Muscat: Dr. Sathish Nambiar may be receiving an award for 30 years of service to the Indian Social Club, but to him, helping the Indian community in Oman is reward enough. Dr. Nambiar, who joined the Indian Social Club in 1984, and currently serves as chairman, has helped contribute to the lives

Bhatkallys News Bureau Bhatkal 21 September 2017: Town Municipal Council’s (TMC) chief officer Shankarappa has applied for leave citing ‘Injuries’ that he sustained during the stone pelting protests at the TMC office last week after the TMC officials sealed a number of shops which were without pr

The Dubai Ruler has reminded all stakeholders concerned that there are just three months left in the Year of Giving. "This final stretch is the most important. Our goal is to expand further on our humanitarian policies, ensuring that we multiply our efforts to deliver even more goodness to all parts

The Indian cricket team will be playing three Test matches along with six One Dayers and three T20 Internationals against South Africa, starting January 5. "India will play South Africa in a three-match 'Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela' Test series, six-match One-Day International series followed b

Saina Nehwal and Carolina Marin are yet to win a major this year. Both have tried to make successful comeback but haven’t been able to put in satisfactory results. Marin was ousted by Nozomi Okuhara in the World Championships in the quarters. The Japanese the beat Nehwal in the semi-final despite ha

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday launched the revamped 'Khelo India' initiative, which earlier focused on infrastructure development but will now look to ensure all-round growth. The government has approved Rs 1,756 crore for a period of three years for revamping the initiativ

South Africa will play a four-day pink ball Test against neighbours Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth as the traditional Boxing Day fixture before India arrive for a tour in late December, Cricket South Africa has announced. The day-night match has yet to be granted Test status by the International Cric

“Islamophobic” terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatise Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against Islam, official media reported on Thursday. China has over 21 million Muslims mostly the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Hui community in Ningxia province, according to unoffici

New Delhi: Most people are “worried” about what has happened to India’s tradition of tolerance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today following his interactions with students in the US. Mr Gandhi invited non-resident Indians (NRIs) to “work with the Congress”. “I had many conversatio

On the Invitation of Saudi Binladeen Group Chairman, H.E. Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, Consul General of India deputed a Team comprising of some Officers of the Indian Consulate Dr. Md. Nurul Hasan Consul (Commerce), Mr. Anand Kumar Consul (Consular), Mr. Moin Akther, Consul (Community Welfare) & Sau

Facebook said it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a ‘dangerous organisation’ as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media. The social network is a key tool in the information war taking place over vio

LONDON: Britain said it had suspended its ‘educational training courses’ for the Myanmar military due to the ethnic violence in Rakhine state. London said it had “deep concern” about human rights abuses and would not be resuming the military courses unless there was an “acceptable resolution” to

Melbourne :A Sikh family in Australia today won a legal battle against a Christian school which refused to enrol their five-year-old son because of his turban. Sidhak Singh Arora was due to start prepratory at Melton Christian College (MCC) in Melbourne’s north-west, this year. But his patka (

Gwangju, (South Korea): Condemned to death twice for spying, Seo Ok-Ryol spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Now aged 90, the only thing he wants to do before he dies is go home — to North Korea. Born in the South, where he still has relatives, then a soldier and sp

New Delhi :Veteran actor Shabana Azmi is happy that youngsters are taking initiatives to learn Urdu today as she believes the language is not limited to any particular section. Azmi, who launched poet-singer Minu Bakshi’s “Mauj-e- Saraab: Waves of Illusion” here last evening, hopes the language w

New Delhi: The Rohingyas are illegal immigrants and not refugees who have applied for asylum in India, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Addressing a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Singh asked why some people were objecting to the deportation of Rohi

MEHSANA: Violence returned to the state ahead of Gujarat assembly elections that goes to poll in December this year. The latest incident is an altercation over a minor accident that triggered a clash between two communities in Nagalpur area of the city. People from two communities fought pitch

The profile was developed by matching CCTV footage with eyewitness accounts. India Today accessed the footage in which the killer appears, but has decided not to publish it since an investigation is under way. September 21, 2017:The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of senior Kannada