Moscow - 21 June 2011: Forty four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road, officials said on Tuesday.TheRussAir Tu-134tried to land just before midnight local time on Monday

NEW DELHI: Just three weeks after Google's Street View cars started driving around Bangalore, the company has grounded the fleet after an objection from the city police. According to Google, it received a letter from the Commissioner of Police ofBangaloreasking it to stop the cars. The cars were tak

CHANDIGARH: TheNational Investigation Agencyon Monday filed a chargesheet against five accused - Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand and Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel - in theSamjhauta Expressblasts case

WASHINGTON: Coming soon to the internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."The organization that oversees theinternetaddress system is preparing to open the floodgates to a nearly limitless selection of new website suffixes, including ones in Arabic, Chinese and other scri

Bhatkal - 20 June 2011: Much anticipated elections to elect 23 executive members concluded yesterday here at Anjumn Hami-e-Muslimeen office, Bhatkal. There were total 32 candidates in the fray. Around 70% polling was recorded which started in the morning 9:00 am and closed at 5:00 pm. The election c

Bhatkal - 20 June 2011: Roadside garbage is a big problem faced by Bhatkal residents. One can easily notice waste and garbage piling up at several places especially the areas coming under gram panchayat limits. The situation in municipality areas have improved tremendously after Inayatullah Shabandr

Murdeshwar - 19 June 2011: One person electrocuted and died on the spot and two injured when they came in contact with 11 KV transmission line while working on an electric pole. The deceased has been identified as Bhaskar Saniyara Naik. According to the sources, the incident took place at a compound

Bhatkal - 19 June 2011: Two minor siblings are missing from their home in Madina Colony, near Kadi machine from 12th June. According to the complaint filed by their father Rafiq Abdul Lateef Sheikh in Bhatkal town Police Station, on June 12th when he reached home in the evening, he found his both ch

Bangalore - The State Government have introduced a scheme for providing financial assistance to minority students of Karnataka State for pursuing higher studies aboard in Master Degree, Ph.D and Post Doctoral Courses etc., in prestigious Foreign Universities through the Director, Directorate of

New Delhi - 16 June 2011: After hitting the roadblock for over six months, the Indian government backed ambitious low-cost tablet project is finally set to take off.According to latest media reports, the low-cost $35 tablet codenamed 'Sakshat' is expected to launch by the end of this month.The count

Mumbai- 5 June:Markazul Ma'arif Education & Research Centre (MMERC), Mumbai declares entrance test dates for the batch-20011-2013 in Diploma in English Language and Literature (DELL) course for all its 8 centres across India. Maulana M. Burhanuddin Qasmi, Director of MMERC, Mumbai said in a press st

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Bhatkal/Karwar - 18 June 2011: Fishermen in Uttar Kannada district caught record 3,40,570.71 metric tons of fish in their fishing nets last year and earned nearly 1,373.92 crore rupees. According to the sources this figure is around 91640.26 ton more than that of last year which was 2,48,930.45 metr

Puttaparthi - 18 June 2011: It took twenty people 36 hours to count the cash recovered from the private chambers of Sai Baba at his ashram in Puttaparthi.98 kilos of gold, 11.56 crore in cash, and 307 kilos of silver have been discovered in the Yajur Mandir. The spiritual and re

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: At a function held in Tanzeem office yesterday, Majlis-e- Islah wa Tanzeem donated cheques of Rs 30,000 and 20,000 to the families of policemen Chandrappa Lamani and Rajeshwari respectively. It may be noted that, Mr Chandrappa Lamani lost his life and Rajeshwari was injured i

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: Forest officials yesterday conducted a raid on a house located in Venkatapur and seized illegal wood worth Rs 5 lakh. Two persons Krishna Murthy Bhatt and Neer Kantayya are allegedly involved in this illegal wood trade who are now absconding. According to the sources, they us

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: Heavy downpour from the last few days in Bhatkal throws normal life out of gear. Most of the people prefer to stay indoor as rain continues to play spoilsport and attendance in schools and colleges are also affected. The rivulet and streets were flooded with rain waters. In s

Bhatkal - 18 June 2011: With incessant rain from the past one week and ideal weather for famers to lay their crops, agricultural activity begins here in Bhatkal on around 3800 hectares of land. According to the farmers, if the rain continues like this, good crop is expected this year and if the rain