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

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

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.

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

London: The Sultanate was ranked third in the quality of life index for expatriates, according to a new report issued by London-based HSBC. The Sultanate was ranked 15th in the world by Business Insider on its website. The Sultanate was ranked among the top 17 countries in the world in terms o

The government has named Rajnish Kumar as the new chairman of the State Bank Of India (SBI), the country's biggest lender, for three years. Outgoing chief Arundhati Bhattacharya's term ends on Friday. Rajnish Kumar is currently a managing director at SBI. He has been with the bank for the last 37

Can India protect a large section of humanity comprising Rohingya women, children, the sick and the old who are “really suffering”? This is the question the Supreme Court wants the government to answer. The government, meanwhile, said the crisis over its move to deport 40,000 Rohingya was not

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the 2018 polls to the Legislative Assembly will be the last election he will contest in his lifetime. Mr. Siddaramaiah had declared that he would be shifting from Varuna to Chamundeshwari constituency in the next Assembly polls. Addressing a party workers’ conv

After a long silence on the matter of religion status for Lingayats, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) now seems to have decided to up the ante against the demand. Prominent functionaries of the group chose the platform of Vijayadashami discourses to publicly criticise the demand in the Lingayat

Former star opener Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said that the Australian players were scared of sledging Virat Kohli and the other Indian players during the recently concluded One-Day International (ODI) series due to the possibility of losing out on their lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) contrac

Josh Hazlewood, the Australian paceman, has urged their maligned batting order to click into gear with the looming Ashes fast approaching. Australia's misfiring batting has come under pressure after continual collapses across the formats, including most recently during their Test tour of Banglade

After the announcement of the inaugural T10 tournament later this year at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, organisers are planning to hold matches in countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh as well as Sri Lanka. The upcoming 10-overs-per-side cricket tournament has received support from the likes of S

An honour bestowed on Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi by the city of Oxford has been withdrawn as a reaction to her perceived inadequate response to the plight of Rohingya Muslims in the country. The ‘Freedom of Oxford’ had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her “long struggl

October 4, Madhya Pradesh Police in a Madhya Pradesh town allegedly rounded up a group of farmers and forced them to disrobe after a protest demonstration, according to leaders of the Congress backing the agitation, who have decided to approach the country’s human rights watchdog. Dozens of fa

A major fundraising appeal has been launched to help the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence in Burma. The 13 member charities who make up the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) took action to step up their humanitarian relief in the wake of more than half-a-million people seeking m

Washington, Oct 4 (PTI) Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif arrived here today on a three-day visit to the US as part of efforts to rebuild bilateral ties frayed after President Donald Trump accused the country of sheltering terror groups. Asif, who will hold talks with Secretary of State Rex

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reached Kerala to join the BJP's Jan Raksha Yatra (or March for People's Protection), a day after party president Amit Shah launched its ambitious march from Kerala's Payyannur in Kannur district. "I am a worker of the BJP. If political killings h