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Tourist Tempo overturns near Shiroor, 1 killed

21st June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A 12-years old passenger died and several others suffered injuries when a Tourist tempo overturned at Autheni National Highway on NH-66 near Shiroor on Friday morning. There were total 18 passengers in the tempo and were returning ba

Public furious on fraudulent woman in Bhatkal who committed fraud worth crores of rupees

20th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Bhatkal Police registered a case against a fraudulent woman who deceived many women by collecting money from them citing various reasons and then later proved treacherous. According to an FIR registered in Bhatkal police station, a

Modi, Shah under lens for 2003 encounter

AHMEDABAD (TNN): The CBI has for the first time submitted before a court that it is investigating "relevant points" of the allegations about the role allegedly played by chief minister Narendra Modi, former minister Amit Shah and top IB police officer Rajinder Kumar in the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar fak

India whip Lanka, storm into final

CARDIFF: Such seems to be the agility in this present Indian team that if a batsman merely defends a delivery to keep it within the 30-yard circle, there are - at any given point of time - at least five fielders close enough to reach it. They seem to work like a pack of wolves, reaching their pr

Gold hits 3-year low, set for worst week in 30 years

Singapore: Gold fell to a three-year low on Friday and was in danger of recording its biggest weekly drop in 30 years after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would wind down its bullion-friendly stimulus later this year. Spot gold - down nearly 9 percent this week - dropped for the fifth strai

Uttarakhand toll may be in thousands, over 70,000 still missing

DEHRADUN (TNN): As flood waters ebbed and rain's fury eased on Wednesday, snatches of Uttarakhand's worst natural disaster were emerging. The death toll, officially placed at 150 on the basis of body count, could be frighteningly higher. Estimates were running in thousands. Even chief minister V

Heavy rains continue to lash Bhatkal

18th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Heavy and incessant rains in Bhatkal and other coastal areas have resulted in more incidents of house collapse. There were several reports of house collapses and water-logging reported from Moosa Nagar, Harijan Keri, Bengre, Mandali, Ka

Rain batters Uttarakhand, Himachal; 130 dead

DEHRADUN/SHIMLA (TNN): Torrential rains continued to pour in bad news from north India on Tuesday, with flash floods, cloudbursts and landslips claiming 69 more lives and taking the official death toll to 131, making for the most tragic tidings of monsoon in recent years. More than 73,000 pilgri

AI revises free baggage allowance from Gulf/Middle East to India.

19th June 2013 / Press Release / Bhatkallys News Dammam: Air India has revised free baggage allowance from Gulf/Middle East countries to India. Given below are the details: Sector   Executive Class Economy Class Gulf/Middle East to India         Peak

Gang lugs ATM loaded with Rs 24 lakh

BANGALORE (TNN): A gang thought it easier to pick up a 450kg ATM machine loaded with Rs 24 lakh in cash rather than use cutters and draw unwanted attention. They lugged it to a waiting Tata Sumo and fled late Monday night, in Bagalur, off Bellary Road.This was a heist waiting to happen. The State

Violent rainstorm wreaks havoc in some areas of Bhatkal

17th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Violent rainstorm wreaked havoc today morning in Moosa Nagar, Jaali Road, Tagarogod, DongarPali and many other areas of Bhatkal where several trees were uprooted, compound walls collapsed and electric poles fell. However, there were no

National roaming to get cheaper

NEW DELHI (TNN): National roaming is set to get cheaper from next month with the telecom regulator asking operators to slash call charges by up to 57%, while also capping the SMS tariff. It has, however, ruled out free national roaming, saying the move will result in local calls getting more exp

Saudi Arabia urges people to postpone Haj plans

Riyadh, June 17 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has called upon foreign pilgrims to postpone their Haj plans this year due to ongoing expansion work at Makkah's Grand Mosque, Xinhua reported. According to Arab News, this was highlighted through a series of announcements through the Holy Quran television

Landslides, floods claim over 50 in north India

NEW DELHI: Monsoon woes gripped several parts of north India on Monday as heavy rains wreaked havoc in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, leaving over 50 people dead and hundreds stranded, while several parts in Haryana were flooded after water level of Yamuna rose alarmingly.

Saudi Arabia plans to ban WhatsApp before Ramadan

Saudi Arabia plans to block internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the US-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator. This month the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) banned Viber, another such tool, which

High Court Judge inaugurates Additional Civil Judge's house in Bhatkal

16th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Additional Civil Judge's newly constructed house in Bhatkal was inaugurated today by State's High Court Judge B S Patil in Bhatkal Civil Court's compound. On this occasion, Patil said that in India legislature is highly esteemed and peo

JD(U) ends ties with BJP, Nitish drops all BJP ministers

PATNA: The 17-year-old chapter of JD(U)-BJP alliance under the banner of NDA ended on Sunday with JD(U) announcing to break ties. Chief minister Nitish Kumar who called on governor DY Patil at Raj Bhavan recommended removal of 11 BJP ministers including deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi while JD(U) pr

Auto-rickshaw rams into a boy; victim severely injured

16th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavali / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal- A young boy who has been identified as Pradeep Jagat Pal (12) has been severely injured when an auto-rickshaw rammed into him with great speed while he was crossing the road. This incident took place at around 12:30 pm today near City L