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Trump proposes to convert US’ grant to Pakistan into loan

Washington: US President Donald Trump has proposed in his annual budget to the Congress to convert US’ grant to Pakistan for purchase of military hardware into a loan, the White House said. However, the Trump administration has left it for the State Department to take a final call on the issue.

Bhatkal: Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management to organize Counselling program for PU Science pass students and their parents

Bhatkallys News Service Bhatkal 22 May 2017: Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), has organized an special counseling event for the students who have passed their second PU examinations from Science stream and their parents on Wednesday 24th May 2017 at 10.00 AM at AITM campus,

Bhatkal: Parked car damaged in Umer street, owner blames relatives for the attack

Bhatkallys News Service/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 22 May 2017: A parked car within the premises of the house was allegedly attacked and damaged late at night at Umer Street Bhatkal. According to the car owner, he parked the car at night after returning from Mangalore, but he he took a look at

Eliminating terror requires unity, says Trump in historic address to the Muslim world

RIYADH, May 21,2017: Eliminating terror and extremism is not a one-country responsibility, but a challenge facing all nations that requires them to unite to overcome it, US President Donald Trump said Sunday while addressing the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh.  In his first speech on

A bright future for Bhatkalli girls

Just when one thought can Anjuman shine brighter, three stars emerged to prove that it can. Three girls from Anjuman, Aysha Mohammad Ibrahim Patel, Sadrunnisa Barmawar Syed Samiullah and Aysha Urooj Mohammed Irfan Ajaib who scored 94.33 per cent in PUC 2 exams, share their excitement with Bhatkallys

President Donald Trump meets with GCC leaders

RIYADH, May 21,2017 ( Arab News):  The much-anticipated US-GCC Summit has kicked off as US President Donald Trump sat down with Gulf leaders and officials at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh. Minutes before the commencement of the meeting, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ex

Dubai: Bhatkal Sisters wins Quran Recitation competition

Bhatkallys News Service Bhatkal 21 May 2017: Two Bhatkali sisters became not only the pride of Bhatkal but for the all of India as they rocked the Quran- recitation competition in Dubai. Daughters of Siddique Jan Mohtesham and Hailing from Bhatkal, the sisters were participation in the competi

Trump means business: $380bn deals signed in Riyadh

RIYADH: Saudi-US deals worth at least $380 billion were struck on Saturday during the historic visit to Riyadh by US President Donald Trump, officials said.  King Salman and Trump held high-level talks in the Saudi capital, where they co-signed the Saudi-US “Joint Strategic Vision Declaratio

Indian sisters win at Dubai Quran competition

Winners at the Mohammad Bin Rashid Centre for Cultural and Social Understanding’s 12th annual Quran competition honoured Dubai, May 20,2017 (GN): Indian sisters Fatima Mohtisham and Ayesha Mohtisham were among a handful of non-Arab participants at the 12th annual Quran competition organised by Mo

NASA, ISRO join hands to build Earth-imaging satellite, NISAR

New Delhi: US space agency NASA is considered a pioneer in space programmes and its Indian counterpart, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has also firmly planted its feet as a name to be reckoned with after its groundbreaking achievements. For a long time, space aficionados and even

Pakistan lawyers give 7-day deadline to Sharif to quit

Pakistani lawyers today gave a seven-day deadline to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign on the Panama Papers scandal otherwise they will launch a nationwide movement against him. The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Saturday announced th

King Salman presents Trump with Saudi Arabia’s top civilian honor

RIYADH, May 20,2017: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Saturday presented Donald Trump with the Kingdom’s top civilian honor, as the US president began a trip to Riyadh aimed at strengthening security and economic ties. The king placed the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud around Trump’s neck at a cere

Austria dashes $166 fine on Niqab

Vienna: Parliament of Austria have approved a new bill which bans garments that fully cover the face of women which comes as the latest religiously discriminated restriction for the country’s Muslim population. Both ruling parties adopted a provision that people wearing full-face veils in public

Google I/O 2017: Our focus has now shifted from a mobile first approach to an AI first one, Sundar Pichai

May 18,2017 California - Google I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference was kicked off with the announcement of a fundamental shift in the company’s focus. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company will now move from a mobile first approach to an AI first one. Artificial In

Israeli minister calls for assassination of Bashar al-Assad

Jerusalem [Israel]: An Israeli minister on Tuesday called for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said his rule is the worst since the Nazis in World War-II. Syrian President Bashar Assad need to be killed in the light of the reports that Assad regime carried out mass executio

In jail, 82-year-old Chautala clears Class XII examination

Chandigarh, May 17 2017 : At the ripe old age of 82, former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has passed his higher secondary examination in the first division, while serving out a 10 year sentence in Delhi's Tihar jail. Chautala, who was convicted in the teachers' recruitment scam case,

Will work to restrict BJP in Gujurat to 80 seats: Hardik Patel

Ahmedabad, May 17 2017: Hardik Patel, the 23-year-old face of Patel quota stir in Gujarat, on Wednesday said that they would work towards restricting ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat to around 80 seats in the state Assembly polls slated by the end of this year. “These polls are not

Kolkata's controversial claric Barkati sacked, refuses to quit

Kolkata, May 17 2017 :The controversial Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor-ur Rahman Barkati, who once threatened to ostracise and beat up Muslims if they joined RSS and BJP, was today sacked for allegedly making anti-national statements and "misusing" his position. Barkati, however, ref