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Bhatkal Premier League continues into third week
Dubai - The third week of Danube Bhatkal Premier League saw four matches being played out on Friday at the Fair Ovals Ground in Dubai International Academic City. Champs, Sailors, Chargers and Challengers registered a win in their matches. The first match of the day was played between Marhaba
Scholarship for minorities an affirmative action: Guj HC
Ahmedabad, Feb 15 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court today upheld by a majority verdict the constitutional validity of the Centre's pre-matric minority scholarship scheme, saying that it was "affirmative action" and not a discriminatory scheme. It also said that such a scheme would be permissib
150-foot asteroid misses Earth, makes closest known flyby
Cape Canaveral (Florida): A 150-foot (46-meter) cosmic rock hurtled safely past Earth on Friday. It was the closest known flyby for a rock of its size, passing within 17,000 miles (27,357 kilometers). That's closer than some satellites. The flyby occurred just hours after a much smaller me
Micromax A116 Canvas HD selling 25 units per minute
Micromax had recently launched its A116 Canvas HD smartphone. The smartphone was available for pre-booking from company's website and through the deal site snapdeal.com, and a total of 9,000 units were sold out in just 24 hours. As per company's claims this smartphone is being booked at a pace o
Petrol prices hiked by Rs 1.50 a litre, diesel by 45 paise
New Delhi: Prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked effective midnight. While diesel prices have been increased by 45 paise per litre, the price of petrol has been increased by Rs 1.50 per litre. This hike does not take into account local sales tax or value added tax (VAT), so the effective
Diploma Courses In India
Era in which we are living today is better known as the era of technology, which is moving rapidly every day. So, as to be in this race one requires to be updated with all essential information, different Diploma Courses in India, which is becoming popular these days plays a vital role in the same.
Murdeshwar : Miscreants threw stones at moving car
Murdeshwar – Two unidentified miscreants threw stones at moving car here at Murdeshwar highway near Kamath Hotel. The incident occurred at around 11:00 pm yesterday near Kamat Hotel when two bike riders pelted stones at maruti car and disappeared from the scene. According to the sources, Abdul G
Now, a PC that can recovers itself from crashes
LONDON: Researchers have created a computer, which can immediately recover from crashes by repairing corrupted data. University College London computer scientist Peter Bentley and Christos Sakellariou invented the device, which has been dubbed a "systemic" computer, in which information is marrie
Govt to scrap Rs 3,546 crore Finmeccanica chopper deal
NEW DELHI: The Rs 3,546 crore deal for 12 AgustaWestland AW-101 helicopters is going to be scrapped. The defence ministry (MoD) on Friday initiated action for cancellation of the contract inked in February 2010. It issued a formal show-cause notice to the UK-based subsidiary of Finmeccanica to e
'The end of the world?': Terror over Russian meteor, around 950 injured
[caption id="attachment_26266" align="alignnone" width="100"] Russia Meteor[/caption] MOSCOW: "I was driving in the car across the square. Suddenly the square lit up with a bright, bright light, not a normal light," said Chelyabinsk resident Vasily Rozhko. Witnesses of the falling meteor over
مرڈیشور قومی شاہراہ اوپر چالتی کارے ور فاترا ماری
مرڈیشور قومی شاہراہ اوپر چالتی کارے ور فاترا ماری بھٹکلیس نیوز / 15 فروری 13 بھٹکل / (رضوان گنگاولی) بھٹکل تعلقہ چے مرڈیشور قومی شاہراہ ور کال راتی قریب 11:00 گھنٹار دون نامعلوم بائک سوارا طرفین ایک ماروتی/800 کارے اوپر فاترا ماری کرون وینڈو اسکرین فوڑوچی تازہ واردات پیش یؤن اشے ، اطلاعات مطابق آر
Video: Butchers cash in on Europe horsemeat scandal
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Saudi Arabia: Drive ensures iqamas mention correct jobs
[caption id="attachment_26238" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Finger printing at the passport department. (AN Photo)[/caption] The Ministry of the Interior has ordered provincial governorates to record the actual jobs held by expats in their iqamas, according to an official at the Ministry of L
Horse meat row: Officials keeping a close watch
The horse meat scandal that is spreading in Europe has prompted authorities in Dubai to take precautions to ensure the safety of the processed meat products imported to the emirate. Following the detection of horse meat in beef burgers, many European countries have withdrawn meat products from th
Horsemeat scandal: KSA alert
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="580"] A laboratory worker prepares beef burger for DNA extraction testing at Staffordshire Scientific Services in Stafford, central England. (Reuters)[/caption] The Saudi Food and Drug Authority is set to take a number of global meat companies off the Kin
South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd Test, Day 1: Statistical highlights
Cape Town Test - first day's highlights: # Graeme Smith is leading South Africa in his 100th Test - the 101st overall. (He had led ICC World XI vs Australia at Sydney in October 2005). # Misbah-ul-Haq's first duck as captain is his fifth in Tests. # Misbah-ul-Haq is averaging 47.87 agai
Micromax launches new Android phone for Indian market
The Indian handset maker Micromax has launched Bolt A35 smartphone in the Indian market. This smartphone will run on Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) and is available in the market for Rs. 4,250. Micromax Bolt A35 comes with 10.1-cm full capacitive touch screen and is powered by 1GHz processor.
Samsung launches REX 60, REX 70, REX 80, REX 90 phones in India
Samsung has launched a series of 'smart feature phones' under the moniker of REX. The four touch-screen, dual-SIM models, REX 60, REX 70, REX 80, REX 90, under the series, have been priced between Rs. 4,280 and Rs 6,490. All the phones support Smart Dual SIM allowing users to receive calls on