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NRI student died in a tragic road accident in Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Jubail, Saudi Arabia: A young boy named Zakariya, who basically hails from Raichuru, Karnataka passed away in a tragic road accident in Jubail on 22nd Feb.  He was an eighth standard  student of  International Indian School,  Jubail. Zakariya, the only son of  Riyaz, who is presently working at S

Kuwait MP calls for deportation of 1.4 million expats

Dr Khalil Abdullah's proposal would see 280,000 a year leave country over next 5 years Manama: A Kuwaiti lawmaker has called for the deportation of 280,000 expatriates per year for the next five years to help address the imbalanced demographic in the country. “There is a critical need to find solu

UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria

UNITED NATIONS: The UN security council united for the first time on a resolution on Syria's humanitarian crisis Saturday, demanding that President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition provide immediate access everywhere in the country to deliver aid to millions of people in desperate need.

New interchange to ease Sharjah traffic woes

Sharjah: The newly built Fifth Industrial Interchange — the National Paints bridge — in Sharjah was opened on Saturday, easing traffic on Mohammad Bin Zayed Road. The expansion works on the congested highway, which links Dubai with Sharjah and other Northern Emirates, began a couple of years ag

India witnessing NGO boom, there is 1 for every 600 people

NEW DELHI: For a country which till recently had a weak civil society movement, India is now witnessing a boom in the NGO sector. With a population of 1.2 billion, the country could well be the land of opportunities for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with the Central Bureau of Investigation c

Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic

London:  Death of the comma? One of the most commonly used elements of written English - the humble comma - could be abolished as a punctuation mark without doing much damage to the language, a US academic has suggested. Professor John McWhorter, an associate professor of English and comparative

Now, learn Kannada by logging on to websites

If you want to learn Kannada and have fun doing it, just log in to the many websites and become a guru. If knowing two languages is like possessing a second soul, then in our increasingly global village, all of us would have multiple souls. While learning a language can be done in many ways, from c

WhatsApp service down, three days after Facebook deal

WhatsApp’s 450 million worldwide users were unable to access the smartphone free-messaging service for several hours on Saturday, three days after Facebook declared it was lavishing up to $19 billion on it. “Sorry we currently experiencing server issues. We hope to be back up and recovered shortl

Pay hike for teachers: Adec says new guidelines can be model for all UAE schools

The education regulatory body in Abu Dhabi has framed a new guideline that will revise public school teacher pay scales based on their performance. This, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) explains, will be gradually introduced in public schools, and could be a model that the private schools

The forgotten inheritance of Azad

Maulana Azad’s Islam was much more accommodative than the contemporary rigid and combative Islam BY : S. IRFAN HABIB It was on this day in 1958 that Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away. It was not merely the death of an extraordinary human being but also the death of an idea that sparkled for

Oldest MP retires after seven decades in politics

94-year-old Rishang Keishing retires after 7 decades in politics It was close to 5p.m. The sun had started setting and in an hour, there would be darkness all around. A man stood silently, taking in the surroundings of a place he had been a part of, on and off, since 1952. A place he said he woul

Kharge to flag off three trains on Sunday

Railway Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge will flag off three trains, including the DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) Service from Thokur to Bhatkal here on Sunday. The Minister will flag off Mangalore Central-Madgaon daily intercity, Mangalore Central-Kacheguda bi-weekly express besides the DEMU

Mini Vidhana Soudha mute spectator to passing deadlines

Project cost has risen to Rs. 7.5 crore in the past seven years Seven years on, the light at the end of the tunnel still appears as a faint, distant spot. During the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Mini Vidhana Soudha in the city in August 2007, the then Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswam

Hindu couples should have five children: VHP leader Ashok Singhal

Bhopal, February 22: Vishwa Hindu Parishad convenor Ashok Singhal said here on Saturday that unless conversions were stopped immediately, the day would not be far off when Hindus would be reduced to a minority in this country. Addressing a press conference, he said it has become "imperative"

The 20-km free Wi-Fi zone in Patna is world's longest

PATNA: If you have an internet-enabled device and you are anywhere on the stretch from NIT-Patna on Ashok Rajpath to Danapur, you can now access the internet free of cost. Once known as a backward state, Bihar has made a strong bid for a mention on the world's infotech map as chief minister Nitis

طیاروں میں کھڑکیوں کی جگہ کھلا اسکرین

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 22 فروری، 14 سپرسونک طیارے تیار کرنے والی ایک کمپنی نے کہا ہے کہ وہ جہازوں کی دیواروں میں کھڑکیوں کی جگہ سکرین لگانے کا منصوبہ رکھتی ہے۔طیارے کے باہر لگے ہوئے کیمرے سے لی گئی تصویریں اس سکرین پر نظر آئیں گی۔ مسافر ان تصاویر کو مدھم یا تبدیل کر سکیں گے۔طیارہ ڈیزائن کرنے والی کمپنی سپا

IPL set to embark on African safari again!

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Five years after it created an unforgettable buzz in South Africa, the money-churning Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to return to Nelson Mandela's country once again. The inability of the government to provide security for the T20 event due to general elections has force

AirAsia India clears final hurdle

NEW DELHI: Flying may get affordable, once again. The Tata Sons-AirAsia JV crossed the final hurdle on Friday with DGCA disposing of all the objections against the proposed low-cost carrier (LCC). The new LCC may get the licence within a fortnight and start flying soon. The DGCA had received abou