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NRIs will not get another chance to deposit scrapped notes: Swaraj

Washington: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs or people of Indian-origin to deposit their high value Indian currency which was declared illegal after the demonetisation policy, a statement said on Wednesday. Swaraj made these remarks duri

China: Police order Muslims to hand over Koran and prayer mats

Beijing: Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered Muslims to hand over all religious items including prayer mats and copies of the Koran. If not, Muslims will have to face severe punishment. According to Radio Free Asia, reports have emerged from Kashgar, Hotan and other regions of similar pra

Photos: loaded truck falls into a gorge in shiroor

Shiroor, 29-september- 2017 ( Bhatkallys News): An loaded truck overturned and falls into a gorge in shiroor on NH-66.       Posted By : Hira Ekkeri

Bhatkal: Moulana Iqbal Mulla is the new President of Jamia Islamia

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 28 Sept 2017: Moulana Iqbal Mulla Nadvi was unanimously elected as the president of Prestigious Jamia Islamia Bhatkal during the executive committee meeting. Moulana Iqbal was serving as the vice president of the institution, following the demise of Dr. Ali Malpa

Saudi Arabia: King Salman orders driving licenses for women

27 September, KSA Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, state media say. Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be implemented by June 2018, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Saudi Arabia is the

UAE To Open Arab Gulf's First Nuclear Reactor In 2018

UAE,September 25, 2017 :The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced plans to open a nuclear power plant next year, in what would be a first for the emirate and the Arab Gulf region. The $20-billion Barakah plant west of Abu Dhabi is being constructed by a consortium led by Korea Electric Power C

Student drowns while taking selfie in Jharkhand

Jharkhand, 25 September 2017: A Class 12 student drowned in a waterfall in Jharkhand on Monday after he slipped while taking a selfie, police said. Harshit Pandey, a resident of Daltanganj, had gone to the Suggabandh waterfall in Latehar district along with six friends, according to police. Hars

Eman Ahmed, Once World's Heaviest Woman, Dies In Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi: World's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed, who came to India for weight-loss surgery and then flew to Abu Dhabi for further treatment amid controversy, has died at 37. Doctors said she died today of complications including heart disease and kidney dysfunction. Eman Ahmed had been in Abu Dh

Bihar dam collapse: Why public infrastructure crumbles so frequently in India

Bihar, 25 September: In the last one year, we have had flyovers collapsing in Maharashtra and Orissa. Last week, it was a dam in Bihar. Then there have been several monsoon-related cases such as pot-hole deaths and building collapse. The crisis of crumbling infrastructure is so deep and countrywide

Baby girl gets Aadhaar number in 6 minutes of birth

24 September, Osmanabad:Bhavna Santosh Jadhav is just a few minutes old, but she already has in place her vital identity proof - the Aadhaar number. The girl’s parents enrolled for her Aadhaar number which they received in just six minutes after her birth on Sunday, in one of the rar

Another rapist Baba arrested, pics with PM, RSS chief spark debates

NEW DELHI: Ever since report of rape accused Falahaari Baba was made public, self-proclaimed baba’s photographs with top political leaders and celebrities including PM Modi, Home Minister, RSS Chief going viral on social media platforms. The 70-year-old self- proclaimed Swami Kaushlendra Prapanna

Marching naked, eating excreta; TN farmers risk all for PM's attention

Tamil Nadu, September 24: Crippled by debt, struck by falling prices of crop and threatened by increasing suicides, farmers from Tamil Nadu travelled to New Delhi on April 10, requesting the central government to meet their demands and alleviate their suffering. Their innovative protests hav

Meet Nirvaan, India's smallest and youngest baby born after 22 weeks

New Delhi: This boy from Mumbai has been is being called as miracle baby after he fought for his life for 132 days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a city hospital. Nirvaan, India's smallest and youngest pre-term baby who was born after 22 weeks only, has a normal brain, vision, hearing

'Only God can do this and we are not god': Supreme Court's response to this unusual petition

NEW DELHI:  There are some things that the Supreme Court too cannot get done. The country's top court came across one such prayer on Friday and readily accepted that it was beyond them to help the petitioner. He wanted the court to force the authorities to "abolish" world's most lethal creature from

Journalist KJ Singh, mother found dead: Punjab Police sets up SIT to probe case

On directions from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Police has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murders of senior journalist K J Singh and his 92-year-old mother Gurcharan Kaur. The duo were found dead at their residence in Mohali’s phase 3B2 on Saturday. The murderer

Dawood’s brother says he’s in Pakistan, lists 4-5 addresses

THANE: Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted, is presently in Pakistan, a senior police officer has quoted the don's brother Iqbal Kaskar + as saying. Kaskar has given some four-five addresses used by Dawood in the country. Pakistan consistently denies+ that the global terrorist is holed up there.

Rohingyas are not terrorists, nor a threat to India’s security: Refugee

TCN News | 21 September 2017 Kuala Lumpur, (IANS): Twenty three-year-old Mohammad Imran, a Rohingya who has grown up in a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar after his family fled violence in Myanmar, says he is “disheartened” to learn that India sees Rohingya Muslims as a national security th

Status report sought on illegal slaughterhouses

The High Court on Wednesday directed the State police to submit a status report on steps taken to identify illegal slaughterhouses and close them as per the assurance given to the court earlier. Justice Aravind Kumar issued the direction on noticing that the authorities had not produced any mater