BENGALURU: As many as 260 prisoners across the state are keeping their fingers crossed as Independence Day approaches. The prisons department has recommended to the home department that these 260 convicts who have served more than 14 years in prison and showed good conduct be released on August 15.

TOKYO: Japan will Tuesday begin restarting its nuclear power program, officials said, after a two-year shutdown sparked by public fears following the Fukushima crisis. The restart comes more than four years after a quake-sparked tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima plant, prompting the shut

RIYADH: A large number of people gathered in Taif to offer their condolences to the family members of the youngest martyr in the Asir bomb blast on Sunday. Mamdouh Misfer Al-Harthi, 19, was the youngest among the martyrs who died in the blast at the Special Emergency Forces Mosque on Thursday. Mam

A supervolcano in the heart of America's northwest has the potential to blanket the US in a 'nuclear winter'. If it were to erupt, the Yellowstone supervolcano would be one thousand times as powerful as the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, experts claim. While it has lain dormant for more than 7

About 20,000 people with "humanitarian cases" are stranded in Gaza, waiting for the opening of the Rafah crossing between the besieged Palestinian strip and Egypt, the Gaza-based interior ministry has said. Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Bazem said on Saturday that the closure of the crossing by E

Tourism experts proposed on Friday the need to establish a tourism police department in the Kingdom, Al-Madina reported. Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Professor Mohammad Al-Thaqafi, said experts at the conference on the preservation of national heritage and tourism here, stressed the

At least 10 pilgrims died and over 50 injured early on Monday morning near Lord Shiva temple in Deoghar district of Jharkhand. Most of the injured persons have been admitted to a local hospital. Most of them are from neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. The incident happened at 4:30 am

MANGALURU: The CEO of a Seattle-based IT company, who hails from Udupi, has launched a website for his missing mother after the family exhausted all avenues to trace her. Satish Shetty's mother Malathi, 65, was reported missing from the family's ancestral home in Korgi village of Kundapur taluk o

MOSCOW: Rescuers recovered eight bodies from a reservoir outside Moscow on Sunday following the collision of a helicopter and a seaplane in midair, with one other person missing and believed also killed in the crash. “We confirm that so far the bodies of eight dead have been found,” the deputy gove

RIYADH: The minimum cost of Haj this year will be SR3,000 and the maximum will be SR11,890, Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar was quoted as saying by a local daily on Sunday. The pilgrimage charges have been divided into various categories such as low, medium, top and supreme. The cost for the top cate

JEDDAH: The well-known Saudi television personality, Saud Al-Dosari, was found dead in his house in Paris on Friday. The award-winning talk show host died of a heart attack. He was 47. As mourners took to social media to bid him farewell, many shared his last quotes. The last tweet by the popular

August 09, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: In a bid to encourage students to excel in academics, Khaleej Muslim Sharavati Council organized an award distribution function for meritorious students at Honnavar. The function witnessed participation from many notable personalities of

MANGALURU: Government schools too have a good track record of providing better education. Many dignitaries have received their education in government institutions and not in English medium schools. Therefore, parents must not hesitate or have second thoughts in sending their children to governme

NYAUNG KON VILLAGE (Myanmar): The number of people affected by flooding across Myanmar was approaching 1 million on Sunday, with waters in the low-lying southwestern delta inundating homes and forcing villagers into temporary shelters, the government said. The death toll was on the verge of topping

August 09, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A BBA student of Government First Grade College Bhatkal has alleged that a male student of the same college pulled her burqa and tried to sexually assault her in college premise. Speaking to media persons, she said that a male student

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