BRUSSELS: Belgian legislators are working on a resolution to recognize a Palestinian state but the government says any timing to proceed will depend on European Union action. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said he first would push for a new EU initiative to bring Israel and the Palestin

A year ago, Amazon.com workers such as 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales walked the aisles each shift to find each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping. Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors

Bengaluru: The Kuppegala incident in Mysuru district, where some school children refused to eat midday meals as it was prepared by a dalit cook, is not an isolated event. There's rising discrimination against the scheduled castes/tribes in Karnataka according to government data. Annually, over 3,000

If you are the kind of person who has the habit of hopping across to your nearest ATM to withdraw small amounts of cash, because you cannot really rely on the use of plastic money, or are still not compatible with the idea of internet banking, there is a piece of bad news for you. You may soon re

MAKKAH (ARAB NEWS): The newly renovated and expanded mataf, the circumambulation area around the Kaaba, will be open on the ground and first floors in Ramadan, and on the top floor for next year’s Haj, a senior official has said. Faisal Fuad Wafa, chairman of the technical committee overseeing th

PARIS: France’s lower house of Parliament has voted to urge the government to recognize a Palestinian state, in the hope that speeds up peace efforts after decades of conflict. Tuesday’s French vote, approved with 339 votes to 151, is non-binding. But it is a symbolic boost for the Palestinians,

Making free phone calls over the Internet is no big deal. Apps such as FaceTime, Viber, Skype and many more let you do that. But none of these work well, or not at all, on 2G networks - which are common in India. Free Android app Nanu is here to change that. Nanu claims to be able to let you call

Kolkata: In one of the fattest pay package offered to an IITian ever in campus placements, a student of IIT Kharagpur has been offered an annual salary of over Rs 1.5 crore. IIT Kharagpur officials said the salary package was among the 163 offers made by 27 visiting companies yesterday on the fir

بھٹکلیس نیوز/ 2 دسمبر ،14 واشنگٹن/امریکا کی قیادت میں اتحادی ممالک کے طیاروں نے گذشتہ چار روز کے دوران دولت اسلامی عراق وشام (داعش) کی ایک برقی جنگی چھاؤنی سمیت پچاس سے زیادہ ٹھکانوں کو نشانہ بنایا ہے۔ امریکا کی مرکزی کمان نے پیر کو جاری کردہ ایک بیان میں بتایا ہے کہ 28 نومبر اور یکم دسمبر کے درمی

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a veteran Congressman, Abdul Rahman Antulay, widely known as A. R. Antulay, passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 85. He also served as the Union Minister for Minority Affairs in the UPA-I government. The funeral will take place at his native Ambet villag

BENGALURU: A Bogota plan is set to be replicated in namma Bengaluru to decongest the city's harrowing traffic. As a first step, all vehicular movement is likely to be banned on Brigade Road and Commercial Street, the two prominent shopping hubs in city's CBD (Central Business District) area. A si

Mangalore: Passengers had a miraculous escape after a sleeper bus travelling from Bengaluru to Manipal caught fire in the wee hours of Monday in Uppinangady police station limits. Speaking to mediapersons, SP Sharanappa said that fire erupted in the Seabird private bus, when it reached Sannampady

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said Sunday it had apprehended 392 individuals involved in the sale, promotion and smuggling of narcotics throughout the kingdom over the past two months, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Speaking at a news conference, Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour

SHANGHAI: Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China’s restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Eleven were attackers who were killed by the police, the agency said, and 14 people wer

بھٹکلیس نیوز/ یکم دسمبر ،14 گلبرگہ / ریاستی وزیر مالگذاری وی سرینواس نے کہا ہے کہ آفات سماوی فنڈ سے کرناٹک کو مرکزی حکومت سے 3212کروڑ روپیوں کی امداد وصول طلب ہے ۔ وہ آج یہاں اخباری نمائندوں سے گفتگو کر رہے تھے ، وزیر مالگذاری کابینہ کے اجلاس میں شرکت کے لئے گلبرگہ آئے ہوئے تھے اور پچھلے دو یوم سے

بھٹکلیس نیوز/ یکم دسمبر ،14 منگلورو(نامہ نگار)ریاستی وزیر برائے پرائمری و سکینڈری تعلیم کمنے رتناکر نے سمدرشی ویدیکے نگر کے وی وی کالج میں ریاستی پرائمری و ہائی اسکول تعلیم کے تعلق سے وزیر اعلی تعلیم کے ساتھ منعقد ایک خصوصی مباحثہ میں خطاب کرتے ہو ئے کہا کہ ریاست میں تعلیمی میڈیم لسانی پالیسی کے تع

JEDDAH: Umrah operators are now ready to receive online applications for visas, Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said. Hajjar said they opened up for applications on Nov. 23. He urged companies working in the field to provide the best services for pilgrims, who are their responsibility on arrival in

Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Saturday to formally present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council that will set a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state. The ministers set up a committee comprised of Kuwait, Mauritania, Jordan and Arab League chief Nabil al