Bhatkal - Monday will be the 1st day of Dul-Hijja as the moon was sighted today (Nov 7) evening in Bhatkal. This was announced jointly by both the Qazis of Jamatul Muslimeen & Markazi Khaleefa Jamatul Muslimeen Bhatkal. According to this, Tuesday will be Yaum-e-Arafah and on Wednesday (17th Nov) Ei

Abu Dhabi: Residents will soon be able to register for ID cards at selected Empost mail offices all over the country, apart from the registration centres of Emirates Identity Authority (Eida), a senior official told Gulf News on Saturday. The new initiative in partnership with Empost will begin in

Riyadh - A Bhatkali teacher, Faheema Banu Kola was awarded the 'Best Teacher for the year 2009-10' in recognition of her services to the Yara International School in Riyadh. The Kindergarten teacher's excellence is a shining example of how Bhatkalli women are making strides in professional careers.

Bangalore - The festival of lights brought no cheer for young Pravin: this 10-year-old native of Mulbagal taluk in Kolar district lost an eye on Friday for no fault of his. The child was passing by the Mulbagal bus-stand where a group of people were bursting crackers, and a rocket, instead of shooti

Dubai:A top police official has warned the public to be on the lookout for counterfeit currency, which has been confiscated in several instances this year. "The three most counterfeited [currencies] we receive are the UAE dirham, the US dollar and the euro," said Aqeel Al Najjar, head of the Questi

Mumbai, India: President Barack Obama's pledge to ease export controls that have long vexed India came as an unexpected salve in a relationship irritated by frictions over outsourcing and market access, Indian business leaders said on Saturday. The export controls resulted from past concerns about

The UAE and Saudi Arabia announced that Sunday will be the first day of Dhu Al Hijja. Dubai: The UAE and Saudi Arabia announced that Sunday will be the first day of Dhu Al Hijja. Accordingly, Monday (November 15) will be Arafat and Tuesday (November 16) will be the first day of Eid Al Adha. GulfNew

Bhatkal - Bhatkal MLA Mr JD Naik along with the representatives of Bhatkal Press Association have recently visited Marambali village located at Sagar road which comes under Muttalli gram panchayath limits and inspected the village. It may be interesting to note that, there are nearly 27 families liv

Bhatkal - Bhatkal's famous Sports & Social Welfare Club, Labbaik Nawayath will host a Felicitation Program to honor Moulana Ilyas Jakti Nadvi (General Secretary Moulana Abul Hasan Islamic Academy, Bhatkal) for his distinguished contribution towards spreading Islamic Education & Dawah. On this occasi

Bhatkal - Few days back, bhatkallys.com in its news report pointed out the absence of speed-breakers near Rabita Complex Junction is the main reason for frequent road accidents at Shamsuddin Road. Acting on this report, Bhatkal TMC President Mr. Inayatullah Shabandri has ordered to install speed-bre

India's financial hub is US President Barack Obama's first stop on a four-nation Asia tour which is expected to be heavily weighted towards strengthening ties with fast-growing economies Mumbai: US President Barack Obama begins a trade-focused visit to India on Saturday in Mumbai with a sombre trib

MUMBAI: US President Barack Obama arrived here on Saturday on the first leg of his three-day visit that will seek to focus on opening up of Indian markets for American businesses and deal with wide range of political issues, including strategy on counter-terrorism. The Air Force One carrying Obam

HAVANA: A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital has crashed with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners, state media reported. There was no immediate word on whether any survived. The AeroCaribbean plane went down near the village of Guasimal in Santi Sp

MANGALORE: The National Highways Authority of India may complete work on National Highway 17 by December-end. Participating in a meeting on infrastructure development organised here on Thursday by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav said that officials of t

Thiruvananthapuram -A survey conducted by a US-based agency in certain Muslim-dominated areas of the capital has sent intelligence agencies into a tizzy. Home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that Central help was being sought to unravel the mystery, if any, behind the exercise.According to

Twenty-one people, including at least one foreign national, were killed when a small aircraft belonging to a private charter service crashed immediately after taking off from the airport in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi today. The Beechcraft 1900C aircraft of JS Air, which had been ch

Dubai: Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet yesterday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in three years of commercial flight. One of the Airbus A380's four engines failed mi

Mount Merapi: A deadly surge of blistering gases cascaded down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Friday, incinerating houses in one mountainside village and more than doubling the number of people killed in just over a week to 92. Forty-eight bodies were brought to a morgue at a nearb