28 September, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: BMJD is going to hold a grand get-together program for community members on 13th of November 2015, informed program convener Mohammed Yusuf Barmawar speaking to media persons in a press meet. The get-together function will be organi

RIYADH: “If my denunciation came from an imbecile, it is a testimony to my perfection,” is how the Twitter hashtag that defends the Kingdom and its services offered to the guests of God started. Three hours after the setting up of the hashtag, it collected more than 100,000 spontaneous tweets that

MANGALURU: Manipal Hospitals, a part of Manipal Health Enterprises, entered the 'India/ Asia Book of Records' by organizing largest free heart screening event by a hospital chain on a single day assessing 10,732 people across its units on the account of 'World Heart Day'. The screening was conduc

MINA: The death toll of Indian pilgrims in last week's horrific stampede during Haj rose to 35 today as authorities identified 13 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. "Unfortunately, there are six more Indians taking the toll to 35," ext

September 27, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A boat that went for fishing off Tenginagundi coast in Bhatkal on Saturday capsized in the Arabian Sea because of the rough sea due to the high tides. The boat owner incurred a loss of Rs 5 lakhs, however there were no casualties. T

JEDDAH: As the probe into the stampede in Mina continues, an Iranian official has confirmed that a group of 300 Iranian pilgrims coming from the opposite direction caused the crush, according to media reports quoting Iranian sources. Quoting the Iranian official, Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publica

People around the world are watching the skies to observe a rare celestial event, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon". A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky. The eclipse - which made the Moon ap

SAN FRANCISCO/SYDNEY: The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have hit stores around the world, kicking off what is expected to be a record weekend of sales as customers scrambled to buy Apple Inc's marquee product in pink for the first time. Eager buyers -- joined by at least one robot -- flocked to Apple sto

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has used a speech at the UN to call for an investigation into Thursday's stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The incident is the deadliest to hit the Hajj in 25 years, with 769 people dead, more than 130 of them from Iran. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Min

Sri Lanka Navy on Thursday said it has arrested six Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in Lankan waters. The Navy said it assisted the Sri Lankan coastal guards in the seas off Kovilan Point to nab the fishermen last night. “When the arrest was made the Indian fishermen had been fishing 3.

MAKKAH: Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih on Saturday said the number of pilgrims who died in Thursday’s stampede in Mina has risen to 769. Al-Falih said the number of injured has also jumped to 934, of which many are still confined in hospitals. “The latest statistics up to this hour reveal

MINA: Pilgrims streamed out of Mina after performing the ritual stoning of the devil for one last time on Saturday. There was no respite from the hot weather and the mercury hovered around 45 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. The pilgrims had poured into the Jamrat Complex since morning to per

Eight more deaths of Indian Haj pilgrims were announced by the government on Saturday, taking the toll to 22 in Thursday's tragedy near Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The number of deaths going up was not ruled out with more bodies yet to be identified. In the latest announcement, made on Saturday even

Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood President, Zakat Foundation of India ZakatIndia.org On 11 and 24 September 2015 two incidents occurred in the Muslim sacred Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia causing death of 935 Haj pilgrims and grievous injury to 1,257. Including these, from 1975 till date, 14 mishaps have occ

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 2016 for Windows desktop platform. Used by more than 1 billion people worldwide, Office is not only the most popular productivity suite available on the planet, it is also one of the biggest revenue channels for the company. Microsoft dro

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who are looking for a job back home are likely to get more offers now than the past few months. According to latest reports, vacancies are on the rise now after the lull seen in the job market since February of this year. Findings by jobs website TimesJobs RecruiteX

KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine's prime minister says Russian airlines will be banned from flying into the country, the latest attempt to put pressure on Russia as the conflict in eastern Ukraine grinds on. Ukraine also will ban Russian planes from using Ukrainian airspace for transit flights if the plane