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Yemen ceasefire breached as violence flares anew

SANAA, Yemen: Fierce clashes erupted between rebels and tribes backed by an army unit in a northern Yemeni city close to the capital on Friday, breaching a week-old ceasefire, a defense ministry official said, as the country's leaders said assailants were plotting to destabilize the country. The

Asus to launch ZenFone range of smartphones in India on July 9

NEW DELHI: Taiwanese manufacturer Asus will launch its ZenFone range of smartphones in India next month, sources have told TOI. The company will bring the ZenFone models unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as well as Computex in the country on July 9. The biggest model in Asus

کے،روشیا کو کرناٹک کی عبوری ذمہ داری

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 27 جون،2014 سابق ریاستی وزیر اعلی و گورنر تمل ناڈو کےروشیا کوآج کرناٹک ریاست کے گورنری کی عبوری ذمہ داری دے دی گئی۔ چنانچہ آج صدر جمہوریہ کے دفتر سے آج اعلامیہ جاری کیا گیا۔ کرناٹک کے گورنر بھاردواج کل اپنے عہدہ سے سبکدوش ہو رہے ہیں۔ یو پی اے کے دور میں بھاردواج مرکزی وزیر قانون کے ع

Biggest counterfeit Indian art controversy hits auction

BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Bid & Hammer's forthcoming auction has been assailed by what, perhaps, is the biggest controversy to come to light in the Indian art market, writes Neelam Raaj. Questions have been raised about the authenticity of several artworks by celebrated artists Rabindranath Ta

14 killed, 15 injured in gas pipeline blast in Andhra Pradesh

KAKINADA: In a major blast in a gas pipeline 14 people were burned alive and 15 others received severe burns at Nagaram village of Mamidikuduru mandal of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Friday morning. Villagers woke up to deafening noise and huge flames after the pipeline belonging t

At This Chennai Mosque, IAS Aspirants Attend Coaching Classes

Chennai:  Mohammed Ashraf spent hours at the Makkah Masjid in Chennai hoping to make it to the Indian Administrative Services. What the mosque offered was, along with prayers, a coaching institute with the best of teachers. A week ago, he became the first student of the Makkah Masjid coaching aca

UAE clarifies housemaid contract rules with embassies

Abu Dhabi/Dubai: The UAE authorities had contacted the embassies of countries that export the largest number of domestic workers about the enforcement of a new unified contract for housemaids to clarify the confusion on the new rules, an official said. A new unified contract law for domestic wo

ISIS seizes Iraqi gasfield town

BAGHDAD: ISIS took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gasfields on Thursday, another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large areas to the north and west of the Iraqi capital. Iraq's presidency said a session of parliament would be held on July 1, the first step

Woman or Machine? New Robots Look Creepily Human

The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people - almost. Japanese robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro, an Osaka University professor, says they will be useful for research on how people interact with robots and on what differentiates the pe

يمن کے ايئرپورٹ پر دہشت گردانہ حملہ

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 26جون،2014 يمن کے مشرقى شہر سيون ميں آج مشتبہ افرادنے ايک ايئرپورٹ پر حملہ کرکے اس کى عمارت کے کچھ حصوں پر قبضہ کرليا ہے۔ اس حملے ميں ايک فوجى اور دو انتہا پسند مارے گئے۔ تقريباً اسى وقت فوج کے ايک بيس کيمپ ميں ايک خودکش حملہ آور نے دھماکہ خيز مادے سے لدى ايک کار کو صدر دروازے سے ان

Ramadan 2014: Official UAE timings for services, work hours

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the timings for services during the holy month of Ramadan covering customer service centers, car parks, public buses, Dubai Metro, marine transit modes, driving institutes, and vehicles testing and registration centers. “The customer service c

بھارت کے راجدھانی ایکپریس کے حادثے میں چار افراد ہلاک

بھارت کی شمال مشرقی ریاست بہار میں چھپرا ضلع کے نزدیک ملک کی اہم ترین ٹرین راجدھانی ایکسپریس پٹری سے اتر گئی ہے۔ اس حادثے میں چار افراد ہلاک ہو گئے ہیں جبکہ 10 سے زیادہ مسافروں کے زخمی ہونے کی اطلاعات بھی ہیں۔ یہ ٹرین دارالحکومت دہلی سے شمال مشرقی ریاست آسام کے ڈبروگڑھ جا رہی تھی۔ راجدھانی ریل

مہندر سنگھ دھونی کے گرفتاری کے وارنٹ جاری

بھارت میں آندھرا پردیش کی ایک عدالت نے منگل کے روز بھارتی کرکٹ ٹیم کے کپتان مہندر سنگھ دھونی کے خلاف مبینہ طور پر ہندوؤں کی مذہبی جذبات مجروح کرنے کے الزام میں گرفتاری کے وارنٹ جاری کیے ہیں۔ مقامی صحافی دھننجے کے مطابق اننتپور کی ایک مقامی عدالت نے دھونی کو تین بار سمن جاری کیے تاہم وہ عدالت میں

واجپائی ہاؤزنگ اسکیم میں جانب داری کا الزام

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 26 جون،2014 بنگلور/گنے کے کاشت کاروں کے مسئلہ کو لے کر گذشتہ  دنوں ایوان میں دھرنا  واپس لینے والے حکومت کی یقین دہانی پر اپنا دھرنا واپس لینے والے اپوزیشن بی جے پی اور جے ڈی ایس اراکین نے آج دوبارہ ایوان میں واجپائی ہاؤزنگ اسکیم میں اپوزیشن اراکین کے ساتھ جانب داری برتنے کا الزام لگ

Monsoon time-table on Konkan Railway from July 1

MANGALORE: The monsoon time-table on Konkan Railway will come in to effect for trains leaving from originating stations from July 1. Accordingly, train 10104 Madgaon-CSTM Mandovi express will leave at 8.30am (9.30am earlier); 11004 Sawantwadi Road-Dadar Road Rajya Rani Express will leave at 5.3

Attacking govt and judiciary, ex-law officer opts out of judgeship

NEW DELHI: Accusing the government of ordering the CBI to dig up dirt on him and expressing disappointment with the judiciary for letting him down, former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium on Wednesday withdrew his consent to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. In a nine-page letter t

‘Blank cheques can land you in jail’: Dubai Police

Dubai: The long-standing practice of borrowers issuing blank cheques to lenders as guarantee of payment is one of the reasons people end up in prison, Dubai Police said on Tuesday. “We want to change people’s and companies’ mentality about cheques. Cheques should be used to fulfil monetary tran

Google announces Android One to revolutionize low-end smartphones

NEW DELHI: Google has announced Android One, a design reference platform that will enable manufacturers to build ultra-cheap smartphones with much more ease. The move could see Indian mobile device brands up the ante with stable entry-level smartphones powered by Android mobile operating system.