India’s Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold in men’s shot put at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday. Toor won India its second track and field gold in the event. Toor (2018 Jakarta, 2023 Hangzhou) became the fourth Indian shot putter to defend his Asian Games after Parduman Singh Brar (19

Dubai: 01 October,23:(Bhatkallys News Bureau) In honor of the Al Nawayath Abu Dhabi's 50 years of celebrations, an Essay Writing and Elocution by Video Clip competition has been announced for Bhatkallys worldwide. The competition will be conducted in English and Urdu/Nawayathi languages,

RBI had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes from circulation on May 19. It had asked the masses to exchange their notes by September 30, 2023. The extension of the deadline appears to be aimed at providing more time to the masses to deposit the notes without last-minute hassles. The ap

The women's reservation bill is a  'jumla' (empty promise) as the BJP thinks people vote for it and then forget the party's promises after some time, said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on September 28. The bill, which earmarks 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and state

  The largest workers’ union in the banking sector, the All India Bank Employees’ Association, has called for a series of strikes across the nation between 4 December and 20 January 2024 demanding staff recruitment. “There is a deliberate attempt on the part of the Gover

The BJP today said it was impossible to implement women's reservation in time for the upcoming election and promised to implement it for the 2029 election. "If you pass this bill today, I can promise you that there will be MPs from women's reservation quota in this house in 2029,&quo

Dubai, Sep 19: President of Indian Association Sharjah said that passenger ship travel between Kerala and UAE will be launched soon with ticket prices at just AED 442 (Rs 10,000) and an allowance of 200 kg of baggage. The ship is expected to reach Kerala in three days’ time from UAE. A

Siraj got four wickets in one over to help skittle Sri Lanka out for 50, a total the Indian openers Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill surpassed in 6.1 overs for an impressive victory ahead of next month’s one-day international (ODI) World Cup at home. Sri Lanka’s miserably low total in th

Mangaluru, Sep 13: Smuggled gold was seized by customs department officials at Mangaluru International Airport from a passenger on Tuesday September 12. The passenger had arrived from Dubai. The sleuths of the customs department seized 242 grams of gold powder valued at Rs 14.50 lac. C

The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed after four weeks, the bail petition of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student and activist Umar Khalid, who was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged involvement in the larger conspiracy leading to riots in North-East ar

Chitradurga, Sep 11 (IANS): In a tragic incident, four persons travelling in a bus were killed and ten others injured in an accident near Gollahalli National Highway 150 in Karnataka's Chitradurga district on Monday.  According to police, the accident took place at 3 a.m. when the bus at

As respective chairs of G20 Summit in New Delhi, and COP28, the UN Climate Conference in Dubai this year, India and the UAE are bringing their synergies to use these platforms to set the agenda for a new world, a top Indian diplomat told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “This global agenda c

In a huge win for India's G20 presidency, the New Delhi Leaders' Summit Declaration was adopted on Saturday after consensus was reached among the member states. "Have just got the good news that due to the hard work of our teams and your cooperation, a consensus has been reached on the

Washington: Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed over 1,000 people, authorities said Saturday, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck a mountainous area 72 kilometres

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 1,000 people, and causing damage in several areas. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said. It struck at 23:11 l

New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has revolutionized India's digital payment ecosystem and played a pivotal role in driving financial inclusion by bringing millions of unbanked individuals into the formal financial system, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Da

Washington: US President Joe Biden will travel to India September 7 to attend the G20 summit on the sidelines of which he will also have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House has announced. India, President of the G20, will host global leaders for the Summit schedul

The Rs 2000 denomination banknote was introduced in November 2016 New Delhi: About 93 per cent of the Rs 2,000 banknotes have returned to the banking system since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May decided to withdraw the high-value note from circulation, the central bank said in its latest upd