Washington - 26 Aug 2012: US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took agiant leap for mankindwhen he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday.Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the fam

New Delhi - 25 Aug 2012 (PTI): Rubbishing the no loss argument of the government in the coal block allocations, BJP today made it clear that it is in no mood to allow Parliament to function till its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation is met."A nation wide debate is on on this iss

Bhatkal - 24 Aug 2012: After a hectic search operation which started from Murdeshwar by local residents with the help of fisherman and coastal security police, the dead body of Moulvi Ismail Ruknuddin was finally recovered on Friday evening from the place where he was reportedly drowned. According t

Bhatkal - 24 Aug 2012: Bhatkali youth identified as Moulvi Mohammed Ismail (35) s/o Abdul Rahim Ruknuddin drowned while swimming in the Jali Sea. According to the sources, a group of 15 people from Magdoom colony went for a picnic at Jali beach. In the evening 3 of them have decided to enter the Sea

According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Communication, it has been decided to revise the permissible limit of "bulk SMS/MMS to 20 in place of five with immediate effect"."The other conditions will remain the same," it added.The decision to put a cap on the number of SMSes was taken aft

"The truth is that the media is biased against some communities. It's surprising that the recent killing of Sikhs in a gurudwara in the US has got more media coverage than the death of 70 people in Assam." This extract from the brief letter of Subrata Mukherjee (Delhi) in The Hindustan Times (13 Au

MUMBAI: (TNN) Samajwadi Party state president and MLA Abu Azmi on Wednesday announced a Rs 2-crore award if Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray proved that his voters in Govandi-Shivaji Nagar included Bangladeshis. Thackeray had alleged that Azmi won the assembly elections with Bangladesh

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Bhatkal - 21 Aug 2012: Boy from Sagar who was on a picnic along with his friends drowned in Murdeshwar sea while playing in the water. The deceased has been identified as Suhail (16) s/o Mohammed Khaleel, a reisdence of Jannat Gali in Sagar. According to the sources, 12 youths from Sagar were on a t

"Watchful expectancy and masterly inactivity." This was the dictum my obstetrics professor taught us to assist a woman in labour. But it seems it has been adopted by professional bodies of doctors in response to the problem of unethical surgeries. It is now fashionable to blame politicians or the g

Mangalore, August 21: Tension prevailed there for a while in Pilikula Nisargadhama following an altercation between a group of tourists and a security guard over a trivial issue near Manasa Amusement and Waterpark on Monday. The police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a crowd. According to the p

Mangalore - 21 Aug 2012: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. the contract for widening the 189-km stretch on the National Highway 66 from Kundapur to the Goa border, according to sources in the NHAI. Sources toldThe Hinduthat the NHAI had p

Mangalore, Aug 20: In the wake of rumours regarding suspected contamination of Nandini milk, as reported by Daijiworld earlier, Raviraj Hegde, president of Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (DKCMPF) convened an emergency press meet and clarified that Nandini milk was safe and u

Bhatkal - 19 Aug 2012: People of Bhatkal celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervour and enthusiasm. Eid prayers were offered at all Juma Masjid following incessant rain from past few days in the town. Moulana Abdul Bari Nadvi led the prayers at Jamia Masjid at 7:45 am. Moulana Khwaja Moinuddin Ak

Bhatkal - 18 Aug 2012: As the festival of Eid is famous for aggressive shopping, the streets of Bhatkal are filled with Eid shoppers despite frequent rain and bad weather from last one week. People from all religion and nearby villages are seen shopping as the Ramadan Bazar offers good quality and p

Bhatkal - 18 Aug 2012: Bhatkal Qazis today announced the end of holy month of Ramadan and declared Sunday as the Eid day after receiving confirmed reports of moon sighting from several parts of coastal Karnatakal and Kerala. Soon after the announcement of Eid-ul-Fitr, Takbeers were recited in all mo

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy to conduct clinical trial of a homoeopathic medicine for treatment of cancer patients. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar directed that a task force of the Council, to be hea

Bhatkal - 18 Aug 2012: In the view of continuous rain, Eidgah management committee has decided to hold Eid prayers in all Juma Masjid of Bhatkal. As per the announcement, the prayer timings are as follows, Jamia Masjid, Khalifa Masjid & Tanzeem Masjid - 7:45 am, Magdoomia Masjid, Madeena Masjid & Bi