Mumbai: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday raised the issues of ‘beef ban’ in the country, saying one can eat beef if he wants, but why to have festival for the same. “You want to eat beef, then eat. Why Festival? Similarly, a ‘Kiss Festival’, if you wish to kiss why do you need a festiva

Jeddah: The clerics of Saudi Arabia are indulging in a controversial issue of women’s going to the graveyard. Some say that it is “haram”. Shaik Saleh Al-Fozan, a noted Saudi cleric made it clear that those who support women going to graveyard are telling lies. He categorically pointed out that I

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia]: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday called on King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Riyadh. Jaitley took to Twitter to inform about it. “Called on His Royal Highness The King of Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2018,” tweeted the Finance Minister. During

Idlib : Three more villages have been liberated from the clutches of terrorists in northwestern Syria’s Afrin region, by the Turkish military and the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The villages of Ikidam, Shaltah, and Marsawiyah were liberated during the ongoing operation Olive Branch, Anadolu Agency re

Jerusalem: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed “media witch hunt” for the new investigation announced by the Police, amid the already existing corruption allegations against him. According to CNN, Netanyahu said in a statement, “The media witch hunt continues with all its might. A

Kolkata: Former great Gundappa Viswanath on Sunday said run-machine Virat Kohli has “every chance” to break Sachin Tendulkar’s staggering record of notching 100 international centuries. Kohli continued his sublime form in the ongoing tour of South Africa and created yet another world record two d

Islamabad: Pakistan Cricketer Shahid Afridi had said that politics should not come in between the sporting ties of India and Pakistan. He opined that, instead Cricket should be used as a tool to improve and strengthen the bilateral relations between the countries. According to the news reporte

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 19 Feb 2018: "Swami Vivekananda 3D Planetarium", country's first 3D planetarium is all set for inauguration located at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Biological Park, Pilikulla, quoted CM Siddaramiah on the eve of recently held budget. The planetarium is in its final pha

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 19 Feb 2018: An Urdu Mushaira named 'Sukhan-e-Naqaash' was organized on Sunday night near Sultan Masjid, Sultan Street here in Bhatkal. Several local poets including Affan Bafaqui, Iqbal Saeedi, Haneef Shabnam and others presented their poetry along with two gues

Bhatkallys News Bureau Mangaluru 19 Feb 2018: The announcement on allocation of Rs 85 Crore in the budget on Friday has given a hope finally to shift the Mangaluru's DK district jail into a new premises at Mudipu of Mangaluru. The district jail has witnessed several unpleasant incidents in the

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karwar 18 Feb 2018: First wooden Canopy walk of the country has now been inaugurated on February 18 at Kuveshi, just 65 km away from Dandeli, near Castle Rock of Uttara Kannada, around 90 km far from Belagavi. Bharath and Aleem of Mysuru went to Malaysia wh

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Yellapur 18 Feb 2018: A oil tanker crashed into a commercial complex of Taluka Panchayat destroying  two shops of the building here on Saturday night. The driver of the tanker moving towards Ankola from Hubli  crashed into the complex after loosing his consciou

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Fristen Dias Karkal 17 Feb 2018: The Karkala city police were successful in  arresting four robbers, who were engaged in robbing in Uttar Kannada and Udupi districts and seized weapons, Cash, Cars and gold worth lacs of rupees on Thursday. Karkal Circle Inspector Joy Anthon

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Ismail Zaorez Bhatkal, 18 February: Following days of speculation and rumours, JD(S) finally announced Inayatullah Shabandri as it's official candidate for the upcoming Karnataka Polls. The announcement was made by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s party Janata Dal

Pro-women initiatives in education, employment and even in the Police Department has been hailed as a positive move by the Chief Minister. With the aim of encouraging girls to complete their education, fees will be waived for all female students studying in government PU, degree and postgraduate col

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah used his 13th budget to send out a strong political message that he is taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi — the main campaigner for the BJP, in the coming Assembly elections. Without mentioning Mr. Modi or the Union government, Mr. Siddaramaiah said, “Our construct

BENGALURU: Farmers in Mandya in the Cauvery delta region of Karnataka are celebrating after the Supreme Court announced on Friday that the state will get 14.75 TMC or thousand million cubic feet more water in addition to the 270 TMC awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 2007. Beng

SHILLONG: Visiting this poll-bound state for the second time this year, BJP national president Amit Shah on Friday promised to make Meghalaya a model and corruption-free state in the next five years if his party is voted to power. Speaking at a thinly-attended rally at the Malki ground here, Shah s