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Gauri Lankesh to posthumously get Anna Politkovskaya Award

Bengaluru, Oct 5 (PTI) Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru last month, will be posthumously given the Anna Politkovskaya Award this year, making her the first Indian to receive the honour, her family said today. Lankesh will share the annua

King Salman becomes first Saudi royal to visit Russia, likely to discuss defense, oil contracts

Moscow: Saudi Arabia's King Salman, on the first official trip to Russia by a ruler of the oil-rich Sunni powerhouse, was set to meet President Vladimir Putin to discuss energy contracts despite discord over the Syrian conflict. While they are partners on the oil market, on the foreign policy fro

Japanese woman dies due to working 159 hours overtime

Dying from overwork might sound a bit unbelievable at first but when you're in Japan it is quite possible. Japanese are known for their zeal to work and be punctual but the habit is now costing them their lives. Japanese labour inspectors on Thursday ruled that the death of a 31-year-o

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh to build one of world's biggest refugee camps to house all 800,000 fleeing Myanmar

Cox's Bazar: Bangladesh on Thursday announced it would build one of the world's biggest refugee camps to house all the 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims who have sought asylum from violence in Myanmar. The arrival of more than half a million Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist-dominated Myanmar since 25 A

Moulana Saeed-ur-Rahman Nadwi to visit Bhatkal tomorrow

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 05 Oct 2017: A special program has been organized to mark the visit of Moulana Saeed-ur-Rahman Nadwi, Principal Darul Uloom Nadwa Lucknow on Friday 06 October 2017. The event will take place at Moulana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi Islamic academy, where Moulana will add

We believed Modi, now feel betrayed: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai, Oct 5 (PTI) MNS chief Raj Thackeray today led a march to the Western Railway headquarters here to protest the recent stampede on a foot overbridge that left 23 people dead, and said he felt "betrayed" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thackeray addressed a gathering of protesters

Sasikala's wait to secure parole drags on

The recently evicted AIADMK chief, VK Sasikala, who was seeking to secure a parole might have to wait a little longer. VK Sasikala, who left her husband decades ago to live with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was looking for the parole due to her husband's condition.

Amit Shah skips Janaraksha Yatra in Kerala: BJP chief in Delhi with Narendra Modi, major announcement expected soon

Second day in a row, BJP chief Amit Shah will not be attending party's ambitious Janaraksha Yatra in Kerala on Thursday. The Kerala unit of the party announced that Shah won't be attending the padayatra, instead he will be in Delhi to attend important meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and F

Gujarat HC rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea against Narendra Modi in 2002 riots case

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri that challenged a clean chit given by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then-chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi and other top politicians and bureaucrats. Jafri, whose husband

دہلی کے ائمہ مساجد نے کی اقلیتی کمیشن کے صدر سے ملاقات؛ کئی اہم موضوعات پر ہوئی گفتگو

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 05 اکتوبر، 17 نئی دہلی : دہلی کے ائمۂ مساجد کے ایک وفد نے کل بروز بدھ دہلی اقلیتی کمیشن آکر صدر کمیشن ڈاکٹر ظفرالاسلام خان سے ائمہ اور مسلمانان دہلی کے مختلف مسائل کے بارے میں بات چیت کی ۔ أئمہ کرام نے بالخصوص وقف بورڈ کی طرف سے أئمہ اور موذنین کی تنخواہیں بہت تاخیر سے دینے کی شکای

Bhatkal: One dead as slab collapse at a demolition site

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 05 Oct 2017: In a tragic incident a construction labor was killed when he was working on a building demolition site in Kargedde area of Bhatkal on Thursday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Lokesh Masti Gonda (32) a resident of Maru

Bhatkal: Thousands gather for protests against charging of section 395 IPC on Govinda and Krishna Naik

Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 04 Oct 2017:Thousands of members of Namdhari Sangha community took to the streets of Bhatkal demonstrating their anger over the imposition on section 395 of IPC on Govinda Naik and Krishna Naik, who were arrested last month for vandalizing the TMC

Four TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

Rameswaram, October 05, Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing off Neduntheevu on Thursday. The fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested for allegedly fishing close to the island nation. They were taken to Karainagar along with their boat

IAF women pilots set to fly Sukhoi-30 this month

October 3, New Delhi India’s first female combat aircraft pilots are likely to fly supersonic fighter jets after they finish the last leg of their training later this month, Indian Air Force officials told Hindustan Times on Tuesday. Three women are currently training on British Hawk advanced je

Jharkhand rural girls get football training in Spain with Real Sociedad

October 4, Jharkhand Barely five years back, Asha, 17, daughter of a roadside eatery owner in Jharkhand capital Ranchi’s Ormanjhi area, would have never dreamt of an overseas trip. Girls in her locality are often married off as teenagers. Life took a complete U-turn for the teenager after she join

Bhatkal: Rabita Society donates college bus to Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 04 Oct 2017: Rabita society Bhatkal today donated a school van to Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen which will be used for the transportation of girls students of the institution. During the handing over ceremony several members of Anjuman Including President Abdul Rahim Juk

Saudi Arabia establishes national development fund, names new ministers

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia announced it is set to create a new national fund in a Royal Decree early on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Kingdom will establish the new ‘National Development Fund’ which will serve as an umbrella fund for existing social, industrial and agricultural funds.

UAE condemns attack in Bahrain

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has condemned the terrorist bombing which injured several policemen in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that the UAE strongly condemns the criminal act and permanently rejects