KINGSTON: India allowed the West Indies tail-enders to delay the inevitable before wrapping up the first cricket Test with a comfortable 63-run victory inside four days and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series on Thursday. Chasing a victory target of 326, West Indies never recovered from t

Jeddah - 23 June 2011: Any expatriate worker involved in a legal battle with his employer or sponsor will not be deported from the Kingdom without receiving his rights, Lt. Col. Badr Al-Malik, spokesman of the Passport Department in Jeddah, said on Wednesday. Al-Malik made this comment while talki

Bhatkal - 23 June 2011: A meeting between police department and people's representatives was held here at IB to discuss about the 'Police Survey' being conducted by the department as a part of police beat system. During the meeting several questions were raised by the people's representatives and s

New Delhi - 23 June 2011: TheAnna Hazarecamp is digging in its heels for a decisive showdown with the government over Lokpal and should be interested in enlisting support from all possible quarters. More so, because the government has been working hard, the Hazare group alleges, to limit turnout at

Jeddah - 23 June 2011: A number of expatriates, especially laborers, drivers, masons and salesmen have said they would cancel their plans to travel home this summer following strong rumors that exit and re-entry visas would be converted into final exit visas at the airports. Though passport officia

Bhatkal - 23 June 2011: After reports of ragging in Anjuman Engineering College published in some Kannada newspapers, Anjuman administration in its press release strongly denied the allegations and termed it as a conspiracy to malign the reputation of Isnstitution. According to the press release iss

Karwar, June 21: Brushing aside the allegations of 'Muslim specific survey' by 'men in khaki', in some minority dominated areas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police R Ramesh on Tuesday said the police are carrying out their responsibility without any bias and prejudice. Confusion prev

Bangalore - Applications are invited from the students belonging to the minority communities pursuing Class XI / XII (PUC), Vocational Courses in I.T.I/I.T.C., JOC, Diploma (Technical & Paramedical), D.Ed, D.Pharma, GNM, Graduation (B.A, B.Com,B.Sc, B.B.M, B.C.A, BSW, B.Ed, B.P.Ed, B.LibSc, BTA, etc

Abu Dhabi: Embassies in the UAE will not be allowed to deal with Visa Licensing Offices (VLOs) unless they fulfil licensing requirements set by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Abu Dhabi and Dubai Chambers of Commerce. VLOs help embassies with visa regulations in times when embassies are

DAMMAM, June 21,2011 (Arab News): Rumors of expatriates having their exit-re-entry visas switched to exit-only visas at airports have no basis, said Passport Department officials across the Kingdom."There is absolutely no truth to it," said Mohammad Al-Husayn, spokesman for the Passport Department i

Yangon - 21 June 2011: On a three-day visit to Myanmar to interact with the new civilian government, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna paid homage Monday at the mausoleum of Bahadur Shah Zafar, India's last Mughal emperor who died here in 1862 after being exiled by the British Raj. Bahadur S

Damascus - 21 June 2011: President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday ordered a new general amnesty, a day after an offer of "national dialogue" to end Syria's deadly unrest and as a huge crowd rallied in Damascus in his support. "President Assad has issued a decree granting a general amnesty for crimes c

NEW DELHI: TheMonsoon Sessionof Parliament will be held from August 1 to September 8.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting ofCabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs(CCPA) headed by finance ministerPranab Mukherjee.After the meeting, parliamentary affairs ministersPawan Kumar Bansalsaid

Bhatkal - 21 June 2011: A farmer drowned in a pool here in Bengre village of Bhatkal taluk. The incident occurred when the farmer after finishing his field work went for a bath in the pool. Nobody noticed him while drowning in the pool as the place was isolated. A case has been registered at Bhatkal

Moscow - 21 June 2011: Forty four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road, officials said on Tuesday.TheRussAir Tu-134tried to land just before midnight local time on Monday

NEW DELHI: Just three weeks after Google's Street View cars started driving around Bangalore, the company has grounded the fleet after an objection from the city police. According to Google, it received a letter from the Commissioner of Police ofBangaloreasking it to stop the cars. The cars were tak

CHANDIGARH: TheNational Investigation Agencyon Monday filed a chargesheet against five accused - Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand and Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel - in theSamjhauta Expressblasts case

WASHINGTON: Coming soon to the internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."The organization that oversees theinternetaddress system is preparing to open the floodgates to a nearly limitless selection of new website suffixes, including ones in Arabic, Chinese and other scri