NEW DELHI: To counter Reliance Jio's bid to capture the 4G services market with low cost bundled handsets, telecom major Bharti Airtel is planning to launch Airtel branded smartphones for Rs 4,000 by October-November. "Airtel is in advanced stages to finalise vendors to launch dual mode 4G handse

NEW DELHI: Indian handset maker Spice has expanded its XLife smartphone series with XLife 406. The company has not officially announced the phone yet, but it has been listed on the company's official website at Rs 3,799. The smartphone competes with Lava Iris X1 Atom, Micromax Bolt A67 and Intex

JEDDAH: Nama Charity Organization in Makkah distributed Zakat Al-Fitr among 10,000 families in Jeddah by setting up a number of distribution points, a local publication has reported. Faisal bin Abdulrahman Al-Homaid, manager of Nama, said the project stems from the long experience of the organiza

17th July 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated across the country on Saturday. Areas in Kerala and coastal Karnataka including Bhatkal completed 30 fasts. Eid prayers will be held at 7.45 am

BENGALURU: Healthcare infrastructure is creaking in the city in the face of an unprecedented spiral in the number of dengue cases. Prominent hospitals are shutting their doors on fresh cases, saying they are brimming with patients. Areas within BBMP limits in the past 15 days have seen 140 positi

After six editions that generated lukewarm interest from fans, the Champions League T20 has been discontinued. The tournament's governing council, comprising representatives of the BCCI, CSA and CA, made the decision unanimously on Wednesday. According to a BCCI release, the governing council determ

This act of 'justice' will further alienate Indian Muslims Yakub Memon - the only convict sentenced to death for his involvement in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai - is reportedly set to be hanged on 30 July. The serial bombings in Mumbai which lead to the deaths of 257 people were apparently in t

The UN has said the world can end the AIDS epidemic within 15 years, but senior officials said that would only be possible by breaking the pharmaceutical industries "tight grip" on government policies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said reaching the goal would be difficult but achievable in a re

Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. Delivering the annual budget on Tuesday, Mr. Mahat said the government will train tens of thousands of people to work as carpenters, plumbers, electricians and masons. Mr. M

NEW DELHI: A school bus carrying children to a public school overturned near Kashmere Gate, ISBT on Tuesday morning. At least 10 children have been reportedly injured in the incident. The incident happened around 7.45am at a flyover near the bus terminus. The bus was heading towards Tis Hazari

MANILA: The number of people who have fallen ill after eating a batch of ‘poisoned’ candy in the Philippines has risen to nearly 2,000, authorities said Monday as they worked to identify the source of the contamination. At least 1,925 people in the southern Philippines, most of them schoolchildren,

JEDDAH: A Kingdom-based supercomputer has entered the top 10 list of the most powerful computers on the planet. The Shaheen II is based at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal. The Cray XC40 computer is the 7th most powerful machine in the world, said the Top 500 or

A foreigner, having 500,000 Kuwaiti Dinar (over INR10 crore) in his bank account, has been arrested by Kuwait police for allegedly begging. The beggar was held near a mosque in capital Kuwait City and remanded in custody. "Servicemen were patrolling the area when they saw a man standing near a

At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan's Khost province, where Afghan and foreign soldiers are stationed, authorities say. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said that the attack happened just before 7pm, when many peo

JEDDAH: There has been a drop in property prices by up to 30 percent in some parts of the country, the Housing Ministry reported recently. From the start of the year until May, deals worth SR278 billion were finalized, down 14 percent from the same period last year, a local publication reported r

MANGALURU: Department of Posts joined the financial inclusion channel to deliver financial services at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society with the first Postal ATM set up at Pandeshwar Head Post Office becoming operational on Friday. The ATM was inaugura

ہزاروں لوگ گھر چھوڑنے پر مجبور کینڈا،10جولائی(ایجنسی) کینیڈا کے 100 سے زیادہ مقامات پر شدید آگ لگی ہے، جس کی وجہ سے ہزاروں لوگوں کو اپنے گھر چھوڑ کر جانے کے لئے مجبور ہونا پڑا ہے. مقامی حکام نے کل ایک تازہ رپورٹ میں بتایا ہے کہ صرف Saskatchewan میں 118 مقامات پر آگ لگ گئی ہے، جن میں سے 20 مقامات پ

UPSC/KPSC 2015-16 Prelims. Government of Karnataka Directorate of Minorities 20th Floor, V.V.Towers, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560 001Minority candidates Application for Pre-Coaching to U.P.S.C Civil Services Examination UPSC/KPSC for the year 2015-16Last to apply:- 24/07/2015