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Vote for BJP if you want revenge: Amit Shah at Muzaffarnagar

LUCKNOW: BJP's general secretary and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah triggered a fresh row when he reportedly delivered a speech calling for 'revenge' in a village near riot-hit Muzaffarnagar. Describing Amit Shah's statements and speeches as provocative, the Cong

Congress slams BJP for defending Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday slammed BJP's defence of Amit Shah's "revenge" remark as "justification of communalism", putting the provocative remark alongside revelations that Babri masjid demolition was a planned conspiracy to accuse the rival of peddling a communal agenda. "This is flagrant an

BJP divisive, Left's stock dwindling, Manmohan Singh says

KOCHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the Congress alone could counter the "divisive ideology" of BJP and accused the party of unleashing a misleading propaganda that UPA government had not acted tough to contain corruption and the country's development suffered in the last 10 years.

Clerics criticize Imam Bukhari's support to Congress

LUCKNOW: Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari's open support to the Congress for the Lok Sabha election has drawn sharp criticism from the political parties and Muslim groups in Uttar Pradesh. While Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad on Saturday asserted that the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slug fest

Imam Bhukari's brother opposes support to Cong

NEW DELHI: Syed Yahya Bukhari, the younger brother of Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, on Saturday opposed the latter's decision to support Congress and accused the party of "backstabbing" Muslims. "Whatever happened under Narendra Modi in Gujarat 10-12 years ago against Muslims is k

EC bans exit poll and opinion poll

CHENNAI: The Election Commission has prohibited the publication, broadcast and telecast of the results of exit polls between April 7 and May 12 in Tamil Nadu, where the election process will be in vogue during this period. In a notification, the EC also barred the opinion polls or poll survey dur

Ecuador volcano spews 6-mile ash column

QUITO (Ecuador): Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has spewed a 6-mile (10-kilometer) column of ash after a powerful, five-minute explosion that shot pyroclastic material onto its northern and northwestern flanks. Ecuador's geophysics institute said Friday's blast occurred at 6:10pm local time and was

Chinese ship searching for missing jet detects 'pulse signal'

BEIJING: A Chinese ship involved in the Indian Ocean search for flight MH370 detected a "pulse signal" at a frequency used by aircraft black boxes Saturday, but Australia warned there was no evidence yet that it was linked to the missing plane. China's Xinhua news agency said the signal picked up

Modi will become PM, can't be compared to Vajpayee, Advani says

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will become the next Prime Minister of India but cannot be compared to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP leader LK Advani said on Saturday. "Modi will become the PM of the country ... I would not compare him (Modi) to Vajpayee

شرالی قومی شاہراہ پر لاری پلٹ گئی ؛ ایک ہلاک ۔ ایک زخمی

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 05 اپریل 14 بھٹکل / (رضوان گنگاولی) شرالی قومی شاہراہ وینکٹاپور پل کے قریب مال بردار لاری کے اچانک پلٹ جانے سے لاری ڈرائیور ہلاک جبکہ کلینر کے زخمی ہونے کی اطلاع موصول ہوئی ہے۔ڈرائیور کی شناخت جانیشورا راؤ (40) اور کلینر کی شناخت نارائن اتاپی (45) کی حیثیت سے کی گئی ہے ۔ دونوں کا ت

Indian expatriates gripped by election fever

Dubai: Indians in the UAE don’t expect to be directly impacted by the upcoming general elections in India, but said there is special interest and concern this voting season. They said a “mass hysteria” for change coupled with close competition and hard-to-predict outcomes make the latest electi

43 firms selected to provide health cover in Dubai

Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Wednesday approved 43 insurance companies to provide health cover for Dubai residents, and said the first phase of the scheme will end by October this year. “Initially, the scheme will cover 200 companies with a large number of staff,” said Dr Haidar A

With new satellite in space, India to get 'Desi GPS'

Sriharikota:  The Indian space agency made history today by launching the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV successfully 25 times in a row, bringing India one step closer to its own global positioning system or the 'desi' GPS. The 44 meter, 320 ton, PSLV rocket successfully lifted off into t

Meat exports growing in Modi’s Gujarat too, says Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi raked up the issue of meat export for the third day running on Thursday, accusing the Congress of promoting slaughterhouses in the country. The Congress retorted that Mr. Modi was indulging in doublespeak as Gujarat, too, expo

Anjuman student scores 96.33% in PU first year final exam.

04 April, 2014 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Mohammed Hashmath Raza S/o Mohammed Musheer Ahmed, student of Anjuman PU College for Boys, has scored 96.3% in the PUC I year Final Exam of year 2014. He has taken Commerce as his optional subject. Mr. Ahmed Diyab Kasimji S/O Nazeer Kas

14 to contest polls for Dakshina Kannada seat

Mangalore -- There are 15,62,321 voters in DK parliamentary constituency. With two more candidates withdrawing their nominations from the election fray on Saturday, which was the last day for withdrawing nominations, the Dakshina Kannada parliamentary constituency is left with 14 candidates who w

Dubai International takes top spot over London Heathrow

Almost two million more international passengers travelled through Dubai International than London Heathrow up until February Dubai Dubai International overtook London Heathrow as the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic just two months into the year. Almost two million mor

Indian visa, passport centre relocates in Dubai

BLS centre moved to office opposite Deira City Centre Abu Dhabi: The centre providing Indian passport and visa services at Deira in Dubai will relocate to a new address from Saturday. The relocation was confirmed in a statement by the India Embassy on Thursday. The firm, BLS International Service