Dubai: Taxi fares in Dubai are among the world's most affordable, according to a new index. The Carspring 2017 Taxi Price Index, published on Tuesday, compares the cost of taxi rides in 80 of the world’s most popular cities, in which Dubai stood at No. 5 among the cheapest fares — from the airpor

Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday contested the graft charges against him and his family in the Supreme Court, saying the Panama probe panel did not produce any document to prove that he was the owner of the posh London flats, which are at the centre of the high-profile cas

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the government, saying that it was not willing to discuss farmers’ issues in Parliament and that its decision to implement the GST was taken in a haste. Wielding a bow and arrow at ‘Kisaan Aakrosh Rally’ in Basnwara, he slammed the BJP

NEW DELHI: Come October 1, all big hitters like David Warner, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and former Indian captain MS Dhoni will have to rethink their strategies before mauling the best bowlers in the business. The thick edges of their bats, which are loaded with wood towards the bottom, will no

India cricket captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday said he is expecting a smooth working equation with new coach Ravi Shastri given that they have a fair understanding of each other from the former captain's previous stint as Team Director. Addressing the media before the team's departure for the tour o

Thieves broke into the house of Indian cricketer Umesh Yadav and decamped with Rs 45,000 in cash and two mobile phones from the pacer's house on Monday. The incident took place between 7 pm to 9 pm when the Yadav family was not in the house, police said. Yadav, who was selected for the upcoming tour

Bhatkallys News Service/ Rizwan Gangavali Karwar 19 July 2017: A goods train loaded with food stuff which was travelling from Andhra Pradesh to Karwar railway station derailed at Karwar in the wee hours of Wednesday. However no injuries or loss was reported, a part of walk path at the station

US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a second, previously undisclosed chat during the G20 summit in Germany this month, the White House confirmed today, raising new questions about their relationship. After his much-publicised two-and-a-quarter-hour meeting on July

At least 12 to 15 Indians recently fought alongside the Islamic State (IS) against Iraqi security forces, Iraqi envoy to India Fakhri H. Al Issa told journalists on Wednesday on the occasion of the commemoration of the victory of the Iraqi forces against the IS in the city of Mosul. Some of the I

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena today expressed concern over recent incidents of violence in the name of ‘gau raksha’ and asked where were these self-appointed ‘cow saviours’ when terrorists targeted Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir recently. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing the heat over the issu

New Delhi: Critical of the government’s handling of Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress today demanded that it take the nation into confidence and spell out the steps being taken to bring normalcy in the state. Rejecting the government’s claim that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had improved, t

Bhatkallys News Service/ Rizwan Gangavali Bhatkal 19 July 2017:  Women members of BJP District youth wing initiated a plantation campaign wherein they visited several homes in Moodabhatkal and Muttalli area and planted trees and spread awareness about global warming and environmental pollution am

Bareilly: A trial court in Bareilly took as many as 29 years to sentence two men to five years in jail for stealing Rs 370 from a man, says a Times of India report. Besides sentencing the accused, the court of the additional district and sessions judge in Bareilly also imposed a fine of Rs 10,0

Bengaluru: Asserting that there was no legal bar on states to have a separate flag, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the state government would consider if the panel set up to design it so favoured. “As the Constitution does not bar states from having their own flag for a sep

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has appointed retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar to probe into the alleged special treatment meted out to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala and other “erroneous” practises in the central jail here. Kumar was appointed by the government for the probe after D Roopa,

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Director General of Police, R.K. Dutta on Tuesday said that former DIG (Prisons) D. Roopa has been allotted a responsible position and it is not a punishment posting. Roopa grabbed headlines when she, in a report, said that All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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