White House - 12 August 2011: Continuing a tradition at the White House, last night President Obama hostedhis thirdIftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan. The Iftar is the meal that breaks the day of fasting, when Muslim families and communities eat together after sunset. The President was joined in t

New Delhi - 12 Aug 2011 (PTI): Asserting that Iran never threatened to stop crude oil supply to India, the Government today said the problem of settling the import bill with the Persian Gulf nation has been sorted out. "We had some problem with regard to making payment for the oil bill to Iran, b

Bangalore - 12 August 2011: Bhatkal student, Shridhar Shyamu Baidamane won Gold medal in 400 meter hurdles at 27th Karnataka State Athletics Event held in Bangalore. Shyamu, a BA student from SDM College, Ujire clocked 56.6 sec to emerge winner in 400 meter hurdles race. It may be interesting to not

Bhatkal - 12 August 2011: Anjuman Institute of Management and Computer Applications (AIMCA) registered 100% results in BBA final examinations which was held in the month of June this year. According to the press release issued by Anjuman General Secretary, Mr Jukaku Abdul Raheem, all 42 students who

Dubai - 12 August 2011: Uniforge Bhatkal CC defeated Brookfield Multiplex by 56 runs in the 10th Dulsco Ramadan Twenty20 tournament being played at Zabeel Park Cricket Grounds Dubai.Electing to bat first on winning the toss, Bhatkal CC scored 149 for the loss of seven wickets and later bowled out th

Mangalore - 11 August 2011: Close on the heels of taking up national highway widening work between Kundapur and Suratkal, the highways department has proposed a widening project of the national highway between Majali village on Karnataka's border with Goa, and Kundapur. The project is estimated

Bhatkal - 11 August 2011: Students' organization, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) recently held a demonstration against corruption in UPA Govt here at Bhatkal. The protestors shouted slogans, displayed placards and temporarily blocked NH-17 near Shamsuddin Circle. Speaking on the occasion,

Ahmedabad - 11 August 2011: The Gujarat government has hauled up another senior police officer of the state cadre for indiscipline in connection with the investigations of the 2002 Godhra riots. According to reports, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Rahul Sharma has been served with a c

Kaup - 11 August 2011: In a tragic incident, two students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), who went for swimming on Wednesday here in Arabian Sea at Kaup beach in Udupi district drowned. The victims have been identified as Abhijit Singh (18), from Chandigarh, and Janakish (21), a citizen of

Mangalore - 11 August 2011: Studies on the feasibility of the Hubli-Ankola railway link had been on for more than a decade. Many politicians of the region have even made a career promising this important line to voters. It now appears that the line could become a reality. Hopes of seeing this railwa

Bangalore - 11 August 2011: The D V Sadananda Gowda ministry in Karnataka will be expanded today with the induction of five more ministers, keeping out the mining magnates Reddy brothers and their close associate B Sreeramulu. According to sources in the Chief Minister's Secretariat, Raju Gowda, C P

London - 11 August 2011: Theriots in Englandclaimed South Asian victims on Wednesday when three young men of Pakistani origin were killed in a "deliberate" hit-and-run incident in the country's second biggest city of Birmingham. While retailers of Indian origin were attacked in Birmingham, in the we

New Delhi - 11 August 2011: Beware of what you put in yourFacebookmessages or your tweets. Your friends and followers may not be the only ones reading them. Chances are government sleuths would be vetting these private messages.This follows a home ministry directive to the department of telecom, ask

Paris - 10 August 2011 (AFP): President Nicolas Sarkozy cut short his holiday on Wednesday to announce new moves to slash France's massive debt amid fears it might be next after theUnited Statesto suffer a credit-rating downgrade.The right-wing leader returned from the Riviera holiday home of his pr

The head of studies at the Royal Air Force pilot training college is a convert to Islam who has criticised Nato air strikes on Libya in a Muslim magazine. Dr Joel Hayward is dean of the college at Cranwell, the RAF's equivalent of Sandhurst, and has taught many of the pilots spearheading the militar

Dubai - 10 August 2011 (PTI): India's biggest mosque, surpassing the capital's Jama Masjid is to come up in Kerala with expatriates in the UAE and Middle Eastern countries contributing generously for the project. Estimated to cost Rs 12 billion (Dh 1 billion), the new mosque, to be called 'Share Mub

Bangalore - 10 August 2011 (PTI): Spelling more trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Lokayukta police has registered an FIR against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act on charges of financial irregularities in the Upper Bhadra irrigation project related works. In l

New Delhi - 10 August 2011 (IANS): Hardening its posture, Team Anna Hazare today told a Parliamentary panel to recommend to the government to replace the Lokpal bill with a stronger anti-corruption draft legislation, or else the activist would go on an indefinite hunger-strike from August 16.Haz