Dammam - 13 Aug 2012:The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is one of the key issues to be discussed at the Islamic solidarity summit convened by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in Makkah on Aug. 14-15. With just two days to go for the conclave of the world's most import

Mumbai: Two people died at Mumbai's Azad Maidan after a protest over the ethnic violence in Assam turned violent. The police had to fire in the air and lathicharge the crowds after a section of them burnt vehicles, including media vans on Saturday evening. People started coming into Azad Maidan gro

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake levelled villages and damaged homes in north-western Iran on Saturday, killing at least 180 people and injuring more than 1,350 others, state TV reported. The quake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province at 4.53 p.m. local time (GMT 12.23), t

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and Emine Erdo?an, the Turkish prime minister's wife, on Friday visited Rohingya Muslims staying in the Banduba refugee camp in the Myanmar coastal state of Rakhine. Apart from the United Nations, this is the first instance of foreign aid being distributed to

Bhatkal - 09 Aug 2012: With an aim to form central committee of Anjuman Alumni Association, a meeting of Anjuman graduates was held here at Rabita Hall yesterday at 5:00 pm. In this meet a 15 member adhoc committee has been constituted which will oversee the process of formation of Central Committee

New Delhi - 09 Aug 2012 (PTI): Yoga guruBaba Ramdevon Thursday launched a three-day fast along with his supporters demanding immediate action to enact a strong Lokpal and steps to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks failing which he will announce his future strategy. Returning to Ra

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Bhatkal - 09 Aug 2012: Karnataka's renowned soap company, Karnataka Soap and Detergent Limited (KSDL) today morning launched a Soap Festival here at Bhatkal Urban Bank Hall where the people can avail products prepared from original Sandal oil. The festival will end on 16th August 2012. Speaking to r

New Delhi - 08 Aug 2012 (PTI): The Sports Ministry today offered all Olympians of the country officer's grade jobs in theSports Authority of Indiaa couple of days after champion marksman, SubedarVijay Kumar, threatened to quit the Army for being denied promotion.Sports MinisterAjay Makensaid the SAI

New Delhi - 08 Aug 2012 (PTI): The issue ofAssam violencecreated turmoil in theLok Sabhaon the first day of the monsoon session today with several opposition members storming the Well.Despite SpeakerMeira Kumaradmitting an adjournment motion by BJP on the issue, members including those of BJP, Shiv

Pasadena, California - 07 Aug 2012: TheMarsscience roverCuriositylanded on the Martian surface shortly after 10.30pm Pacific time on Sunday (1.30am EDT Monday/0530 GMT) to begin a two-year mission seeking evidence the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life,Nasasaid.Mission controllers at theJet

New Delhi - 07 Aug 2012: In what could turn out to be its calling card for the 2014 general elections, the government is finalizing a Rs 7,000 crore scheme to give onemobilephone to every family living below the poverty line.Sources in the PMO said the scheme-Har Hath Mein Phone-expected to be annou

New Delhi - 08 Aug 2012:UPA candidate Hamid Ansari was on Tuesday re-elected India's Vice President, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh. Lok Sabha secretary general TK Vishwanathan, the returning officer for the poll, made the announcement about Ansari's re-election minutes after the counting ended

Mangalore, August 7: Busting a prostitution racket, police have nabbed six persons allegedly engaged in flesh trading at an apartment in the city on Monday evening. Interestingly, all of the arrested including men and women are said to be local leaders and activists of Bharatiya Janata Party. Two am

New Delhi - 07 Aug 2012 (PTI): UPA nomineeHamid Ansariappears set to win a second term as voting in vice-presidential elections got underway on Tuesday.Ansari has the support of UPA's allies, the Left and also other parties supporting the govt from outside.A total of 788 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP

Bhatkal - 07 Aug 2012: Two Bhatkali youths were critically injured in a road accident that took place on NH 66 near Tarasi. The injured have been identified as Mohammed Rehab s/o Mohammed Ali Kadli (21) and Mohammed Raihan s/o Riyaz Shanu (21). According to the sources, they were heading towards Man

Guwahati - 06 Aug 2012: After 10 days of relative silence, violence has once again broken out in lower Assam, which was ravaged by ethnic clashes last month. Four more bodies have been recovered from the Kokrajhar and Chirang districts today, taking the toll to 63 in the ethnic clashes.Three people

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