Bhatkal – An attempt to kidnap 7 year old boy from his house compound in Azad Nagar area was foiled due to timely action from the family members. According to the sources, a boy identified as Syed Ibrahim s/o Noorul Hussain was playing with her sister outside his house at 5:00 pm when two youths

Hubli – Hubli based Midmac emerged champions in the KSCA’s Dharwad Zone II Division Cricket tournament for the year 2012-13 and were promoted to I Division league next year. Midmac, who took part in the tournament for just second time, did extremely well to gather 38 points from their nine le

Bhatkal – Residents of Venkatapur area of Bhatkal taluk staged protest outside Assistant Commissioner’s office against bad drainage system. Speaking on this occation they said, after the construction of treatment plant in their area, TMC has not bothered about its maintenance due to which the en

  Cape Canaveral, Florida: NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision c

  Mumbai: Thirty seven people have been killed and more than 15 injured after a private bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge near Khed in Ratnagiri district on the Mumbai-Goa highway in western Maharashtra. The driver is among the injured. (See pics) The accident took place aroun

Bhatkal - There will be no power in Bhatkal and surrounding areas on Wednesday, 20th March 2013 from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm due to scheduled maintenance work of Gasket replacement at a power grid in Murdeshwar. HESCOM officials have appealed all people for their co-operation. Bhatkallys News Servi

Bhatkal – All passengers including a 2 year old child have a miraculous escape when the Tata Nano car in which they were traveling fell into 25 feet deep near Venkatapur bridge in Bhatkal taluk. According to the sources the incident occurred near Venkatapur bridge when the driver lost control of

Dubai - Umar bin Khattab Hifz Madrasa which is managed and run by BMJD is organizing a Hifz competition on 29th March 2013 from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm at  Indian High School, Dubai. The event will be graced by visiting Bhatkali Ulemas including Moulana Abdul Bari Nadvi and Master Shafi Patel.  All are

Bhatkal  - Idara Adab Islami Bhatkal yesterday conducted a literary program here at Dawat Center, Sultan Street, Bhatkal at 9:30 pm. On this occasion Mr Qadir Meeran Patel, Ameer Jamate Islami Hind Bhatkal released a book “Aetaraf-o-Tahseen” on Dr Shah Rashad Usmani authored by Dr Mohammed Hanee

Bhatkal – Tanzeem nominated candidate from Bhatkal for the upcoming assembly polls, Mr Inayatullah Shabandri’s JDS ticket is almost confirmed after senior JDS leaders Mr H D Kumaraswamy and Dr Zameer Ahmed Khan gave green signal to his nomination. According to the sources, Tanzeem delegates h

Bhatkal – A dead body was recovered near Sagar road area yesterday evening. The deceased has been identified as Noor Mohammed Peer Khan (57) from Mundgod. According to his relatives in Muglihonda, he was ill from few days. The dead body was handed over to the relatives after medical examinati

Bhatkal – New office bearers of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Bhatkal have been elected at a function held here at Saibaan, located on Jamia Abad road. The program was presided over by Prof Nazeer Ahmed Khan Lohani. The details are as follows, President – Mr Abdul Mujeeb Khayal Vice-presidents –

Its a phantom dish? Or just a remembrance of a friend’s constant references to his favourite food from the Konkan coast? These are genuine anxieties because when the need to know more about the Bhatkal Biryani forces you to enquire about it with a Konkani-speaking cricket-scorer, he rolls his ey

Bhatkal – Majlis Islah wa Tanzeem is hosting a felicitation program for newly elected members of Bhatkal Municipality. This was announced by the General Secretary of Tanzeem, Mr Mohiddin Altaf in a press release issued yesterday. As per the release, the program will be held on Sunday, 24th March 201

Kuwait – Mr Jailani Shabandri was unanimously elected as General Secretary of BMAK at a function held at Bhatkal Mahal on Friday, 15th March 2013 at 2:00 pm. The position was vacant following resignation of Muiz Zafar Ali Muallim, who resigned recently following his transfer from Kuwait. He recommen

Bhatkal – A farewell program for outgoing SSLC students of Islamia Anglo Urdu High School and Anjuman Boys High School was organized here at Usman Hasan Memorial Hall on Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 11:30 am. Speaking on this occasion Mr Nazeer Ahmed, Incharge Head Master, ABHS Nawayat Colony B

Bhatkal – A 20 year old youth identified as Nayyer Qamar Katpadi from Basha Colony, Manki died in a road accident when the bike he was riding collided head-on with KSRTC bus on National Highway near Manki. The impact of the collision was so powerful that the bike rider died on the spot. He wa

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) flying home to India will not have to fill disembarkation forms, a government official said on Thursday. The immigration official at an Indian airport will also not waste time going over the details, because they would already have been transferred online once the trav