Bangalore - A much awaited Eid Milan celebrations hosted by Bhatkal Muslim Jamaath Bangalore (BMJB) took off with great grandeur on Dec 9th at AKS convention hall Bangalore. 'As a Muslim it is our responsibility to be a role model to the whole world, by following the ways of our beloved Prophet

[caption id="attachment_16698" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Azzam Shalabi, president of Industrial Clusters program and Ralf Speth, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover Company, sign the agreement in the presence of Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah in Riyadh. (AN Photo by Khalid Al-Masry)[/ca

Dubai - Real-time database updates, scaling up of technology and certification of technicians among proposed changes Dubai: A comprehensive analysis of the vehicle testing system by a special team from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has proposed a series of changes to the process of testin

The US military will retain a “strong presence” in the Middle East despite a strategic shift to Asia, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday during a visit to Kuwait. The United States plans to deploy a majority of its naval fleet to the Asia-Pacific along with other advanced weaponry but

Withdrawal of support to government by an ‘obstinate coalition partner’ and flurry of reforms have improved India’s growth prospects in 2013, said global rating agency Moody’s on Tuesday. “...(growth prospects have improved) with a new finance minister, the withdrawal of an obstinate coalition pa

Five planes of Kingfisher Airlines have been grounded — four taken back by US-based leasing company ILFC and one confiscated by the service tax department — compounding troubles for the beleaguered carrier. Neither Kingfisher nor the lessor — International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) — offer

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels took full control of a sprawling military base on Tuesday after a two-day battle that left at least 35 government troops dead, an activist group said. It was the second major base captured in the country’s north by the rebels, who have been racking up victories in the area in

Former India captain Rahul Dravid is worried about the “skill, ability and talent” of the current crop of Indian cricketers. Dravid said the challenges Indian cricket face is from its domestic circuit, whose standards are falling. “People talk about attitude and say (the players) don’t care beca

Mumbai - 11 Dec 2012 (Reuters): Gulf carrier Etihad Airways is close to buying a 48 percent stake in debt-ridden Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines (KING.NS) for a little over 30 billion rupees, the Mumbai Mirror reported on Tuesday. A formal announcement of the deal could come around December 18

Jamnagar: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is finally be campaigning in Gujarat on the last day of campaigning for the first phase of elections. This comes shortly after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi both campaigned there. Mr Gandhi will address three rall

Islamabad: The Pakistan parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution asking the government to declare teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the target of a recent assassination attempt by the Taliban, as the "Daughter of Pakistan". The resolution was moved in the National Assembly or low

[caption id="attachment_16632" align="aligncenter" width="318"] Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday said that the State had stopped releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu since Sunday evening, File photo[/caption] BELGAUM (KARNATAKA), December 10, 2012 : The Karnataka government ha

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, December 10, 2012 (AP): The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck offshore Tuesday morning, with the epicenter 147 miles (236 kilometers) northwest of the city of Saumlaki. The quake was reported at a depth of 96 miles (155 kilometers). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Cente

(IANS) / 10 December 2012 Hundreds of billions of solar systems like ours—comprising planets, asteroids and comets—may be residing in our Milky Way galaxy, which itself may be like a drop in the ocean of galaxies, feel scientists. The rarest and largest of galaxy groupings, called galaxy cluster

[caption id="attachment_16621" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu arrive at the premier of Hindi film Talaash, directed by Reema Kagti in Mumbai in November.[/caption] Mumbai: He never allowed her to hold his hand in public but 46 years of marriag

College in India's Haryana state to fine students Rs100 for breaking the dress code New Delhi,December 10, 2012 (AFP) : The Adarsh Women’s College in Haryana state, 110km west of New Delhi, said students would be fined 100 rupees (1.8 dollars) each time they broke the dress code.Picture used for

Doha - 10 Dec 2012: A six-year-old Indian boy drowned in a swimming pool at a recently built villa compound in Abu Hamour on Friday. The victim, identified as Thomas Nettickaden, was the son of Anshu Thomas Nettickaden, who is the sales manager at the Doha office of a UAE-based company, located i

New Delhi - 10 Dec 2012 (PTI): The disclosure that global retail giant Wal-Mart had spent about Rs 125 crore in the last four years to lobby with US lawmakers kicked up a political storm here with opposition creating pandemonium in the Rajya Sabha and promising to create further trouble tomorrow.