Jeddah - 13 July 2011 (AN): Expatriates face many hurdles while having their iqamas (residence permits) renewed, especially having their bank accounts frozen during the renewal period. As the iqama renewal period approaches, the most common practice for expatriate workers is to withdraw all their fu

Bhatkal - 13 July 2011: Maulana Mehmood Asad Madani, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Dr Manzoor Alam, Chairman, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, will grace the Rabita Education Award 2011 which is slated for July 15 at 4:45 pm at Islamia Anglo Urdu High School, Bhatkal. Syed Mustafa

Mumbai - 13 July 2011: MUMBAI: Three near-simultaneous explosions rockedMumbai at rush-hour on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in what the government said appeared to be another terrorist strike in the city hit by a major attack nearly three years ago.Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chav

Allahabad - 13 July 2011 (PTI): In an early morninghighway robbery, two motorcycle-borne assailants shot dead a lawyer and took away his car after forcing other occupants to leave the vehicle inHandia areanear Allahabad, police said.The incident took place in Handia police station area, around 40 km

New Delhi - 13 July 2011 (IANS): Bringing his signature style of public consultation to his new job as rural development minister , Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said a draft of the new land acquisition bill will be put online next week for feedback, and introduced in the monsoon

Aligarh: A group of researchers of Aligarh Muslim University led by Prof. Wasim Ahmad of department of Zoology, has discovered a new genus of soil-inhabiting nematode from the grasslands in Kaziranaga National Park, Assam. The team's finding, published in the latest issue of Nematology (an Inter

Ahmedabad: The reconstruction of the Ishrat Jahan and Javed Pillai encounters by the Special Investigations Team (SIT) two days ago, has pointed out several loopholes in the FIR previously filed by cops involved in the encounter. The SIT led by Maharashtra senior police officer Satyapal Singh has

New Delhi - 13 July 2011: Google+ is surely giving Facebook a run for its money! According to a researcher, Google+ could be on the verge of hitting the 10 million users mark in just two weeks.Paul Allen, the founder of Ancestry.com, has estimated that Google+ is just a step away from hitting its

Bhatkal - 13 July 2011: Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has approved 110/11 KV transmission lines for HESCOM in Bhatkal. The decision was taken after conducting a survey and assessing the power consumption needs and public demand. This was announced by the KPTCL Engineer, Mr

Bhatkal - 13 July 2011: Al-Kowasar Girls College is celebrating its 'Annual Day' on 14t July 2011 at Shams English Medium High School located at Basti Road Bhatkal. According to the press release issued by the college administration, Dandeli DySP Ms Sara Fathima and Khadija Zubair Kazia would be the

Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was killed on Tuesday, an official and a family member confirmed. "I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," said Zalmay Ayoubi, spokesman for the governor of K

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