CAIRO: The leading Muslim seat of learning, Al-Azhar, condemned China Friday for imposing restriction on fasting in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region during the holy month of Ramadan. China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in Xinjiang from fasting during Ramadan which began on Thu

David Cameron has warned parts of the Muslim community that “quietly condoning” anti-Western ideology is making it easier for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) to recruit in British cities. The Prime Minister issued a stark message to Muslim families and leaders that they must

June 20, 2015 | Rizwan Gangavaly | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Heavy rain, accompanied by strong wind for the last two days has caused extensive damage to properties in Coastal Karnataka. However, there were no reports of any casualty from anywhere in the district. Several electricity poles and t

Amid Saudi Arabia’s continued aggression on Yemen, the kingdom’s Grand Mufti exempts Saudi soldiers, stationed on the border with the southern neighbor, from observing regular fasting. Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh sanctioned that the soldiers break their fast during their “Jihad” against

Fatih Mehmet Karaca, the counselor of social and religious affairs in Stockholm, announced that in accordance with the Ramadan timetable prepared by Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs (DİB), the fasting period during the upcoming month of Ramadan in Sweden's northernmost cities of Kiruna and N

20th June 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A 24-year-old man was killed on spot when his bike lost control on Venkatapur bridge consequently skidding and hitting on one side of the road. The victim was identified as Parmeshwar Naik (24), a resident of Alve Kode area in Shirali.

RIYADH: Nearly 90 percent of Saudi citizens aged above 60 years suffer from osteoporosis, a condition where the bones become brittle and tend to break, according to recent studies. Experts attribute the increase in the number of osteoporosis cases in the Kingdom to reasons such as change in the lif

JAWARO (Khyber Agency, Pakistan): Chief of Army staff general Raheel Sharif has vowed to apprehend all terrorists, their facilitators and financiers in order to achieve the objective of a 'terror-free' Pakistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), general Sharif, who returned

BENGALURU: Justice Anand Byrareddy of the high court on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 500 on the Advocates Association of Bengaluru for each case that came up before him. The judge held the association responsible for causing a loss to the exchequer by asking lawyers to abstain from work. The ju

Ghaziabad: A case has been filed against Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan in a Ghaziabad court, saying they were seen covering their bodies with the national flag in a manner insulting to the nation. Complainant Chetan Dhiman in his complaint before the judicial magis

سینٹ پیٹرزبرگ،19جون(ایجنسی) سعودی عرب نے روس کے ساتھ جوہری ٹیکنالوجی کے پُرامن استعمال سمیت مختلف شعبوں میں دوطرفہ تعاون کے چھے سمجھوتوں پر دستخط کیے ہیں۔ روس اور سعودی عرب کے درمیان یہ سمجھوتے جمعرات کو سعودی نائب ولی عہد اور وزیردفاع شہزادہ محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزیز کے دورے کے موقع پر طے پائے ہی

MUMBAI:  The people of Mumbai have been asked to stay at home today after 15 days' worth of rain on Friday left the city battered and struggling to cope. Heavy rains have been forecast over the next 24 hours as well. Train services, which were badly hit due to waterlogging yesterday, have resumed.

جے پور18جون(آئی این ایس انڈیا( راجستھان کی وزیر اعلیٰ وسندھرا راجے پر مصیبت کے بادل منڈلانے لگے ہیں۔ذرائع کے مطابق للت مودی تنازع میں نام آنے پر وسندھرا راجے کو سی ایم کی کرسی گنوانی پڑ سکتی ہے۔انڈیا ٹوڈے کو ملی معلومات کے مطابق وسندھرا راجے کو للت مودی تنازع کی بھاری قیمت ادا کرنی پڑ سکتی ہے۔ذرائع

Ghaziabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad on Wednesday said educational qualifications of HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be verified as being done in the case of former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar. Prahlad, vice-president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers'

MANGALURU: Anger spilled on to the streets of Byndoor, Udupi, on Thursday following the death of Akshata Devadiga, 17, a student who died under mysterious circumstances. Hundreds of college students and others staged a protest in Byndoor and blocked the national highway. Shops in the town remained c

WASHINGTON: A young white gunman opened fire in a historically black church in South Carolina on Wednesday night killing nine African-Americans in what was said to be hate crime, one of the worst in US history. The gunman, still at large at the time of writing, reportedly spared one woman so that sh

RIYADH: The government will provide new machine-readable identity cards to expatriates from the first day of the Islamic year, or Oct. 14 this year, in a bid to fight fraud and improve the efficiency of its systems. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, launched t