The transportation service will only carry worshippers between Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa Riyadh: A Saudi official at the Central Haj Committee (CHC) has disclosed that pilgrims from the UAE, Qatar and Oman will not benefit from the train services to be launched for the first time during the coming

Paris: A French court Thursday slapped a one-month suspended jail sentence on a retired female teacher who attacked a woman in a shop for wearing a face-covering Islamic veil. The Paris court heard that the defendant, who had worked in several Arab countries, set upon a 26-year-old Emirati woman in

Bhatkal - Mohammed Ali S/o. Mohammed Saleem Jushidi of Anjuman Engineering College has won the Silver medal in Hammer throw event with 33.75m throw at an athletics meet held at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology, Chikmagalur on 27th October 2010. This Athletics Meet was held as a part of 13th

Bhatkal - Despite the assurances and promises by the Highway Authority to start repair work of NH 17, the condition is becoming worst and worst with every passing day. To protest against this, large number of angry residents of Bhatkal held massive protest at Shamsuddin Circle, Bhatkal and blocked t

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Bhatkal - In a fresh incident of burglary, 3-shops located on NH 17 Bhatkal were bulgled including two mobile and one computer shop. According to the sources, the thieves broke open the shutters of three shops including Mobile-In, which belongs to Mohammed Qutubuddin Habeeba near Shifa Cross, Shabee

BANGALORE - The arrest of a Karnataka State Haj Committee (KSHC) employee and an agent on Wednesday has blown the lid off a network with suspected links to the Mumbai underworld and Central government officials in cahoots to dupe pilgrims to Islam's holiest of shrines. The Bharathi Nagar police arre

BOSTON - Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata are among the five Indians named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its this year's list of 68 people "who matter". India's business tycoons Reliance Industries Chairman M

Bhatkal - 4 Students of Anjuman Arts Science & Commerce College, Bhatkal demonstrated their excellent show at recently concluded Karnataka University Inter-College Sports Meet which was held at A S Patil Commerce College, Bijapur. Abdul Mutee S/o. Shabbir Ajaib grabbed Gold medal in Pole vault

Murdeshwar - Renowned Industrialist Mr R.N. Shetty inaugurated free ambulance service on the eve of Karnataka Day at a function held here at RNS Multispeciality Hospital, Murdeshwar. Speaking on the occasion Mr Shetty said, 'this free ambulance service will be available for the people of Bhatkal and

NEW YORK -US computer giant Dell announced Tuesday that it has acquired Boomi, a company that provides Web-based or "cloud" computing services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Texas-based Dell said the purchase of Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Boomi will allow it to "he

Move over Gregorian calendar. It's time to keep time the Hegirian - or the Islamic Hijri - way. A Swiss company has created the world's first mechanical clock based on the Islamic lunar calendar. Parmigiani that takes pride in being 'haute horlogerie authentique' (authentic luxury watchmakers) call

ATHENS - Greece halted foreign mail deliveries on Wednesday after nearly a dozen small parcel bombs were discovered addressed to the leaders of France, Germany and Italy and foreign embassies in Athens. A package addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached her Berlin offices on Tuesday, wh

MUMBAI - The rupee strengthened by 12 paise to Rs 44.25 against the US currency at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market in the morning trade today, tracking dollar's losses against other major currencies. Traders said besides dollar's losses against the euro and other Asian currencies, fresh capit

Indian President Pratibha Patil to visit Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah Abu Dhabi: Indian President Pratibha Patil will arrive in the UAE on November 21 for a five-day official visit. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi said the date of the president's visit was being finalised. But the UAE National Medi

BERLIN - A parcel containing an explosive device was on Tuesday intercepted at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices, hours after parcel bombs exploded at the Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens. The parcel bomb, purportedly sent by the Greek Economic Ministry, was addressed to Ms. Merkel per

WASHINGTON - With less than 100 hours left for Barack Obama to leave for his historic trip to India, the White House has said that the U.S. President is looking to elevate the Indo-U.S. relationship to a whole new level, far away from the misunderstanding and differences of the Cold War. "We are lo

Aligarh: Indian universities hold great potential, and are the powerhouses of knowledge, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said at a convocation here Tuesday. "Our universities hold great potential for preparing India's next generation to face the upcoming challenges. They are the powerhouses of