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Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) arrives at Karwar
Karwar - Samudra Prahari, the first-ever pollution control vessel (PCV) in the South Asia, arrived at Karwar from Mumbai on Thursday. The ship was commissioned on October 9 at Mumbai by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashokrao Chavan. The PCV has the two sophisticated equipment to control oil spillage
CCTVs to check smuggling on Karwar-Goa route
HUBLI: After North Karnataka, now Uttara Kannada is turning to CCTVs to check crime rate. CCTVs have been installed at Majali checkpost in Karwar, Uttara Kannada district, to scan smuggling activities. This border area establishes a link between Goa and Karwar. Various government departments __ exc
The 1st pollution-control warship arrivesThe 1st pollution-control warship arrives
KARWAR: Samudra Prahari, the first-ever pollution controlled warship, arrived at Karwar from Mumbai on Thursday. The ship was commissioned on October 9. The warship has two sophisticated equipments to control oil spillage and pollution and it is the first such warship in Asia and third in the world
TCS to hire 20,000 more in the next few months
Mumbai -Country's largest software firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said it expects to add 20,000 people in the second half of FY'11, taking its total hiring during this fiscal to over 50,000 persons. The company, at the beginning of this fiscal, had forecast hiring 30,000 people during 2
Qatar Airways, India silent on death of housemaid
The case of Beebi Lumada, the Indian housemaid who died at Muscat International Airport, seems to be a closed issue for both Qatar Airways and the Indian authorities Muscat: The case of Beebi Lumada, the Indian housemaid who died after being stranded for five days at Muscat International Airport, s
India deserves a seat on the Security Council
There is an urgent need to reform the post-war structure of the UN, and New Delhi has a vital role to play How can a poor and underdeveloped country such as India, despite its size and democratic commitment, meet its responsibility in world affairs when it cannot keep its own house in order? This w
Mobile number sold for Dh2.7 million in Kuwait
The previous record in prestige-conscious Kuwait City was KD116, 500 for the number 90000000, sold by mobile operator Zain Manama: The craze for vanity mobile phone numbers in Kuwait has reached a new level after the easy-to-remember number 55555555 was sold for KD210, 000 (Dh2.7 million). The publ
New IITs can top up salaries from their own resources
NEW DELHI -Allowing the new Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to pay more to the faculty from their own resources, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday assured them that he would approach the Cabinet for relaxation in providing the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) scale
Apple unveils mobile-inspired Macs
Apple unveiled a new line of Macs on Wednesday, upgrading the notebooks and laptops with features inspired by its popular mobile devices, the iPhone and iPad. "We asked ourselves: What would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up?" CEO Steve Jobs said in unveiling the new devices at an event in
Huge U.S.-Saudi arms deal
WASHINGTON - The United States has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history, worth nearly $60 billion, to Saudi Arabia. Announcing the deal, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro said the U.S. planned to sell the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a "significant de
Orders reserved on MLAs' plea
BANGALORE - The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved orders on the petition by 11 Bharatiya Janata Party legislators who had challenged their disqualification from the Assembly. Justice V.G. Sabhahit, the third judge hearing their plea against disqualification, heard arguments for two days befo
Sachin Tendulkar: favoured by all
Great sportsmen straddle many worlds. They leave behind the merely good very quickly as they enter rarefied areas defined as much by their mastery as by the elements that do not even enter the debate when others are discussed. Part of Don Bradman's greatness lay in his Test average of 99.94, but pa
Women's equality still a dream
UNITED NATIONS - According to the United Nation's report "The World's Women 2010," the gender gap is gradually reducing globally but clearly lots more needs to be done Women's equality is still a dream in a world where there are currently 57 million more men, according to a U.N. report released her
Judge rejects BJP MLAs' plea for records
BANGALORE - The rebel BJP legislators in Karnataka, who have challenged their disqualification from the Assembly, suffered a setback on Wednesday, with the Karnataka High Court rejecting their request to summon the records of their disqualification proceedings from the office of Speaker K.G. Bopaia
India to restrict job visas to highly skilled foreigners
New Delhi -In an attempt to prevent foreigners from getting non-technical jobs, the government has made it clear that citizens of other countries will be taken only for highly-skilled assignments in India and should draw an annual salary of over USD 25,000. In an order, the Home Ministry nullified
MLA quits, Congress alleges poaching
Bangalore -An opposition Congress MLA in Karnataka today resigned from the House, after which the party's top leaders staged a sit-in protest in front of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's house here accusing the ruling BJP of engineering poaching. The police broke up the sit-in by taking into custod
Britain to cut 500,000 public sector jobs
London : Nearly half a million public sector workers in Britain are to lose their jobs as the government plans to reduce more than 80 billion pounds in public spending in the next four years, the biggest cut since the Second World War. Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, unwittingly d
Canada gets its first Muslim mayor
Naheed Nenshi, a Harvard-educated Ismaili Muslim, defeated two white candidates to become the mayor of Calgary Monday night. A Conservative (right-wing) stronghold in Canada, Calgary is also the hometown of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Interestingly, the 38-year-old Nenshi defeated one of the can