NEW DELHI: Girls have again outshone boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared on Thursday. Girls have recorded a pass per centage of 88.52 per cent, while boys have a pass per centage of 78.27 per cent. "The difference be

Pre-monsoon showers continued to pound many parts of the State, affecting normal life, on Wednesday.  Somachari, 55, and his brother Rajappa, 45, died due to heavy downpour at Shiramalli in H D Kote taluk of Mysore district on Wednesday afternoon. Somachari’s wife Chandramma, their four-year-o

CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional results showed on Thursday, joining a long line of leaders drawn from the military. But a lower than expected turnout figure raised questions about Si

28 May, 2014 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Fatima Raja, daughter of  Shamveel Siddiqui and Aliya Hasnath, has outshined in the CBSE Board Examination by scoring A1 grade in all the subjects in her Class 10 examination. A young student of Carmel Senior Secondary School, Andamans,  

Leaner, a little younger, and with more women in positions of power — the incoming Council of Ministers is in some ways a change from the outgoing one. The average minister is worth over Rs. 13 crore, however, and at least 14 ministers have criminal cases against them. The average age of the n

Abu Dhabi: UAE residents will soon have the option of using their national ID cards as bank cards in financial transactions. A pilot project to use the ID card in financial transactions has been successful, a top official told Gulf News in an interview on Tuesday. The trials have prove

Jeddah will soon become a city connected by bridges and tunnels, said Mohammed Al-Buqami, Jeddah Municipality spokesman. “The city is in the process of implementing several infrastructure projects to construct more new bridges and tunnels in various areas in order to smooth traffic flow,” he said

MADRID: Hundreds of people forced their way through razor-wire barriers into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Wednesday, highlighting increasing pressure on a rare land-based route into Europe for illegal migrants. More than 1,000 stormed fences into the enclave at around 0400 GMT and

Rains brought relief from the summer heat across the State on Tuesday. However, they caused havoc in many places in the State.  In Gulbarga Rains accompanied by hailstorm, gusty winds and lightning lashed Gulbarga city and surrounding areas on Tuesday. Chandrakant Huggi of Brahmapur area died

NEW DELHI: The first Cabinet meeting of the Modi government on Tuesday decided to constitute a special investigative team (SIT) to dig out black money. The SIT will be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, M B Shah. The decision on the SIT is in compliance with the Supreme Court directive on blac

May 26, 2014 | Press Release | Bhatkallys news Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called on all Indians to be vigilant in safeguarding the secular institutions under the NDA (National Democrat

New Delhi: Narendra Damodar Modi, 63, took oath as India's Prime Minister on Monday evening. Almost 4000 people were present at the ceremony held in the forecourt of the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan. Lakhs more, including Mr Modi's mother, watched on television. Minutes after he was sworn in a

Jeddah: The Labor Ministry announced Sunday that it has finalized seven new regulations, including a law that allows expats to transfer their sponsorship onto new employers without the permission of their current sponsors. Ahmed Al-Humaidan, deputy minister for labor policies, said a working team

Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be firmly in saddle with a thumping majority in the Lok Sabha, but it will have to use special skills to win over other parties to get its legislative agenda through in the Rajya Sabha. BJP-led NDA's strength in the Upper House of Parliament does not

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have developed a new battery technology that captures waste heat and converts it into electricity. Vast amounts of excess heat are generated by industrial processes and by electric power plants; researchers around the world have spent decades seeking ways to harness

The last day of Jnana Degula, the education fair organised by Deccan Herald and Prajavani, saw a number of students and parents ready to consider opportunities in emerging courses and new fields.  Various colleges that offered such courses provided ample information to students about the same.

Bangalore: With the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates reporting a good number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)  cases, screening centres at the Bangalore and Mangalore International airports  will be opened any time now. The government of Karnataka, cognizant of the