after Jumua Salah and will be buried in Makhdoom Colony graveyard. May Allaah forgive him

17th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Gram Panchayat employee union held the sixth annual gathering at Taluka level today in Shirali. Inaugurating the program, CITU's Regional Vice President Bala Krishna Shetty, expressing his thoughts about the rights of employees, said that

Heavy rains in the last 24 hours has claimed nine lives in Andhra Pradesh, while floods and overflowing rivers in Uttar Pradesh has displaced thousands of people and caused damages to crops and livestock. Among the AP districts, Karimnagar reported five deaths, Khammam two and Visakhapatnam a

NEW DELHI: Only outdoor air pollution in urban areas claims 1.09 lakh lives of adults, another 7,513 of children below 5 years annually, says a latest report of World Bank. The study released on Wednesday revealed that the annual cost of environmental degradation in India is about Rs 3.75 lakhcr

Metro train services here would be extended with the launch of 10.3 km line connecting industrial hub of Peenya and Sampige Road Station in the city from September. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in a written reply to a question by Appaji Nadagouda (Congress) in the Legislative Assembly, noted

Patna (NDTV): Sixteen children have died in Bihar, allegedly as a result of food-poisoning from the free mid-day meal provided at their school near Chhapra in the central part of the state, 60 kms from the state capital Patna. Most of them who died were younger than 10. Another 35 children ha

16th July 2013 / Rizwan Ganguly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: To address complaints from public against rash driving of school tempos, Bhatkal Police arranged a meeting in Bhatkal police station with the school management and tempo drivers. On this occasion, Bhatkal Town Police Station's PSI John

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said plans have been formulated to cover the entire state under the 'Aadhaar' project by June next year. He said 3.2 crore people have so far enrolled for 'Aadhaar', and 2.41 crore of them have been issued 'Aadhaar' numbers. "I had discussions wi

  Copious rainfall in the catchment areas of River Cauvery has provided relief for farmers in the region, who were affected by a two-year drought. Good rains have filled the reservoirs in the region and have raised hopes of the Krishnarajasagar (KRS) reservoir reaching its brim, for t

New Delhi, (PTI) The 163-year-old telegram service in the country - the harbinger of good and bad news for generations of Indians - is dead. Once the fastest means of communication for millions of people, the humble telegram was today buried without any requiem but for the promise of preservi