September 16, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Elections for new administration of Bhatkal's socio-political organization Majlise Islah Wa Tanzeem will be held on December 12, 2015. 10 members have been elected from the outgoing administration after first phase of voting held today

Dutch scientists have created the world's biggest man-made wave as part of a multi-million pound project aimed at helping to save the low-lying country from devastating floods. The highest artificial wave generated so far is just over 5 metres but engineers are hoping to produce even larger ones

GHAZNI: Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in Afghanistan's Ghazni on Monday , killing police and releasing more than 350 inmates, including nearly 150 deemed a threat to national security , and then at tacked troops rushing to help officials said. The latest Taliban prison raid, on the outskirt

The BJP announced the seat-sharing arrangement within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the Bihar Assembly polls on Monday after prolonged negotiations with hard-bargaining allies. The saffron outfit will contest in 160 seats, leaving 40 to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 23 to the Rashtr

Applications are invited for KAUST Fellowship for enrolling in PhD and MS/PhD program for spring 2016. ll admitted students receive the benefits of the KAUST Fellowship. The fellowship supports students for the duration of their graduate studies. KAUST Fellowship includes full tuition support and mo

Eight hundred children’s stories in 24 languages, all free to download, print, circulate and made accessible to thousands of young ones. Leveraging the power of the Internet and its own open source digital platform, Pratham Books has launched the StoryWeaver (www.storyweaver.org.in) featuring the

JOSO, Japan: Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Thursday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes. Helicopters hovering over swirling, muddy waters rescued many people from the roofs of their homes. Seven people

NEW DELHI: Samsung has launched its Galaxy Note5 flagship phablet in India at Rs 53,900 for 32GB and Rs 59,900 for 64GB variant. The phone will be available in India starting Spetember 20 in black sapphire, gold platinum and silver titanium colours. Samsung took the covers off its latest top-end

GUWAHATI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in Assam are struggling to respond to massive floods which have affected more than 1.5 million people and forced more than 200,000 people to seek refuge in relief camps, senior government officials said on Monday. Heavy monsoon rains in t

SANAA: Jets belonging to a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 20 people at a wake in northern Yemen on Sunday, local tribesmen said, as warplanes pounded Houthis and other forces behind a missile strike that had killed dozens of Gulf Arab soldiers. The air strikes targeted troops loyal to former

September 06, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Dubai - Preparation for the fifth edition of the immensely popular T20 cricket tournament, Bhatkal Premier League 2016 has begun with the registration for team entry starting from 06th September 2014, BPL Chairman has announced. As three tea

YAOUNDE: At least 30 people were killed in two suicide bombings in northern Cameroon Thursday, the latest violence to hit the area since dozens died in attacks in July. The blasts also left 143 wounded when a bomb went off near an army camp, where soldiers are battling Boko Haram fighters from Nige

Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam further deteriorated with 19 of the 32 districts of the state reeling under water. People in different places taking shelter in make-shift relief camps have complained of not having sufficient support from the state government. The children have become highly vu

Air India, the cash-strapped state-run carrier, is in fresh trouble. Thirty of its senior Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots have quit in quick succession, leaving the national carrier to grapple with a severe human resource crunch. The pilots who have called it quits were senior co-pilots with 4,000 h

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and Japan are this year marking their 60th anniversary, with growing cultural and business relations. Consul General Matahiro Yamaguchi met recently with Arab News Editor in Chief Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi at the newspaper’s offices and said that interaction between the two na

Petrol price on Monday was cut by Rs 2 per litre while diesel rate was reduced by 50 paise a litre - the third reduction in rates this month following global cues. The new rates will be effective from the midnight of August 31 and September 1. "Since last price change, there has been a decreas

ALKHOBAR/JEDDAH: A fire at the Saudi Aramco residential complex in Alkhobar early Sunday killed at least eleven people and injured more than 200, civil defense officials said. Some of the injured were in “critical condition” and confined at nearby hospitals, the Civil Defense Department said. It

JEDDAH: A total of 94,390 people, most of them Saudis, aged 15 to 59, are jobless because of their unwillingness to work, according to an online newspaper quoting the Central Department of Statistics and Information. Among them, 65.2 percent are Saudis and 72.7 percent women. The CDSI report, wh