NEW DELHI:  A man who masqueraded as a top official in the Prime Minister's Office has been arrested by the Delhi Police. Kanhaiya Kumar had visiting cards with the Prime Minister's room number on them but the phone number was wrong, and that's how he was caught. The police say he carried visitin

Lucknow: Amid the age-old debate over the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi site, a man named Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be a descendent of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, has laid claims on the controversial site in Ayodhya. Claiming himself to be a sixth generation descendant of the las

Strongly pitching for decriminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to constitute special courts on lines of fast track court for speedy disposal of cases pending against MPs and MLAs. The apex court told the government that decriminalisation of politics has to be do

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia plans to start issuing tourist visas “soon”, authorities said Tuesday, as the kingdom seeks to attract international visitors in a radical overhaul of its oil-dependent economy. Tourism is seen as a major driver of growth as the kingdom attempts to wean itself o

Singapore: Islamic preacher, Mufti Ismail Menk has been banned to enter Singapore by its government for promoting “religious discord” through his lectures. The Zimbabwean preacher and Haslin bin Baharim, a Malaysian scholar, were barred from entering the country to give lectures on a religious cr

Bengaluru: Neelamani N. Raju, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1983 batch, has been appointed the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP) of Karnataka, it was announced on Tuesday. She succeeds Rupak Kumar Dutta, who is retiring. Raju, 57, was earlier th

Bengaluru: Kannada film superstar Upendra on Tuesday announced formation of a new political party which will contest the coming assembly elections in Karnataka early next year. “I want my party to be run by the people for the people to meet their needs. It is an open platform for people to bring

Madurai: The Madras High Court today came down heavily on self-styled godman Nithyananda for giving “false” information to the court and asked why action should not be taken against him. Justice Mahadevan wondered how could Nithyananda claim he was the 293rd pontiff of the Madurai Adheenam mutt,

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 30 Oct 2017: Think twice before you post something online. Arvind Bhat, a resident of Bhatkal, has landed himself in troubled waters after posting his views against former MLA JD Naik on Facebook. The post – which went viral – levelled a wide range

Bhatkal 01 Nov 2017 (Bhatkallys News Bureau): A delegation of Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen Bhatkal visited several educational institutions in Kerala and initiated a dialogue with their counterparts. This visit was to get along with the latest trends and technologies that is being used by the leading ed

Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah offered on Monday the resignation of his government to Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who accepted the resignation, the state-run Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) reported. Speaker of Kuwait’s National Assembly Marzouq Al Ghanim said that he wil

Dubai: Dubai Police busted a large telemarketing racket which conned subscribers into parting with their money in return for prizes from telecom companies. In a raid at their hideout in Frij Murar area, 40 suspects were caught as they called thousands of people asking them to transfer money in retu

CHENNAI/HYDERABAD: Police on Monday arrested a Tamil Nadu-cadre trainee IPS officer after Intelligence Bureau officers caught him cheating in the Union Public Service Commission (Main) Examination at a test centre in Egmore, Chennai. Investigators said Safeer Karim, an assistant superintendent of

سوشل میڈیا کی فوٹو اور ویڈیو شیئرنگ ایپ ’انسٹا گرام ‘ نے ’ سپر زوم‘ اور ہیلووین اسٹیکرز کے فیچر متعارف کرادیے ہیں۔ آج کی نوجوان نسل سوشل میڈیا پر نت نئے تجربات کرتی رہتی ہے اور لوگوں کی توجہ حاصل کرنے کے لیے سوشل میڈیا کی مختلف ایپ کے ذریعے اپنی سیلفیاں، دیگر تقریبات اور ویڈیو دوستوں سے شیئر کرکے د

NEW DELHI: Tipu Sultan — a freedom fighter or a tyrant? Noted historians believe he was neither. But many of them do agree that the 18th-century Mysore ruler stands in history as a symbol of resistance to British colonial expansion. A raging debate on Tipu Sultan’s legacy has sparked a war of

پیانگ یانگ: شمالی کوریا میں ایٹمی تجربے کے مقام پر کھودی جانے والی سرنگ بیٹھنے سے 200 مزدور ہلاک ہوگئے اور بڑے پیمانے پر تابکاری کے اخراج کا خطرہ ہے۔ جاپانی میڈیا کے مطابق شمالی کوریا میں ایٹمی تجربے کے مقام ’پنگیری‘میں زیر تعمیر سرنگ کا آدھا حصہ بیٹھ گیا جس کے نتیجے میں اس میں موجود 100 مزدور دب

Mandya (Karnataka): Nine people were killed and 30 injured after a tempo ammed into a tree in Mandya’s Thore Settihalli Village. The injured were immediately admitted to a nearby hospital. A case has been registered by the police and an investigation has been launched. ANI

Washington: A top Chinese diplomat has said that people accusing China of indulging in “predatory economics” should “look into the mirror”, underlining that there is no evidence of China trying to dominate the region. Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai was responding to a question on the re