Bhatkal - 15 April 2012: Several parts of Uttara Kannada district is witnessing water shortage as a result of hot summer. Due to this, people have to visit far places to get a bucket of water. Addressing this issue, State Education minister and district in-charge minister Mr Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri

Bhatkal - 15 April 2012: Bhatkal Block Congress Committee will hold its General Meeting on 21st April here in Bhatkal to discuss various issues including strengthening of party in Uttara Kannada district. This was announced by District General Secretary, Mr Jagadish Tengeri here at a press meet held

The Supreme Court in its verdict on Thursday said that the Right to Education Act 2009 will not be applicable to schools run by minority communities and schools which are not aided by the Government. Reacting to the order the Archbishop of Bhopal, Leo Cornelio said that those students who have alrea

New Delhi - 15 April 2012 (PTI):The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a "once in a lifetime" affair as against the existing policy of "once in five years". In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the gov

Mumbai - Two mild earthquakes, measuring 4.5 and 4.9 on the Richter scale, shook Gujarat and Maharashtra on Saturday, a top weather official said. The first tremor was felt at 8.53am in Gujarat with the epicentre in Bhuj, said director, weather forecasting, west, Rajeev Nair. Barely two hours later,

DUBAI - The mother is the first school from which children gain notions about their surroundings, and Muslims bear witness that woman is as vital to life as man himself. This was affirmed in a lecture delivered by Sheikh Muhammed Al-Shareef from Canada on the second day of the three-day Dubai Inter

New Delhi - With theSupreme Courtbringing all recognized schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the government will have to boost spending on its flagship programme to meet the estimated Rs 2.3 lakh crore needed to fund the initiative over 2010-2014.RTE has been plagued with fund shortfalls

Lucknow - 12 April 2012: Imam of Masjid Al Aqsa, Akramah Abdullah Sayeed Al Sabri today after-noon paid visit to India's famous Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Nadvatul Ulama here in Lucknow. On this occasion while interacting with the students he highlighted the importance of education. He advised th

DUBAI(Wam)- The second edition of the Dubai International Peace Convention begins today with the objective of sharing ideas and solutions that help cultivate a peaceful world in which the concepts of equality and moderation urged by the Islamic religion are respected. This event, being held under th

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a watch for much of the

Bhatkal - Mysore University awarded gold medal to Moulvi Osama S/o. Late Moulana Iqbal Barmawar for scoring highest marks in Arabic paper of MA (Urdu) Examination conducted by the University in the year 2010-11. He received his gold medal from Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr D V Sadananda Gowda at a fu

Sindhanur (Raichur dist), April 10, 2012: Twelve people were killed, 11 of them on the spot, in a head-on collision between a lorry and an ambulance near Dadesugur in the taluk in the wee hours of Tuesday. Gangamma, another victim, died during treatment at a hospital in Bellary. The victims, laboure

Airports Authority India-Recruitment Drive for-"Junior Executive"-"B.E/B.Tech/M.Sc"- Rs.16,400-62,000/month-Last Date: 30 April 2012 JOB POSTED DATE: 3/4/2012 COMPANY NAME: Airports Authority India COMPANY-PROFILE: Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came in

Wealth of 36 Arab billionaires increased by $3.7 billion (Dh13.58 billion) to $121.3 billion (Dh445 billion) last year as compared to $117.6 billion in the previous year with Saudi prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud topping with a fortune of $18 billion. After prince Alwaleed, Lebanese-Brazilian billi

The Saudi labour ministry has completed a study on prospects of cancelling the current individual sponsorship system to replace it with recruitment companies, Arab News has reported, citing an unnamed source. The study, which took five years to complete, will be presented to the Council of Ministers

A special fast track court here on Monday convicted 23 persons of murder, conspiracy and abetment to murder and acquitted 23 others in the 2002 Ode communal riot massacre in Gujarat. District and Sessions Court judge Poonam Singh said the quantum of punishment would be announced on April 12. The Od

LEAD Trust, Bangalore, is conducting LEAD Talent Search Examination (LTSE) 2012 on Sunday, 22nd April 2012 in Karnataka and AP. The exam is open for all students who will/have completed 10th std in 2012 and have scored more than 70% (80% in Maths and Science) in the 9th standard and wish to pursue

Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju, Chairman of the Press Council of India, has given the young chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav strange advice "to study Chanakya's principles". It is as if to advise him to run the affairs of his government in the light of these principles. But in fact he