DUBAI: Dubai has inaugurated the world's tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272 million, setting a yet another record for skyscrapers and other engineering marvels. The 310-metre (1,017-foot), 75-storey residential Cayan Tower is twisted at 90 degrees from top to bottom and was inaugur

MUMBAI: The Saudi Arabian government's new circular announcing reduction in the duration of Umrah (mini-Haj) visa from a month to 15 days has caused a lot of distress among pilgrims. Of the more than two lakh Indian pilgrims, who perform Umrah in a year, around 50,000 perform it in Ramzan (Ju

12th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Misbah-ul-haq, a famous snake catcher residing in Kargadde, who has caught deadly snakes like pythons and king cobras, today caught a 5-feet long cobra near his own house and took him into a forest area and freed him. According to Mi

12th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Assistant Commissioner Dr V R P Manohar visited the rain affected area Kokti Nagar today evening and reviewed the situation. He likewise visited Mehrunnisa's house which was destroyed due to incessant rains. He instructed the concerned

The International Indian School Jeddah formerly known as the Embassy of India School, was founded in 1969. It made a very humble beginning with a limited number of students, staff and infrastructural facilities in a makeshift area. The objective of establishing the school was to impart quality edu

Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India Scholarship & Government of Karnataka (for Jains) Scholarship Scheme PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP Fresh and Renewal for the Academic Year 2013-2014For Minority Communities - Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis & Jains   Who can ap

11th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: When nature causes abundant water to pour down from the skies it becomes blessing for some but for some it becomes curse. On one end, where rich relax in their mansions, poor and destitute live in fear and awe and pray to Allaah for the

The district continued to receive heavy rain on Tuesday, increasing inflow into the reservoirs. The rainfall in the catchment area of the Linganamakki reservoir was recorded at 55.8 mm, with the inflow being 1,398 cusecs. The catchment area of the Bhadra reservoir received a rainfall of 19.4

11th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Heavy and incessant rains in Bhatkal since past two days have caused disruption to normal life. Incessant rains have caused rain water from roads and drains to spill over in homes and also caused lot of inconvenience to pedestrians and

11th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Like every year, this year also Deccan Welfare Association in Bhatkal distributed free notebooks to poor students. Sports equipments too were donated to Government Urdu High School Jamia. The program began at 5:30 pm. Sports items li

09th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Residents of Bhatkal Taluka are queueing up at the Tahsildar's office from the night in order to apply for Ration cards (coupon). Since the office is able to process only 40-50 applications per day they have no option but to queue up at

Heavy and incessant rains have thrown normal life out of gear in the metropolis as rail and road traffic was disrupted inconveniencing lakhs of office-goers. Traffic snarls were reported on the busy Eastern Expressway while water-logging was reported in Bhoiwada, Mahim and Matunga areas, BMC so

The Haj Ministry has decided to limit the validity of Umrah visas to only 14 days because of the ongoing work to expand the mataf — the cicumambulation area. According to a circular sent to Umrah agencies in the Kingdom and Saudi missions abroad two days ago, the new rule becomes effective Mo

10th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Heavy rains continued to lash Bhatkal for the third consecutive day. On one end, it brought a lot of relief to the people as it filled the wells and fields with water but on another end there were reports of tree and compound wall colla

CHENNAI: Nearly 200 skilled and unskilled labourers from Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are stranded in Saudi Arabia after their Bangladeshi employer cheated them. The workers said they were promised jobs in a plastic factory, but were made to clean toilets

8th June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Two days after Aashika committed suicide in suspicious circumstances at Subhash Nagar locality in Jaali Road, Bhatkal police have filed a case against her husband Yaseen Khan for the alleged murder and harassment of his wife. Victim's