KARACHI:  Pakistan today released 113 Indian fishermen lodged in a jail here in a goodwill gesture, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to greet him on the holy month of Ramzan. "We have got orders from Islamabad that the fishermen have been re

واشنگٹن،18 جون (آئی این ایس انڈیا( امریکی وزارت خزانہ کے اعلان کے مطابق وزارت دس ڈالر مالیت کے کرنسی نوٹ پر خاتون کی تصویر شائع کریں گی۔ سو برس کی مدت میں یہ پہلا موقع ہو گا کہ امریکی کرنسی نوٹوں پر مشہور مرد سیاستدان کے بجائے کسی خاتون کی تصویر شائع ہونے جا رہی ہے۔ وزارت کا مزید کہنا تھا کہ ابھی

MUMBAI:  Train services have been severely hit in Mumbai and schools have been closed after heavy rain lashed Mumbai overnight. (See pics) With the weather department forecasting heavy showers over the next 24 hours and a high tide of 4.60 metres around 2 in the afternoon, the Brihanmumbai Munici

“Damage to India’s ethos may be irreversible; violence against and Sangh Parivar threats to religious minorities mounts; government targets education, social sector, dissent, media, science & culture are the highlights of the ‘One Year of Narendra Modi government’” New Delhi: “At least 43 dea

Bahrain said on Thursday it had seized explosives and bomb-making materials earmarked for use in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia in what it described as an Iranian attempt to use Bahraini borders as a base for attacking targets in the region. Police chief Major-General Tariq al-Hasan said th

Nine people have been shot dead at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, and a hunt is under way for a white gunman. Police described the attack at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church as a "hate crime". They issued surveillance images of the suspect and s

18th June 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A 64-year-old man, identified as Ibrahim Khan Pathan, a resident of Maghdoom Colony in Bhatkal, has been killed in a crash involving school tempo near Eidgah. The collision happened on Bunder Road near Eidgah diversion at about 01:30 pm

SEOUL: North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency said the drought has caused about 30 percent of its rice paddies to dry up. Rice plants normally need to be partially submerged in water d

MADINAH: Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman has announced that the Ramadan cannon would be used again after 22 years. Maj. Gen. Abdulhadi Al-Shahrani, director general of the city’s police, has confirmed that it would be back in use during this month, a local publication reported recently. Th

BENGALURU: It was a day of anxiety, frustration and disappointment for CET candidates who attempted the online trial option entry, as the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) website crashed on Wednesday. Mahesh M, manager of a private company who took the day off work to help his anxious daught

The United States military is made up of honorable men and women from a variety of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Yet out of an active-duty military force of 1.4 million, only three observant Sikh men serve in the U.S. armed forces, according to NPR. The small percentage of active Si

عرب امارات،17جون(ایجنسی) متحدہ عرب امارات انٹرنیٹ اور سوشل میڈیا کے ذریعے دوسرے افراد کو گالم گلوچ اور نازیبا الفاظ کی ادائی پر سخت سزا اور بھاری جرمانہ عاید کرنے سے متعلق قانون سازی پر غور کر رہی ہے۔ متذکرہ جرم کی پاداش میں ڈھائی لاکھ اماراتی درھم [یعنی 68000 ہزار امریکی ڈالر] جرمانہ اور قید کی سز

17, June 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: The qazis of Bhatkal announced the onset of Ramadan on Wednesday evening shortly before Isha prayers after reports of Crescent moon sightings from Kapad, near Calicut. Taraaweeh prayers were held in all masjids of Bhatkal with religious vig

Dubai: An Indian scholar has launched an Urdu mobile application for smartphone users which provides information related to Haj and Umrah pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia. Najeeb Qasmi said the app is in unicode format which allows users to copy and share any information related to Haj and Umrah pilgr

There's some good news for property buyers who are apprehensive of being cheated by private builders, developers and housing societies using forged documents, through false promises or by not having the required approvals. The Karnataka government plans to set up a new regulatory framework for the p

JUBA: A quarter of a million children face starvation in war-torn South Sudan, with an end to the 18-month conflict as distant as ever, the expelled UN aid chief warned Tuesday. “Six months ago, we thought that violence and suffering had peaked and that peace was on the horizon. We were wrong,” sai

JEDDAH: The Kingdom loses about SR20 billion each year from more than 500,000 traffic accidents, according to a local academic. Abdullah Al-Rubaish, president of the University of Dammam, said that more than 30 percent of the beds at the Kingdom’s hospitals are occupied by patients injured in accid