PATNA: A professor at Motihari Central University in Bihar was allegedly beaten up by a group of people on Friday for his comments on social media that appeared to criticise former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The professor, Sanjay Kumar, said he was dragged out from his third-floor flat

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA: Mansour al-Amer swipes a card to reveal a narrow sleep pod, reminiscent of Japan's famed capsule hotels. But this pod is in Saudi Arabia, where the Muslim hajj pilgrimage begins Sunday. The kingdom has plans to introduce capsule rooms in the western city of Mina in the coming

The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has instructed the formation of a national emergency committee to provide relief assistance to people affected by flash floods in the Indian state of Kerala. According to Sheikh Khalifa's instructions, the committee will be chaired by

BENGALURU: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala has opened the gates of the century-old Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru for the public for 15 days from August 16. The Governor said that anyone can visit the heritage site till August 31 from 4:30 pm to 7 pm after online booking. Through Karnataka Tourism D

Bengaluru: Indian Army troops and Navy divers joined the national and state disaster relief forces to rescue hundreds of people marooned in Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement on Friday. "About 60 Dogra Regiment soldiers and 12 expert naval divers rescued 873 maroone

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan died on Saturday. He was 80. An official statement from The Kofi Annan Foundation was shared on Mr. Annan’s Twitter handle: “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Se

Islamabad: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was sworn-in on Saturday as Pakistan's 22nd Prime Minister, three weeks after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the highest number of seats in the July 25 general election. Khan, who outvoted opposition and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz

کیرالہ میں زبردست سیلاب اور مٹی کے تودے گرنے سے ہوئے 19512 کروڑ روپئے کے نقصان کی رپورٹ کے بیچ  ریاست کے 11 اضلاع میں ریڈ الرٹ کا اعلان کر دیا گیا ہے۔ خلیج بنگال میں بنے دباو کے علاقہ کے سبب یہاں ایک بار پھر بھاری بارش ہونے کا اندیشہ ہے۔ دریں اثنا، وزیر اعظم نریندر مودی نے آج کیرالہ کو 500 کروڑ روپ

کیرالہ میں ان دنوں سیلاب اور موسلا دھار بارش نے تباہی مچا رکھی ہے۔ بارش نے یہاں گزشتہ 100 سالوں کا ریکارڈ توڑا ہے ۔ فضائیہ، بحریہ ، بری فوج اور این ڈی آر ایف کی ٹیمیں ریسکیو آپریشن میں مصروف ہیں۔ فوج کے جوان اپنی جان پر کھیل کر سیلاب متاثرعلاقوں سے لوگوں کی زندگیاں بچا رہے ہیں۔ جمعہ کو ایئر فورس کیپ

Honnavar 17 August 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) A mentally unstable woman from Sirsi was found dead at Konekar Salakeri of Honnavar Taluka on August 17 Friday. The deceased has been identified as Geeta Palankar, a resident of Sirsi. Accourding to the sources, Geeta who was mentally unstable

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a grant-in-aid of Rs. 200 crore for relief work in districts hit by floods and landslides in the state due to incessant rains. He was speaking to reporters after reviewing the situation in the rain-affected districts of Dakshina K

NEW YORK: A Sikh man has been stabbed to death at his store in the US state of New Jersey, the third incident targeting the minority Sikh community in the country in three weeks. Terlok Singh was discovered dead by his cousin on Thursday in his store with an apparent stab wound in the chest. T

Riyadh: Thousands of Muslims from around the world gathered on Friday in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage. Pilgrims were praying around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's most sacred site, where Muslims go each year to perform the Haj, reports Efe ne

New Delhi: Social activist Swami Agnivesh was attacked right outside the BJP office at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in Delhi while he was on his way to pay respects to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the video that is being circulated, the Swami can be seen being chased by a mob and a man, puttin

With heavy rains continuing to batter Kodagu, some families living on the hills in Madikeri town found themselves homeless when their dwellings caved in under the onslaught. As many as eight houses tumbled to the ground in Indira Nagar and Chamundeshwari Nagar in the town. Many people living in t

سوشل میڈیا پر ایک جذباتی ویڈیو کلپ گردش کررہی ہے ، جس میں دو بھائی کافی جذباتی انداز میں ایک دوسرے کو گلے لگا رہے ہیں ۔ بتایا جارہا ہے کہ ان دونوں بھائیوں کا ملک شام تعلق ہے ۔ مگر خانہ جنگی کی وجہ سے دونوں بھائی تقریبا سات برس قبل ایک دوسرے سے جدا ہوگئے تھے اور اب سفر حج پر دونوں آپس میں ملے ہیں ۔

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away here at AIIMS on Thursday at age 93, was on Friday cremated with full military honours at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, where people turned out in tens of thousands to pay their final tributes. Vajpayee's foster-daughter Namita lit

Bhatkal 17 August 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) has issued a press release informing that the electricity supply in Bhatkal will be effected due to emergency 110kv line maintenance on Saturday between 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. According to the press release t