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LTSE 2013 exams for SSLC students on 14th.

Lead Trust Bangalore is conducting it 'Lead Talent Search Exams' LTSE 2013 on the 14th of April to select deserving and talented students and provide them scholarship and coaching during the two year PUC course across Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Students who are intelligent and talented

SSLC exams begin in Karnataka

BANGALORE: The Secondary School  Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination, 2013 began on Monday amid tight security. As many as 8.5 lakh students appeared for the first language exam on Day One at 3,003 centres across Karnataka. The exam will conclude with social sciences paper on April 10. The

Ex-CM and KJP President, Yeddiyurappa visits Bhatkal

Train tickets, freight tariff to be costlier from today

New Delhi: Travelling in trains is set to become costlier as the hike in reservation fee and superfast charges announced in the Rail Budget come into effect from today. Besides hike in passenger fares, freight rate for all commodities will also go up by about 5.7 per cent. The Railways exp

Four-laning of Goa - Kundapur highway to cost Rs 2,600 crore

Bangalore - Kundapur to Goa National Highway, which stretches from Goa to Karnataka, is being upgraded and converted into a four-lane road at a cost of Rs 2,600 crore. The IRB Infrasgtructure Developers Ltd and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed an agreement for converting

Shivanand Naik joins KJP; Yeddiyurappa to visit Bhatkal on 31st March

Bhatkal – Ex-Karnataka Minister, Mr Shivananda Naik who recently resigned from BJP following differences with the party has joined Yediurappa’s KJP at a press conference held today at Hotel Kola Paradise, Bhatkal. Speaking on this occasion he blamed BJP for not respecting its workers. Giving

Photos: Aziz Barni visits Bhatkal

JDS to announce candidate list for assembly polls on Saturday

Bhatkal – As the election date for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls coming closer, suspense over candidate list is growing with every passing day. Few parties have already announced their candidates in several places for the 5th May assembly polls, but there are still many constituencies where

New facilities inaugurated at Bhatkal Govt Hospital

Bhatkal – S M Syed Khaleel Rahman on Wednesday, 27th April inaugurated new facilities including post-mortem room, Freezer etc here at Bhatkal Govt Hospital. The freezer was donated by Rabita Society Bhatkal. Speaking on this occasion, Mr Khaleel lauded the efforts of Rabita Society and Top Em

USFA Get-together held in Dubai

Dubai – Dubai chapter of Umer Street Friends Association (USFA) organized a get-together here at Mushrif Park, Dubai on Friday, 22nd March 2013. On this occasion members of USFA residing in different parts of Emirates came together and exchanged greetings with one another. On this occasion USFA-D

Skype faces ban in Kingdom

Jeddah - WhatsApp, Viber and Skype users in the Kingdom face the risk of being barred from these applications if the owners of these communication platforms do not provide a monitoring server by the end of this week. The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is threateni

Three persons injured in road accident in Shirali

Bhatkal – Three persons including a pedestrian  injured in a road accident on national highway in Shirali. The injured have been identified as Shankar (28), Sunil (17) and Mahadeva (60). According to the sources, the incident occurred when the speeding bike skidded on national highway near Sh

Three injured in two separate road accidents

Bhatkal - A driver of a fish lorry identified as Santosh Kumar from Trivandrum, Kerala was injured when the vehicle he was driving lost control and overturned on National Highway near Murdeshwar this afternoon. The injured was admitted to Govt Hospital and later discharged. In another inciden

Maulana Rabey re-elected AIMPLB president for 5th consecutive time

Ujjain - As speculated, noted Muslim cleric of national and international repute, Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi has been unanimously re-elected president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, (AIMPLB), an apex body of Muslims, for the fifth time on Saturday in its 23rd annual co

Blood donation camp held in memory of Dr U Chittaranjan

Bhatkal – A blood donation camp to commemorate 70th birthday of famous social worker and ex-MLA of Bhatkal late Dr U Chittaranjan was held here at Chinnapattana Devasthan, Bhatkal Bundar and Maruthi Devasthan Shirali. The event was supported by different social and religious organizations inc

Personality Development workshop held at AIMCA

Bhatkal – A two day personality development workshop was inaugurated by Dr R G Hegde, Associate Professor B N College here at Anjuman Institute of Management and Computer Applications. Speaking on this occasion Dr Hegde said, during this workshop, students will learn different ways of communi

General meeting to discuss national highway issue to be held on 25th March

Bhatkal – Bhatkal Merchant Association is holding a general meeting to discuss national highway issue on 25th March 2013 at 5:00 pm at Rabita Hall Bhatkal. The meeting will be presided over by Tanzeem President, Mr Muzammil Kazia. This was announced by the Merchant Association President Mr Venka

Mankal Vaidya to contest Bhatkal Assembly Election

Bhatkal – Mankal Vaidya, a well-know personality from Bhatkal and a President of Taluka Fisherman Association announced his interest in contesting Bhatkal Assembly Elections as a Congress candidate. He announced this at a press meet held at Hotel Shrinivasa in-front of large nubmer of his sup