Every year more than a hundred thousand Muslims from India go for Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and mandatory for those who can afford it. During 1970s more than a thousand-year old preferred mode of travel for Indian hajis, the ships were discontinued and Air India was given the monopoly o

BEIJING: A woman was killed after she plunged through flooring over an escalator in a Chinese department store, reports said on Monday, thrusting her toddler to safety as she fell to her death. Xiang Liujuan, 30, was holding her son in front of her as they went up the stairway on Saturday, the Wuha

It was a decade ago on a Sunday that former president A P J Abdul Kalam gave a 60-minute PowerPoint presentation to 300 legislators of Karnataka and a host of special invitees on how to take the state forward. Addressing the special joint session of the state legislature on November 21, 2005, to

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Labor was able to increase the number of Saudi women employees from 70,000 to 428,000 during the past four years, Abdul Munim Al-Shehri, assistant undersecretary for special programs, has said . The ministry is now working on a comprehensive survey for female shops in the Ki

An Urdu version of Whatsapp will soon be available on the Android platform, Whatsapp Translation Administrator Ahsan Saeed announced on Monday. The translation process started three years ago, while the final moderation process took three months, Saeed told The Express Tribune, adding that the wh

New DELHI: Panasonic has launched a new entry-level smartphone in India, T33. Priced at Rs 4,990, the smartphone sports a 4-inch WVGA display. Offering support for as many as 21 Indian regional languages, Panasonic T33 is part of the growing brigade of multi-lingual smartphones. As for design,

Shillong, Jul 27 (IANS): Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who won popular acclaim as India's president from 2002 to 2007, died here on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong. "Kalam is no more," Meghalaya Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri told IANS, shortly after the 8

Bhatkal:  1060 quintals (1,60,000 kgs) of fitra rice was collected by Fitra Committee of Bhatkal, this year, and distributed on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr to deserving families of Bhatkal, Honnavar, Shiroor, Kundapur and nearby places. Speaking at a function organized at Ali Public School, Bhatkal, t

27th July 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: The election of new office bearers of Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen has been completed. Given below are the names of the newly elected office bearers: President: Abdul Rahim Jukaku Vice President I: Abdul Rahim Damudy Vice President II: Abdul

MANGALURU: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) joined the select band of airports in the country to offer free Wi-Fi allowing passengers quick and easy access to email, social networks and entertainment content. The service will be free for 30 minutes and thereafter will be charged at as pe

Emiratis will not be given any additional support to offset the expected changes in the cost of living due to the deregulation of fuel prices in the UAE from August 1. The Ministry of Energy has put an end to speculations that the increase in fuel prices may see 'additional services' being offere

PYONGYANG: North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked today's anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War more than six decades ago. Pyongyang and

In a suspected Fidayeen attack, terrorists in army uniforms resorted to indiscriminate firing in Punjab's Dinanagar town, leaving at least one person dead and seven injured, including police officials. The town is close to the border of Jammu and Kashmir state. It is about 235 km from Chandigarh.

Clashes have broken out between Israeli police and a group of Palestinian worshipers after the regime’s forces stormed the holy al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem). On Sunday morning, the Israeli troopers forced their way into the sacred Muslim site by

امریکی وزیر خارجہ جان کیری اگلے ماہ قطر کا دورہ کریں گے، جہاں وہ ایران سے طے ہونے والے جوہری سمجھوتے کے بارے میں، خلیج تعاون تنظیم کے ساتھ بات چیت کریں گے، جس تنظیم نے خطے میں ایران کے بڑھتے ہوئے اثر و رسوخ پر اپنی تشویش کا اظہار کیا۔ کیری نے جمعے کے روز کہا کہ وہ دوحہ جائیں گے، جہاں وہ اس گروپ کے

ماچس کی تیلیاں آگ جلانے کے کام تو آتی ہی ہیں، لیکن ارجنٹائن سے تعلق رکھنے والے ایک آرٹسٹ نے اب ان نازک لکڑی کی تیلیوں سے حیرت انگیز ماڈلز تیار کرتے ہوئے، ان کا انوکھا استعمال شروع کر دیا ہے۔ 63سالہ یہ ماہر آرٹسٹ ماچس کی تیلیوں کو گُلو سے چپکاتے ہوئے انتہائی باریک بینی اور احتیاط سے دیوہیکل بحری

A fire broke out at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) installation in the early hours in Delhi on Saturday, killing a force personnel and damaging numerous official records and goods. Officials said the incident occurred about 3 am when a fire was reported from the 4th floor of the Electronic

BEIJING: Easing rules for foreign students to attract global talent, Chinese financial hub Shanghai has approved the first work permit for an international student who has just graduated doing away with mandatory two year experience. The new policy do away with the requirement of at least two yea