Bangalore, Dec 11 (PTI): Higher Education Minister V S Acharya was today given additional portfolio of Information Technology and Biotechnology, held by Katta Subramanya Naidu, who quit in the wake of an alleged land scam. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will now be under Urban Develo

Prospects of a needle-free future make diabetes specialists optimistic about how the condition will be managed in 10 to 20 years from now. By Dina El Shammaa, Gulf News Abu Dhabi,December 12, 2010: Prospects of a needle-free future make diabetes specialists optimistic about how the condition will b

New Delhi,December 11, 2010m (AFP): India's telecom watchdog has called for the licences of operators caught up in what could be the country's largest corruption scandal to be cancelled, a statement said Saturday. The proposal to cancel 38 permits came as the government reeled under fierce attacks

Bhatkallys.com News Dubai - An interesting article on Anjuman institutions written by Aftab Husain Kola was recently carried in Deccan Herald. Under the headline, 'Setting a benchmark for quality education' the write-up talks about how the small picturesque coastal town of Bhatkal, once in the a

Bhatkal - Mohammad Nathar (16), a PUC I year student of Guru Sudhendra College was reportedly missing from 7th December 2010. According to the sources, he left for college on 7th Dec from his house located in National Colony of Murdeshwar and didn't turn up. His father, Mr Hyder Shaikh has requested

Mangalore - At a special ceremony held today morning here in Mangalore, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, on behalf of Mandd Sobhann, honoured 25 different Konkani organizations from different parts of the world, to mark its 25 years of activities. It was in recognition of the services they have r

Muzaffarnagar - Vice-chancellor of leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Marghoobur Rahman passed away on Wednesday at his native place Bijnor after prolonged illness. He was 99 and bedridden for the past several months, sources at seminary said. His body was brought to Deoband and w

The world's biggest pharmaceutical company hired investigators to unearth evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general in order to persuade him to drop legal action over a controversial drug trial involving children with meningitis, according to a leaked US embassy cable. Pfizer wa

Muscat Dec 10,2010 (Bhatkallys News):Oman and India have huge potential for strengthening cooperation in food processing and fertiliser industries, Salman Khurshid, minister of state for minority affairs and corporate affairs, said here today. "We have a huge potential as far as the food processing

Ratan Tata hits back, drags BJP into 2G scam NEW DELHI: Tata Group supremo Ratan Tata on Thursday termed as "politically motivated" the efforts of the GSM lobbyists, including Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, saying their endeavour was to embarrass the Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and the rulin

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ZURICH: An anonymous group of hackers said Wednesday they had launched online attacks to shut down the websites of credit card Mastercard and a Swiss bank that cut off business ties with WikiLeaks. The self-styled 'hacktivist' group dubbed Anon_Operation said in one tweet that "www.mastercard.co

Bhatkal - PLD Bank employees and Congress workers created chaos after one of the bank employee Dinesh Naik registered a case against Bhatkal MLA Mr J D Naik for alleged assault on him. The situation was brought under control after police intervention. According to sources, PLD Bank President Mr Ishw

Bhatkal - High School Teacher's Union recently submitted memorandum to Govt demanding necessary changes in education system to raise the education skills of students. They demanded filling of positions in high schools and colleges which are vacant since from four or more years. They also appealed th

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Bhatkal - Karnataka IGP Mr Ajay Kumar Singh yesterday inaugurated Traffic Police Help Center here at Shirali. The program began with the welcome speech of Dist SP Mr Raman Gupta. Later Chief Guest Mr Ajay Kumar Singh addressed the gathering. In his speech while appreciating the role of people of Bha

BAGHDAD A NEWLY-LEAKED US diplomatic cable describes in detail the circumstances of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's execution, from guards telling him to "go to hell" to officials taking mobile phone pictures.Saddam's execution in December 2006 sparked international controversy after mobile phone vi

ABU DHABI, 8 December 2010, According to a new rule, the validity of UAE residential visa and labour card has now been reduced to two years. In a statement by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Labour it was made clear that the UAE Cabinet has reduced the validity of labou