A Pakistani-born US citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in New York's busy Times Square has been sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison.Faisal Shahzad, 31, pleaded guilty in June to a failed May 1 bombing in Midtown Manhattan. He admitted to investigators he received bomb-making training from th

The absence of any condemnation of the vandalism of the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 is a conspicuous aspect of the Ayodhya verdict of the Allahabad High Court.The Supreme Court in its judgment of 1994 said of the demolition: "Within a short time, the entire structure was demol

Muscat - A good turn out marked the annual Indian Community Eid Milan 2010 held recently at Indian School, Al Ghubra. The superbly organised eid Milan was organised by Embassy of India, Eid Milan Committee and the Indian Social Club. It was an honour for Bhatkal community that Aftab Kola was the co-

Oct. 4: British test tube baby pioneer, Prof. Robert G. Edwards, was on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. His pioneering work led to the birth of the world's first test-tube baby Louise Brown in Britain in 1978. Eighty-five-year-old Professor Edwards, pensioner fellow at Chur

Murdeshwar - Murdeshwar Muslim Education Society's former President Mr. Chadkhan Siddi Mohammed and his son Chadkhan Khwaja Sahab have laid the foundation stone of a school named 'The New English School' at a brief ceremony held here at National High School Grounds, Murdeshwar. The Muslim Education

Bhatkal - Two persons injured including one seriously when they were attacked by two other persons yesterday night around 9:00 pm here at Hanuman Nagar, Bhatkal. The injured have been identified as Habeebullah Kodi (26) and Mohammed Sadique Kodsali. According to the sources, Habeebullah has given mo

New Delhi: After months of uncertainty and controversies, Delhi has finally decided to put behind all cynicism for the Commonwealth Games. As the Delhi Metro corridor between Sarita Vihar and Central Secretariat - the main link to the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium - opened for the public on Sunday,

JEDDAH: The newly established Mashair Railway which links the holy sites of Mina ,Arafat and Muzdalifa with Makkahwill have a 30-day test run before opening to transport domestic and GCC pilgrims during the upcoming Haj season. Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb will inspe

NEW DELHI - Sarita Joshi says she will never forget Sunday's 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony for the rest of her life. The colour, the sights, the sounds, all Indian to the core, were an overwhelming experience for the Delhi homemaker.'It was such a brilliant show... I have no words to expr

The reliance of the Allahabad high court on the "faith and belief of Hindus"-that Lord Rama was born in the "area covered under the central dome of the disputed structure"-in trifurcating the Ayodhya title suit, has come in for sharp criticism across the English media. *** The Hindu's deputy edito

The Hindu ROMILA THAPAR: We cannot change the past to justify the politics of the present. Photo: S S Kumar It has annulled respect for history and seeks to replace it with religious faith. The verdict is a political judgment and reflects a decision which could as well have been taken by the stat

India's ambitious Unique ID project dubbed "Aadhaar", which aims to give every Indian citizen a unique number mapped to biometrics, was launched on Wednesday in the Nadurbar district of Maharashtra. The Technoholik.com team got a sneak peek at the UIDAI (Unique ID Authority of India) tech centre in

Eid milan unites Bhatkalli community in Dubai In what was yet another spectacular eid milan for the Bhatkalli community, thousands of Bhatkalli's residing in Dubai and neighbouring emirates united in a show of strength and austerity. The annual Eid party hosted by the Bhatkalli Community in

DUBAI- (Muaz Shabandri) - In what was yet another spectacular eid milan for the Bhatkalli community, thousands of Bhatkalli's residing in Dubai and neighbouring emirates united in a show of strength and austerity. The annual Eid party hosted by the Bhatkalli Community in Dubai sawprominent diplomats

Nano, the world's cheapest car made by India's Tata Motors, could be available overseas in a year or two, the company's CEO Carl-Peter Forster has said."We don't know yet, but in a year or two perhaps," Forster said in an interview."We are looking at that very carefully," he said when asked about wo

Bhatkal - Prize distribution ceremony for Shabeena Maktab students of Azadnagar area was held at Masjid Tuba, Azad Nagar, Bhatkal. The program was started after Isha prayers with the recitation of verses from holy Quran by Muteeur Rahman Ruknuddin. The prizes were distributed among the students who

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Bhatkal - The residents of Bhatkal staged protest in front of HESCOM office on Wednesday against the frequent power-cut and load-shedding and demanded immediate solutions to this problem. Due to absence of officials at the office, frustrated people tried to lock the office but the local police have