Search results

Search results for ''


'Dark' Diwali for Yeddyurappa, to be in jail during festival

Bangalore - 25 Oct 2011 (PTI): Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is set to 'celebrate' Diwali injailas hearing on hisbail pleatoday wasadjournedto October 28 by theKarnataka High Court. The 68-year-old BJP leader had sought bail in two of the fivecorruption casesagainst him following the Speci

Formula One debut fuels India's sporting ambitions

New Delhi - 25 Oct 2011 (AFP): If India can pull off a successful Grand Prix on Sunday, the winning driver will not be the only person celebrating a major victory.The country's inauguralFormula Onerace, being held at a new track outside the capital New Delhi, is seen as a key test of India's ability

Muslims issue ultimatum to Congress on quota

Lucknow - 25 Oct 2011: Taking cue from Team Anna, Muslims in UP have served an ultimatum to theCongressled UPA government asking for introduction of quota for `dalit' Muslims if the party wants Muslim votes in 2012 state assembly elections. Team Anna has launched a campaign in the state against th

PFI to hold 'Social Justice Conference' in New Delhi on 26, 27 Nov

Bhatkal - 24 Oct 2011: Popular Front of India (PFI) will hold a 'Social Justice Conference' in Delhi from November 26 to 27 for the upliftment of the Muslim community and other minority communities. Member of the Karnataka branch of the PFI Mohammed Farooq announced this at a function held here at

Strong earthquake rocks Turkey, 1000 feared killed

VAN, Turkey - 24 Oct 2011: As many as 1,000 people were feared killed on Sunday when a powerful earthquake struck Turkey, collapsing dozens of buildings and pulling down phone and power lines in the southeast of the country, officials and witnesses said. Emergency workers battled to rescue people tr

Live-stock laden vehicle attacked; One arrested

Bhatkal - 23 Oct 2011: Miscreants attacked a vehicle which was transportingcattlehere at Katri cross, Sagar roadon Friday nightand badly damaged the vehicle. According to the sources, a Maruti Omni was heading towards Bhatkal from Sagar road, when it reached Katri cross, unknown miscreants attacked

Largest airplane makes emergency landing near Hyderabad

Hyderabad - 23 Oct 2011 (IANS): The world's largest airplane Airbus A380 made an emergency landing atRajiv Gandhi International Airportnear here Sunday, an airport official said. TheEmiratesflight, with 481 passengers on board, was on its way fromBangkoktoDubai. "The aircraft landed with 481 passen

Aadhaar card camp held in Magdoom Colony

Bhatkal - 23 Oct 2011: As a part of Aadhaar card issuing program which is underway at various places in Bhatkal, similar program was held here at Magdoom Colony. Two centers have been setup for this purpose, one at Fatima Ali Hall located opposite to Magdoomiya Jamia Masjid and the other one at Shah

Photos of Blast in Murdeshwar house

Photos By : RIzwan Gagawali/ Bhatkallys News Service {vsig}murdeshwar-2011{/vsig}

BMJ-Riyadh to hold its annual program on Eid Day

Riyadh - 22 Oct 2011: BMJ Riyadh will hold its annual program on Eid day. This was announced by its General Secretary, Mr Ismail Arif Akrami in a press release issued last week. According to this, a group Qurbani is also arranged in which any member can get his share by paying the required amount.

Saudi Crown Prince Sultan dies

Dubai - 22 Oct 2011 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan has died, the royal court said on Saturday, opening the way for Interior Minister and reputed conservative Prince Nayef to become the likely heir apparent of the world's top oil exporter. Prince Sultan, whose age was officially given

Blast in Murdeshwar house injures two

Bhatkal - 21 Oct 2011: A powerful blast rocked house in Murdeshwar on Friday morning at around 11:00 am. The blast was so powerful that, the roof of the house was blown-off and several nearby houses were also damaged. According to the house owner, Mr Raghavendra Gudigar, the blast occurred due to cy

Bangalore metro: Bangaloreans hop onto for joy ride

Bangalore - 21 Oct 2011: Hundreds of Bangaloreans Thursday evening hopped onto the sleek air-conditioned coaches of the Metro rail for a joy ride and get a bird's eye view of the tech hub as the service was opened to commuters for the first time. Even an hour before the scheduled start of the servi

Deoband hits back, rejects "baseless" charge of radicalizing Muslim youth

New Delhi: Darul Uloom Deoband, the centuries old Islamic seminary of the Indian subcontinent, has strongly objected to the allegations about the seminary getting funds from the Saudi government and it being a source of radicalization of Muslim youths in India. Talking to TwoCircles.net from Deob

Karnataka to go easy on illegal LPG consumers

Bangalore - 20 Oct 2011 (DNA): Twenty-five lakh families who face the threat of their LPG gas connections being scrapped could heave a sigh relief as chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured that the move has been put on hold for now. The assurance comes in the wake of anxiety that

Muammar Gaddafi killed in gunbattle

Sirte/Cairo - 20 Oct 2011:Muammar Gaddafiwas killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over.Details of the death near Sirte of the fallen strongman were hazy but it was ann

MBA no longer the CAT's whiskers of PG courses

Ahmedabad - 19 Oct 2011: The degree inMaster of Business Administration (MBA), which was a craze with most students in the country till recently, seems to have become passe. An enquiry into the drop in the rush of applicants for theCommon Aptitude Test (CAT)in the recent years has revealed that stud

Yeddyurappa discharged from hospital, returns to jail

Bangalore - 19 Oct 20-11: In a dramatic development former chief minister B SYeddyurappahas been discharged from state-runVictoria Hospitaland moved to Parappanna Agrahara Central Prison this morning.Yeddyurappa, to evade jail, shifted from Jayadeva Hospital to Victoria Hospital on Tuesday evening a