NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Advocate Shubha Shankarnarayan, sentenced to life for murdering her fiance, has been granted bail on Monday by the Supreme Court. The top court granted the bail after Shubha's counsel contended that she had spent 52 months in jail, while her fellow accused have been granted b

NEW DELHI: Flooding in eastern India has killed 45 people and displaced more than 300,000 in the past week, a senior official said Monday, adding that water levels were now gradually receding. Residents have been sheltering in relief centers in Orissa since being evacuated from their homes when tor

Sharjah: More than 300 illegal residents were arrested during June and July as part of a police campaign launched in the emirate to stem loitering in public places, Sharjah Police said. The 370 suspects were of various nationalities. The police said those caught had entered the country illegall

GENEVA: The UN has named three experts to an international commission of inquiry into possible human rights violations and war crimes committed by both sides during Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. William Schabas, a Canadian professor of international law, will head the panel whose o

MANGALORE: The woes of passport applicants standing outside braving harsh weather elements should come to a close within a fortnight.' The Passport Seva Kendra officials have assured MLC Ivan D'Souza that the necessary arrangements would be done so that passport applicants need not stand outside

JEDDAH: Several construction firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are hiring expat workers who failed to legalize their work status in the Kingdom. Several cities in the UAE have benefited from the existence of these laborers-in-limbo thanks to huge, pending mega-infrastructural projec

Dubai: The UAE is free from the Ebola virus and the Ministry of Health (MOH) is taking preventive and precautionary measures in line with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) regulations to keep the disease at bay, according to a WAM report. Dr. Amin Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of the M

DOHA: A lasting truce must lead to the lifting by Israel of its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal told AFP in Doha. The 72-hour cease-fire Hamas reached with Israel on Sunday “is one of the ways or tactics to ensure successful negotiations or to facilitate the delivery of human

Speculation was rife on Sunday that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee may be named for the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. Though the government has not officially announced it, rumour mills started soon after it became known that the Home

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An exuberant Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who completed 75 days in office on Saturday, hit back at his detractors, both local and global, by justifying the tough decisions taken by his government in the interest of the people.  Speaking at the BJP National Council meeting, the first mega party c

The Arkavathi Layout issue has caused a flutter in the government, the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other stakeholders, including site owners. The layout that was planned by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to provide plots to 8,813 people is in the eye of the storm. Si

Dubai: Bachelors who share accommodation say that despite being evicted, they continue to dodge municipal rules by relocating to another neighbourhood. According to a 1999 municipal rule, it is illegal for bachelors to share accommodation in family-friendly non-freehold areas. One of the main p

BAGHDAD: Islamic State insurgents who seized Iraq’s biggest dam in an offensive that has caused international consternation have brought in engineers for repairs, witnesses said on Saturday, as nervous Kurds stocked up on arms to defend their enclave nearby. The fighters have captured wide swathe

Apple will unveil the iPhone 6 on September 9, multiple reports said on Tuesday. The date is almost in-line with a mid-September timeline that has been expected for the announcement, though it contradicts another recent report that had predicted an October launch. If true, the launch date would c

بھٹکلیس نیوز ؍ ۹ اگست،۲۰۱۴ بھٹکل ؍ (نامہ نگا) ریاست کرناٹکا کے باگل کوٹ ضلع میں پیش آئےبور ویل کے حادثہ کے بعدپوری ریاست میں سرکار نے حکمنامہ جاری کرتے ہوئے خراب اور کھلے پڑے بور ویل کو بند کرنے کو کہا ہے اور اس اس کی نگرای کی ذمہ داری گرام پنچایت کے پی ،ڈی ، او کو سونپی گئی ہے ۔ ریاست کےاکثر جگہوں

BANGALORE: It is high time the government woke up from its deep slumber and recognized competence and merit in promoting individuals to higher posts of authority, the Karnataka High Court said. "Competence has been given a back seat and incompetence has been favoured by the state and its authorit

New Delhi:  Inflation cannot be controlled in a day and the situation on the ground has improved: This was what Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a group of parliamentarians from four southern states when they met him yesterday. It was also the first time Mr Modi spoke out on the subject that has la