Bhatkal - 30 June 2011: BJP's Mr Uday Pai clinched TMC ward no 19 seat by defeating his nearest rival independent candidate, Mr Shridhar Devadig by 126 votes. 71.3% polling was recorded. The election was held following death of Councillor Upendra Bhat, who died three months ago. There were 3 candida

After the lukewarm response to Google Buzz, the search giant is back again - this time with the feature-packed Google+. Touted as the rival to Facebook, the new social networking place has the online forums buzzing. While most people are going gaga over its cool features like Circles and Hangou

Bhopal: The pain and misery of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster, sees no end and has been transferred to their progenies. They continue to suffer, writhe in pain and agony in the face of governments' apathy while counting days as to when their

Agra - 29 June 2011 : Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be the last descendent of the Mughal family, has demanded the country's highest civilian award - the Bharat Ratna - for Bahadur Shah Zafar. Tucy, who arrived here from Hyderabad for the Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, said he had been

Jakarta - 29 June 2011: A moderate 5.6-magnitudeearthquakehit off Indonesia'sSumatra islandon Wednesday, the local geophysics agency said, but there were no initial reports of damage or casualties.The quake struck at a depth of 30 kilometres around 175 kilometres southwest of the city of Bengkulu at

New Delhi - 29 June 2011: Prime MinisterManmohan Singhhas said he has no objection to Rahul Gandhi succeeding him as PM but said no such discussions were currently taking place within the ruling party.In his interaction with the editors on Wednesday, Manmohan Singh said he had no hesitation in bring

New Delhi - 29 June 2011: Amid speculation that a major Cabinet reshuffle is expected in the first fortnight of July, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met few ministers as part of her consultation process on the issue. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was the first to meet Gandhi.

Bhatkal - 29 June 2011: MLA Mr J D Naik inaugurated concrete road here in Mohiddin Street coming under Madeena Colony area. On this occasion an interaction program was organized by Young Star Association at Mohiddin Street Govt Urdu School, wherein Mr J D Naik highlighted the development works under

Bhatkal - 28 June 2011: A library building near Belke panchayath office was completely destroyed when a huge tree fell over it today morning. The loss due to this incident was estimated around three lakh rupees. Bhatkal Tahsildar and others had visited the spot and inspected the library building. It

Seattle - 29 June 2011:Microsoft Corpmade its biggest move into the mobile, internet-accessible world of "cloud" computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite.The world's largest software company is heaving its two-decade old set

Mangalore - 28 June 2011: In a shocking incident, a young woman and her seven year old daughter were found brutally murdered this afternoon at Panjimogaru near Kavoor locality of the city.Razia (32) and Zia Fathima (7), the victims, are believed to have been alone at home when the crime took place.

NEW DELHI: Smartphone manufacturer HTC announced the launch of its first tablet -- HTC Flyer -- in India to compete with the already existing players such as Samsung's Galaxy Tab, BlackBerry Playbook and Apple iPad. The seven-inch touch screen tablet is powered with HTC sense, a graphical user

Bhatkal - 27 June 2011: Angry residents of Chowtani protested against heavy water logging and bad condition of road in their area. On this occasion people blocked the road and demanded TMC to intervene and solve this problem. On receiving this news, Bhatkal TMC President, Mr Inanyatullah Shabandri r

Doha - 27 June 2011: Mr Fayyaz Kola was unanimously elected as the Executive member of Anjuman Hami -e- Muslimeen from Qatar in a meeting of Anjuman members held here in Doha. This was announced by the secretary of BMJ Qatar, Mr Salahuddin Shabandri. Bhatkallys News Bureau

British researchers have developed what they say is a "cure" for Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. And all you have to do is starve yourself for eight weeks.Roy Taylor, head of the magnetic resonance imaging unit at Newcastle University in Britain, and his colleagues studied 11 p

New Delhi: In a knee-jerk reaction, some Muslim leaders have termed as "blasphemous" the Chennai statement of Union Minister for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid wherein he reportedly said that Sachar Committee report is not Holy Quran that it should be accepted blindly. Several Muslim leaders an

New Delhi: In an important development, marking a radical shift in the UPA government's approach, from pre-Sachar to post-Sachar period, the Union Minister of Minorities Affairs Salman Khursheed has questioned, both the credibility of the Sachar report and blind acceptance of its recommendations

Mumbai - 27 June 2011: A fortnight after senior crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead,Mumbaipolice on Monday cracked the case claiming that underworld donChhota Rajanwas behind the murder, even as they remained tight-lipped about the motive."The murder was planned by Rohit Thangappan alias Sa