New Delhi: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remained firm on on fuel price hike and favoured more deregulation of prices, even as Trinamool Congress MP's threatened to resign. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday virtually threatened to pull out from the UPA government. Speaking at

Jeddah - 05 Nv 2011 (PTI): Dressed in white, over 2.5 million Muslims, including more than 1 lakh Indians today began the rites of Hajj pilgrimage as they left for Mount Arafat from Mecca, even as religious authorities asked pilgrims to avoid overcrowding at the Grand Mosque in the holy city. Pilgr

Washington - 05 Nov 2011: YouTube and the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information are teaming up to provide a live-stream of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca."Millions of people from around the world will be able to experience and comment on the event by tuning in via vid

Bhatkal - 05 Nov 2011: A three day Free Internet Training Camp was organized at Anjuman Institute of Technology and Management for Govt Urdu and Kannada Medium Students. The camp was held as a part of Govt's Zilla Parishad Scheme. Around 480 Students from Bhatkal's 12 Govt Schools have participated

Bhatkal - 04 Nov 2011: Lokayukta team conducted a raid at Bhatkal Tahsildar office yesterday afternoon and arrested one person while he was taking bribe. The arrested officer was identified as Shambu Ganapati Hegde. According to the Lokayukta sources, on 19th Oct 2011, a person named Suresh went to

Muscat - 03 Nov 2011: Throwing normal life out of gear, heavy rain lashed several parts of the Sultanate, claiming three lives, even as international cyclone study centres and local weatherman yesterday predicted the possibility of tropical cyclone hitting Dhofar Coast. "A tropical storm 'Keila' is

New Delhi - 03 Nov 2011 (PTI): Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs nine lakh in dues to settle the issue of his resignation from the IRS, insisting that he was doing so in protest and it does not mean he has accepted any mistake. Kejriwal sent a cheque of Rs 9,27,787 along with a letter to

London: Salman Butt has been jailed for two and a half years and Mohammad Asif for one year, while Mohammad Amir will be detained for six months for their role in a conspiracy to cheat and to obtain and accept corrupt payments related to the Lord's Test against England in August 2010. Justice Co

Lucknow: For the past six decades after independence as any election comes close political parties try to outshine each other with promises to Muslims. Once the election is over, the promises and assurances are shifted to back burner only to be brought back before next election. Reservation to ba

Jeddah - 03 Nov 201 (PTI): More than 1.7 million Muslims, including 1,23,254 Indians have arrived for the world's largest annual human assembly, Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, even as 73 Indians have died, officials said today. "As of yesterday, the number of pilgrims who have already arrived in

Bhatkal - 03 Nov 2011: Taluk administration yesterday organized a peace meet here at Bhatkal circuit house and discussed the arrangements for the upcoming festive season which is commencing from 7th November. On this occasion Hindu and Muslim leaders, head of Govt departments and community leaders w

Bhatkal - 01 Nov 2011: A function to mark the 57th Foundation Day of Karnataka state held here at Anjuman High School Ground, Bhatkal. Every year on 1st November, Karnataka celebrates its Foundation Day. This was the day in 1956 when all the Kannada language-speaking regions of South India were merg

Bhatkal - 01 Nov 2011: Advani's Jan Chetna Yatra arrived Bhatkal at 9:30 pm yesterday via Udupi. Around 2500 supporters welcomed the Yatra at Chittaranjan Square in Mudbhatkal. On this occasion, Mr Advani briefly addressed the crowd in Hindi language and highlighted the main objectives of his Yatra.

Beijing - 01 Nov 2011: A Chinese Long March rocket has blasted off, propelling an unmanned spacecraft into orbit in the next step towards the country's ambitious plans for a manned space station. The Shenzhou 8 was launched at dawn from the north Gobi desert, entering orbit successfully, the off

Greater Nioda - 31 Oct 2011 (AFP): World champion Sebastian Vettel made history by winning India's first ever Formula One with ease on Sunday as McLaren's Jenson Button tightened his grip on the championship's second place.Red Bull's Vettel led throughout for his 11th victory of the season, finishin

Bhatkal - 31 Oct 2011: Tight security arrangements have been made in Bhatkal for Advani's Jan Chetana Yatra which will pass through Bhatkal tonight and arrive at temple town Murdeshwar, where Mr Advani will spend night. According to the sources, 5 DySP's, 17 Circle Inspectors, 147 PSI's, Commando te

Singapore - 31 Ocdt 2011 (AP):Oil pricesfell below $93 a barrel on Monday in Asia as investors mulled whether slowing global economic growth justified a surge in crude this month.Benchmark crude for December delivery was down 48 cents at $92.84 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading

Beijing - 31 Oct 2011 (IANS): China will conduct a mannedspace missionin 2012, an official said on Monday.Spokeswoman for the programme Wu Ping said Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spaceships will be launched in 2012. They are expected to dock with China's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, she said at