Bhatkal - 12 July 2011: BIFA Yellow defeated BIFA Nexus by 3 goals in the final of 'BIFA Monsoon Football' tournament which was being played here at Nawayath Colony YMSA grounds and clinched the trophy and a cash award of Rs 2000/-. The five day tournament was kicked off on 7th July wherein 24 teams

New Delhi - 12 July 2011 (PTI): In a substantive yet incomplete exercise, Prime MinisterManmohan Singhon Tuesdayreshuffled his Cabinet,dropping seven ministers, inducting V Kishore Chandra Deo and seven other new faces. He elevated three others includingJairam Rameshfrom whom environment and forests

Muscat - 11 July 2011: Aftab Husain Kola, S.M. Syed Shakeel and Sada Saleem, representative Muscat, have been elected through ballot for Anjuman's new executive body. Muscat had been allotted three seats for Anjuman which was filled at the last meeting held on July 9th 2011. Bhatkallys News Bureau /

Bhatkal - 11 July 2011: The tri-weekly Mumbai CST - Mangalore Express Train (No.12133/12134) which was recently converted into daily train with effect from 02 July 2011 is not stopping at Bhatkal despite large number of passengers traveling daily to Mumbai from here. The train has only 12 stops as c

Bhatkal - 11 July 2011: 'News reporters are very important part of society, they should discharge their duties with extreme care and write only true stories without any discrimination' these were the word of Mr Ramanath, Principal Shri Pradyananda Ashram P U College, Shirali. He was addressing the N

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): No visiting numerous colleges for getting PU application forms, no standing in long queues, no paying hefty amounts for the forms and prospectuses, no fighting unusually high cutoffs. In short, the much-talked-about common admission system for all pre-university colle

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): Wondering what happened to your passport application after police came to your house for verification You can find its status by logging in to the soon-to-be-launched website specially designed for this purpose.Though one could learn the status of ones passport applic

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): In a virtual armtwisting,theDeve Gowda familyhad its way,with CMB S Yeddyurappaagreeing to their demands in just a weeks time.The result: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy ended his two-day fast on Sunday,though he claimed he was doing so bowing to his mothers appeal and t

Fatehpur - 11 July 2011 (TOI): The death toll of Delhi-bound Kalka Mail's derailment on Sunday went up to 53 with 15 more bodies, including that of a Swedish national, being recovered from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated train."53 bodies, including that of a Swedish national, have been rec

New Delhi - 11 July 2011 (PTI): Neptune -- the blue coloured eighth planet of the solar system, will this year complete its first revolution of the sun since its discovery in 1846. The heavenly body will celebrate its birthday on July 13 at 03:06 IST when it reaches approximately the same helioce

Jeddah - 10 July 2011 (AN): The Labor Ministry has issued guidelines for establishing new labor recruitment companies as part of its efforts to regulate the hiring of foreign workers. A recruitment company can be set up after the merger of a minimum of five existing recruitment agencies. There will

FATEHPUR/LUCKNOW: At least 20 persons have been killed and over 100 injured as 13 bogies of Delhi-boundKalka Mailfrom Howrah derailed near Malwa station here.The accident took place this afternoon near East cabin of Malwa station, nearly 120 kms from state capital Lucknow."Twenty bodies have been re

Juba - 9 July 2011: An ecstatic night and day of celebration has greeted the birth of the world's newest country, South Sudan, which has formally parted from the Arab-led Khartoum government to the north. In a day of firsts for South Sudan, the new country hoisted its flag in front of a crowd of

NEW DELHI: If the oil ministry has its way, cooking gas consumers would soon get only four refills in a year at subsidized rate. Every subsequent cylinder would cost Rs 800 or so at today's market price.The ministry proposes to limit the number of subsidized cylinders for even BPL (below poverty lin

MUMBAI: Sexually harassing women or outraging their modesty will soon be non-bailable offences in the state. The government has sought amendment of Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with assault or use of criminal force on women with the intent to outrage their modesty, to make

NEW DELHI: TheEnforcement Directorateon Friday slapped a Rs 7,100 crore showcause notice onEtisalat DBfor allegedly violatingForeign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) in what marks the second prong of the multi-agency investigation into the2G scam.The notice, based on details of the investigation into a

Bangalore - 09 July 2011 (PTI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD-S leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday began an indefinite fast here pressing for a CBI probe into ruling BJP's charge that his family members amassed illegal wealth to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crore. Mr. Kumaraswamy, son of form

London - 09 July 2011: British Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-communications chief Andy Coulson, who was editor of the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World, and a former royals' editor for the tabloid were arrested on Friday as a scandal over phone hacking and bribing police rocked Britain and