BANGALORE: Did you know that the BMTC launched an initiative nearly five years ago to help curb the pollution emitted by its fleet of buses? With the Karnataka high court coming down heavily on the Karnataka State Pollution Board (KSPB) recently for not doing enough to reduce noise and air pollution

The Haj Ministry website has started accepting applications from Saudis and expatriates who wanted to make use of the low-cost Haj scheme. More than 40,000 pilgrims are expected to benefit from the low-cost Haj scheme this year, said Abdul Hameed Al-Sinani, secretary general of the Coordination C

Manama: Saudi authorities have granted more than 200,000 visas to Indian domestic helpers and labourers in one month. “Since we resumed bringing in Indian workers at the end of Ramadan, the number of visas has reached 220,000,” Ahmad Al Fuhaid, the labour ministry undersecretary for internation

KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of “direct and undisguised aggression” which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev’s forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-Moscow separatists. Ukraine’s defense minister also warned

بھٹکلیس نیوز/ یکم ستمبر ،14 بنگلور / ریاستی کابینہ میں توسیع کرنے اور کرناٹک پردیش کانگریس کمیٹی کی تشکیل جدید کے تعلق سے وزیراعلیٰ کرناٹک مسٹر سدرامیا اور صدر کرناٹک پردیش کانگریس کمیٹی ڈاکٹر جی پرمیشور 3 ستمبر کو دہلی روانہ ہوں گے ۔ اے آئی سی سی صدر شریمتی سونیا گاندھی اور کانگریس پارٹی کے دوسرے

بھٹکلیس نیوز/ یکم ستمبر ،14 ہر ا ر ے ( ایجنسی) کپتا ن ما ئکل کلا ر ک نے نا ٹ آ و ٹ نصف سنچری بنا ئی جس کی مد د سے آ سٹر یلیا نے سہ ر خی سیر یز کے چو تھے میا چ میں میز با ن ز مبا بو ے کے خلا ف پہلے بیا ٹنگ کا فیصلہ کر نے کے بعد مقر ر ہ 50 اوورس میں 9 و کٹ پر 209 رن بنا ئے۔ ز مبا بو ے نے مقر ر ہ نشا

A four-year-old boy, who was kidnapped on Saturday night, was rescued by the police within 12 hours. The Mahadevapura police on Sunday arrested two people, including an employee of the Horticulture Department, for kidnapping the boy, Nithin. The arrested are Manjunath (31), a resident of Garudach

Abu Dhabi: Indian diplomatic missions in the UAE are expected to clear a backlog in applications for passport renewal within a week after facing delays during the past three months due to a shortage of passport booklets in India. “We have started getting sufficient booklets regularly and the ba

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan vowed Sunday to protest “until the last breath” as ongoing clashes between his supporters and police outside the prime minister’s residence left three dead and hundreds injured. The violence began Saturday night after thousands of supporters of Kh

BANGALORE: After serving in police for nearly 35 years, when assistant sub-inspector V Venkatesh retired in June, he looked to lead a peaceful and happy life. Both sons working in IT firms and rent from a few houses adding to the family's income, 60-year-old Venkatesh had nothing to worry about.

GULBARGA / YADGIR / RAICHUR / BIDAR / BANGALORE: Eight people have been killed and over a hundred houses damaged following heavy rain in north Karnataka districts over the last five days. In Gulbarga district, four people have died and 138 houses partially collapsed in the last five days, officia

Dubai: More than 970,000 students will start today (Sunday) their academic year 2014-2015 in 1400 schools operating under the Ministry of Education across the UAE. This is in addition to students in private schools offering non-UAE curriculum. The Ministry of Education has confirmed the readine

We don't think it is too far-fetched to say that Xiaomi is the most talked-about new brand on the Indian tech scene today. The Chinese company has not spent any money on advertising and in fact seems pretty laid back about all the fuss it has caused by selling good phones at shockingly low prices.

College teachers will now be able to avail only two study leaves in their entire careers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) noted in its guidelines issued to all varsities recently. Also, study leaves will not be granted to college teachers, who are due to retire within five years of the dat

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Egyptian court sentencedMohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday, August 30 for inciting violence during protests last year, judicial sources said, according to Reuters. Badie had already been sentenced to

بھٹکلیس نیوز/30اگست،14 نئی دہلی(ایجنسی)کبڈی ورلڈ کپ کے پانچویں ایڈیشن کی تاریخوں میں ترمیم کے بعد اس کا انعقاد پانچ سے 15 دسمبر تک پنجاب میں کیا جائے گا۔ پنجاب کے نائب وزیر اعلی سکبھير سنگھ بادل نے سنیچر کو اس تقریب کی نظر ثانی تاریخوں کی منظوری دے دی ہے۔ مختلف ممالک کی کبڈی تنظيموں سے تايخوں میں

BANGALORE: The South Eastern Railway(SER) will continue to run Howrah-Yesvantpur-Howrah weekly premium specials till December end to clear the extra rush. As per the schedule, 18 trains will run in each direction from September 1 to December 29,2014. The trains will leave Howrah on Mondays at

Even though the Karnataka state government has made it mandatory for all ration cards holders in the State to link their Elector’s Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number with ration card number, a majority of people are still unaware of the scheme, which was launched during the second week of May. Off