Guwahati - 21 July 2011: AJet Airways flightwith 134 passengers on board narrowly averted a mid-air collision on Thursday, triggering panic aboard, passengers said.Jet Airways Flight No 9W 2280 fromNew Delhito Guwahati was flying somewhere over Patna when it abruptly lost control, leading to chaos i

Bhatkal - 21 July 2011: Mr S M Syed Khaleelur Rahman, Community leader, has been re-elected President of Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen, Bhatkal on Thursday at a meeting of Anjuman Executives held here at Usman Hasan Hall. The details are as follows, President: Mr S M Syed Khaleelur Rahman Vice-president

New Delhi - 21 July 2011: Simmtronics Semiconductors has announced its solar-powered desktop computers, which it claims as a world first.Apart from running on solar energy, the PC reportedly consumes less power, thereby reducing its carbon footprint. Moreover, the company promises that its produc

Washington - 21 July 2011 (IANS): Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto, the NASA has announced. The tiny, new satellite - temporarily designated P4 - was uncovered in a survey using the Hubble space telescope, searching for rings around the planet, Xinhua

New Delhi - 21 July 2011 (PTI): The country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda today said it is looking at a capacity of 7.5 lakh units annually for its proposed fourth plant for which it will invest up to Rs 550 crore. Besides, the company is expanding the capacity of its three existing faci

Cape Canaveral - 21 Jul 2011: The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a clear moonlit sky on Thursday to complete a 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station and a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson gently steered the 100-tonne spaceship high ove

Bangalore - 21 July 2011 (PTI):Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh N Hegde, probing the illegal mining in the state, has claimed his phone has been tapped.Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge, said that after reports of alleged bugging in the office of Union finance ministerPranab Mukherjee, he had a

Bangalore - 21 July 2011 (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned by two weeks hearing on a petition challenging the government's controversial circular on teaching of 'Bhagavad Gita' in primary and higher secondary schools in the state. When the petition filed by Karnataka State Minori

21 July 2011: With the launch of the new Mac minis this morning, Apple declared the optical disc obsolete. "Mac mini is designed without an optical disc drive," the company said in the device's promotional materials. "Because these days, you don't need one." Certainly not for Apple software. This mo

Bhatkal - 21 July 2011: Mohammed Gouse Khalifa, Ex-president of BMJ Dubai, was unanimously elected as Secretary General of Bhatkal Muslim Khaleej Council for 2011-2013. Abdulla Lanka has been retained as President. Other office-bearers: Moulana Syed Hashim Nadvi (Secretary), Dr. R. M. Owais (Treasu

Kochi - 20 July 2011 (PTI): The families of victims of theAir India Express crash in Mangalorelast year are entitled to a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh each, the Kerala high court held on Wednesday.Justice PR Ramachandran Menon passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Abdul Salam and

Lucknow - 19 July 2011: Promising value based politics, the newly formed Welfare Party of India (WPI) will launch its state unit in a convention on Thursday at Lucknow. Formed three months ago, the WPI is the political arm of six decade old Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, a socio-religious Muslim organisa

Bhatkal - 19 July 2011: An inter-community meet was held in Bhatkal on Sunday here at the Lalita Kala Mantap (New English High School). Speaking on the occasion Syed Khalilur Rahman called upon the people to promote communal harmony. He said that, 'for any work for the development of Bhatkal or for

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Even before the real perpetrators of the recent attack on Mumbai are brought into light, even before the investigation and investigators have come out with evidences against the outfits behind the attack, some sections of the media, civil society, and politicians have given their verdict; 'Islamic T

New Delhi - 18 July 2011 (PTI):US secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrives on Monday to attend the second round of Indo-US strategic dialogue on Tuesday during which a host of key bilateral, regional and international issues including situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and security cooperati

Bhatkal - 18 July 2011: Heavy rain from the past few days created floodings in low lying areas due to this hundreds of acres of paddy fields have been inundated. The taluk administration has alerted villagers on the bank of River Venkatapur, which is flowing above danger mark, to move to safer place

Karwar - 18 July 2011: Heavy rain has lashed the coastal areas for over 48 hours. Uttara Kannada bore the brunt, and there was widespread destruction in the district. Three houses collapsed in Ankola taluk, an entire village in the outskirts of Karwar was flooded and 10 houses were partially damaged