BENGALURU: Grimacing with pain, M Joseph, 74, sat outside a medical shop in Victoria Layout, Richmond Road on Wednesday morning.Cupping one side of his face, Joseph was desperately waiting for the shop to open so he could buy some painkiller for his toothache. "I stay nearby . I can't walk till t

RIYADH: The Ministry of Social Affairs is to soon pay out SR858 million for 5,721 people with disabilities to buy special cars. The amount would allow for the purchase of 6,300 cars, according to Abdullah Al-Muaiqil, the undersecretary for social and family affairs, a local publication reported. E

MUMBAI: Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday ventured where few have in the recent past, reminding Narendra Modi about his Godhra past while countering his criticism of the Sena's role in the recent controversies in Mumbai. The country first came to know of him (Modi) because of the Godh

PATNA: The Bihar poll scenario today got galvanised following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the Dadri lynching episode, with the leaders of grand alliance hitting out at him saying that his terming of the incident as unfortunate was too little and too late. Reacting sharply, RJD pre

NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has launched Note 3, a budget smartphone with fingerprint sensor at Rs 8,999. The phone will be available starting October 20 on Amazon.in and registration for the same will commence today at 8pm IST. Coolpad Note 3 sports a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280p) disp

At Infosys, where I was Global Head HR, my company received around 1.4 million resumes annually and we made around 55,000 offers. That's a conversion of 3-4%. Global stats says 98% of resumes hit the trash bin. Ouch! Each of us want to be in that 2% and none of us want to lose the chance before we e

GUNDYA: The BJP padayatra against the Yettinahole project led by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel reached Gundya after covering over 100km from Mangaluru on Tuesday. The padayatra, launched at Mangaluru city on October 10, was discontinued after Kateel, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karand

RIYADH: Deals worth $11.4 billion between Riyadh and Paris were signed on the sidelines of the 2nd Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum, which concluded in Riyadh on Tuesday, underscoring the shared foreign policy stances that have helped deepen the two countries' ties. Four agreements and a l

Psychologists advised parents to keep a constant tab on their children as many teenagers are getting addicted to Internet. This is having an adverse affect on academic performances of the children, they said. Addressing a meeting organised by Sai Prema Parents Association for Mentally Challenged

MANGALURU: Minister for minority welfare Qamar-ul-Islam has directed deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim to start the work on district minority welfare offices complex at Pandeshwar without further delay. The project for which district minister B Ramanath Rai laid the foundation stone on December 13

NEW DELHI: India, Japan and the United States will hold joint naval exercises each year, Indian government sources said on Monday, as the three countries kicked off the first such drills in the Bay of Bengal in eight years, a move likely to concern China. The last time New Delhi hosted multilateral

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has lambasted Iran for trying to politicize the recent tragedies in Makkah and Mina, saying it was an attempt to create dissension and division in the Muslim world. This would not affect the Kingdom’s role and its duty and responsibilities towar

October 13, 2015 | Press Release | Bhatkallys News Abu Dhabi: Markaz Al-Nawayat Abu Dhabi is going to organize its annual community get-together program on Thursday October 29, 2015, 8 pm at Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi, informed a press release sent by the organization. The organizers have

Photo for representation Facing opposition fire for not taking them along, the Modi government on Sunday got a gentle nudge from BJP veteran L K Advani. "It is our collective duty to ensure that democracy and fundamental freedoms of citizens in India will never again be infringed,” Advani said

The high-stake Bihar Assembly election began today with voting starting at 7 AM in 49 seats, spread over 10 districts, in the first of the five phases of elections amid elaborate security arrangements. A total number of 1,35,72,339 electorate will cast their votes in the 49 Assembly seats for whi

DUBAI:  An 18-year-old Indian boy in the UAE has become the youngest affiliate with a global body for professional accountants, according to a media report.A graduate from the Indian High School, Dubai, Ramkumar Raman has to complete three years of qualified work experience in order to attain the As

MANGALURU: Bright ideas were sorely missing at the Smart City consultation with citizens at Kadri Park premises on Sunday. Although Mangaluru City South MLA JR Lobo clearly delineated that citizens should not bring up existing problems at the meet, but suggest how various options like tourism, ed

JEDDAH: Exchanging the Muqeem card with the iqama is not required for those who still have valid iqamas, and is only needed for those whose iqamas have expired and have to be renewed, said the General Directorate of Passports. The directorate is ready to launch the Muqeem card from the beginning of