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3 critically injured in head-on collision in Bhatkal

3rd June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: 3 persons were severely injured following a head-on collision between two bikes in Bhatkal. This incident took place at around 9:30 pm near Shamshan Ghat on Bunder Road. They have been identified as Gururaj Kharvi, Vishnu Kharvi and Nage

Monsoon arrives in Udupi, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore, June 2, 2013, DHNS : Though no casualties have been reported, properties were damaged in some places With the onset of monsoon, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts have been receiving incessant rainfall since Saturday night. Though no casualties have been reported, propertie

Karnataka postpones rice at Re 1 scheme for a month

Tumkur, Jun 2 (IANS): Karnataka's plans to provide rice at Re.1 a kg for the poor from Saturday has been put off by a month, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Saturday. The newly-elected Congress government, which returned to power on its own after nine years in the May 5 Karnataka assembly polls, h

Over 2,000 firms fined for no price tags on products

RIYADH: Monday 3 June 2013 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry fined 2,134 businesses around the country last month for violations including failing to provide price tags on their products and not using Arabic in their billing systems. Immediate fines were imposed on 1,788 firms for not attachin

Refaq Merchant tops Bhatkal students in Oman

MUSCAT: Mohammed Refaaq Merchant S/O Qamar Merchant  scored a brilliant 9.6 cgpa score in the 2013 CBSE Xth examinations held recently. He is a student of Indian School Muscat and member of school football team. Other students in Muscat, numbering four, scored between 7 and 8 plus. Bhatkallys.com co

Bhatkal SIO organizes inaugural function of educational awareness campaign

1st June 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: "Problems we face today because of lack of ethics among educated people are the giving of Western culture. Behaviour of abuse and disregard of parents by western-tamed generations are condemnable. That's why it's important to give proper

Monsoon sets in over Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala received the year's first monsoon rains on Saturday. Most parts of the state experienced heavy rains, which the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said would continue. The IMD had predicted that monsoon would hit the state within two days on Friday. "The monsoo

Indian rupee plunge spearheads remittance outflow

Indian rupee has come under intense depreciation pressure over the last two weeks, moving from 54.50 to 56.50 against US dollar [caption id="attachment_35779" align="aligncenter" width="475"] A remittance counter in Satwa, Dubai. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world with $70

World No Tobacco Day observed in Bhatkal

31st May 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly/ Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Campaigns of a varied kind marked the observance of World No-Tobacco Day in different parts of the world on Friday. In Bhatkal too Health Department officials organized an awareness rally to mark this day. The rally started from Bh

Child falls off moving train; gets killed

31st May 2013 / Rizwan Gangavaly/ Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A 2-years old child was killed after accidentally slipping from his father's hand and falling off from the emergency window of a moving train. This incident happened at around 11:00 am today morning near Kadvin Katta bridge in Bhatk

Diesel gets costlier by 50 paise a litre, petrol by 75 paise; LPG price cut

Oil companies on Friday hiked the price of petrol by 75 paise per litre, without taxes. The price of diesel was also raised by 50 paise a litre. Oil firms also cut the price of non-subsidised LPG by Rs. 45 per cylinder. The revised prices will take effect from Saturday. The hike comes afte

Dh1,000 fine each month for non-renewal of labour cards

UAE - The Labour Ministry is strict about the issuance of labour cards for private sector employees, and it is evidence of how serious employers are in implementing the terms and conditions of their contracts and the clear work relations with their respective employees,” said Humaid bin Demas, assis

New academic curriculum based on Islamic principles

31st May 2013 / Press Release / Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: To protect our children from various vices existing today, Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Islamic Academy has initiated the process of creating an academic curriculum for school students based on Islamic principles. Currently, they are in the

State likely to ban gutka in battle against tobacco

Today is World No Tobacco Day Waking up to the alarming increase in tobacco addiction, the State government is likely to impose a ban on gutka, joining the group of 25 States and five Union Territories that have already banned it. Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader told reporte

Bhatkalli students shine in CBSE exams

Dubai - Students from Grade 10 and 12 received their results this week after a long wait. The patience paid off for several Bhatkalli students with many of them scoring high grades and full Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). In Grade 10 results, many students scored a full 10 point GPA. These

Uttar Kannada to observe bandh on 8th June in protest against NH-66 widening

30th May 2013 /  Bhatkallys News Karwar: Uttar Kannada will observe bandh on 8th June to protest against several issues related to widening of National Highway - 66. This announcement was made in Karwar by the president of the committee opposing the widening of NH-66, K R Desai in a press confere

PM elected to Rajya Sabha, Cong wins both seats in Assam

New Delhi, May 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was elected to Rajya Sabha for the fifth consecutive term today as Congress won both the seats to the Upper House from Assam. Singh got 49 first preference votes, while the second Congress candidate bagged 45 votes in the 126-member state Assembly

CBSE Class X results declared, girls once again outshine boys

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday declared the Class X results which recorded a pass percentage of 98.76, a marginal increase over last year. Girls once again outshone boys in the results. The pass percentage of girls stood at 98.94 per cent as compared to