CHRISTCHURCH - 13 June 2011: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's quake-hit city of Christchurch on Monday, prompting the evacuation of a building holding an inquest into February's deadly tremor. The USGS measured the quake, which hit just 10 kilometres from Christchurch, at 5.2-magnitud

Bhatkal - 13 June 2011: Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen yesterday released the final list of candidates contesting for the Management body elections for the next 5 year term (2011-2015). According to the Election commissioner, Mr Abdubaker Ali Kasimji, total 32 members are in the fray for 23 seats. Total 4

Doha - 12 June 2011: Bhatkalli community residing here in Qatar on Thursday organized a Poetic-concert (Mushaira) wherein large number of people participated and enjoyed the event. The Mushaira was graced by several eminent poets including Mr Jailani Shabandri, who was especially invited for this ev

Riyadh - 12 June 2011: Bhatkalli community in Rayadh celebrated family picnic on 9th June 2011 here at Istirahatal Arjwan in Riyah. On this occasion large number of Bhatkalli people along with their family participated and enjoyed the event. On this occasion, BMJ-R's general programme also know as '

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday broke his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vowed to continue his campaign against corruption. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a

One more diabetes drug has now entered the realm of controversy. With France and Germany banning 'pioglitazone' (marketed under the brand name Actos) following reports that it raised the risk of bladder cancer in long-term use, debates have begun to rage in India as well. "This follows a rather re

A senior journalist with an English daily was on Saturday shot dead by four motorcycle-borne unidentified persons in suburban Powai here, police said. Jyoti Dey was heading the crime bureau at Mid-Day. Joint Police Commissioner (Law & Order) Rajnish Seth said Dey was shot dead in the Hiranandani a

Mumbai - 11 June 2011: Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday, causing water logging in several parts of the metropolis. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Disaster Management Cell, the city area recorded 29.9 mm of rainfall while th

LONDON: Maqbool Fida Husain was laid to rest at Brookwood cemetery at Woking in Surrey, south of London on Friday afternoon. As a black Mercedes hearse pulled in with his mortal remains, the artist's family followed in a Rolls Royce. After the exiled artist's family members declined the offer of

PATNA: After his recent visit to Bhutan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will undertake a 'goodwill' tour of China from June 12. Official sources said that during his stay in China Kumar would visit power plants, besides looking into its agriculture and irrigation systems. Kumar would also i

Committees of officials formed at village and taluk levels in Uttara Kannada to control damages caused by heavy rain and floods should work in tandem in the event of an emergency, B.N. Krishnaiah, Deputy Commissioner, has said. He was addressing a meeting of officials at Gerusoppa on Wednesday. He d

Bhatkal - 10 June 2011: The South-western Monsoon, moisture-laden winds from theIndian Ocean which brings rain in the sub-continent have fully tightened its grip on coastal belt including Bhatkal, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore and Karwar with incessant rain from the past one week. Reports of house coll

Six years after it was conceived, the first lot of 10,000 laptops - the HRD ministry calls it low-cost access-cum-computing device - would be delivered to IIT-Rajasthan in late June, and over the next four months 90,000 more would be made available at Rs 2,200 apiece.The announcement was made on Wed

New Delhi - 09 June 2011: The government announced that it has earmarked Rs 258.39 crore for the preparation of athletes for the London Olympics, under 'Project Opex 2012'. Sports minister Ajay Maken, while addressing a press meet, said the estimated amount is for a period of 16 months, starting

Haridwar - 09 June 2011: Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, today made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order. On his sixth day of fast, Ramdev addressed a press conference here du

The iOS preview stole the limelight at the WWDC event in San Francisco. The event also saw the beta release for iOS Developer Program members. The prominent features announced were Notification Center, iMessage, Twitter integration, Newsstand, Game Center, and Airplay.Apple claims that the Notifica

London - 09 June 2011: Legendary Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly known as 'Picasso of India' who earned both fame and wrath for his paintings, died here on Thursday at a hospital following over a month-long illness. He was 95. Husain breathed his last at 2.30am local time (0700 IST)

Bhatkal - 09 June, 2011: The annual deep-sea fishing ban along the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada will come into effect from Tuesday, June 15 forcing boat owners and the fishing community to allow themselves a break of nearly two months. The fishing ban in D.K. and U