Bhatkal - Highway Authority of India officials are conducting meetings with the public representatives of the area from where the NH 17 is passing through as a part of its upgradation plan. According to the proposed plan the stretch of 193 km highway from Goa to Kundapur will be converted into a fou

Bhatkal - Under-construction building near Bhatkal bunder collapsed injuring 7 labourers. According to the sources the construction work was going on as a part of state govt's plan to build new ice factories under Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation. The incident occurred at around 5:30 pm w

London: Cell phone users may soon be able to recharge their devices wirelessly.Japanese technology company Fujitsu has developed a system capable of simultaneously charging multiple portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and laptop computers without the need for cable con

New Delhi: Ahead of the court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, a French writer on India says it would be a moment of reckoning and an opportunity for Indian leadership to bring Muslims back into mainstream."September 24 would be the next turning point in India's history. I hope the judges are aware of it

New Delhi - Common Aptitude Test (CAT) aspirants now will have a "practice test paper" to familiarise them with the online format of the examination.Prometric, which is entrusted with the task of conducting CAT, has designed the test paper to provide a comprehensive overview of what to expect on the

Washington - US President Barack Obama has counselled American children to aim high as the country's success in the 21st century depends on them in the face of increasing competition from ''Bangalore, India'' and ''Beijing, China'' where students are ''working harder than ever''."You've got an oblig

Abu Dhabi - The Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) will phase out the use of plastic bags in its facilities, a company official said Wednesday.According to Chief Executive Officer Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan, a multi-faceted strategy to replace all non-biodegradable plastic bags by the end of 2

BEIJING: Indian school students will soon begin learning Chinese in large numbers as it will soon be introduced in the CBSE curriculum, Human Resources Minister, Kapil Sibal said Wednesday after discussing with China's Education Minister Yuan Guiren the modalities of training Indian teachers for the

Bangalore - Reserving 25 percent of seats for children of poor families in private schools would be mandatory and its violation would be punishable, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday."We will not budge an inch from this mandatory provision in the Right to Free and Compulsor

Hyderabad, August 30: The Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University, has invited applications for admission to Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) and Post Graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics from candidates without entrance test across the country.In a press note,

Hyderabad - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the RBI Young Scholars Award Scheme to create awareness among young scholars about the Indian banking sector and RBI. Under the Scheme, the RBI will select 125 scholars through a countrywide competitive examination and award a scholarship.Sele

New Delhi - Sheela Bhatt meets Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha chief Mohan Bhagwat at a media interaction in New Delhi. She says that while he was rigid on his stand on the Ayodhya issue, he impressed with his simplicity and clarity of thought."Hindu society in India wants to see a Ram temple in Ayodhy

MUSCAT - Like last year this time too the Eid Milan 2010 organised by the Bhatkal Muslim Jamat, Muscat was different from eid milans held elsewhere in the GCC.The impressive eid Milan featured interesting and humorous skits which have been the hallmark of Muscat eid Milan for the last the last two y

Chennai - Bhatkal community in Chennai has decided to organize Eid Get-together on 26th September at 10:30 am at MEASI MAT Higher Secondary School located at 53, Angappa Naicken Street Chennai. According to the press release issued by the secretary of the association, there will be several events in

Bhatkal - In a fatal road accident on N.H. 17 near Venkatapur, a labourer was killed when he came under rear wheels of a lorry. The deceased has been identified as Narayana Masti Gonda (50) of Tengingundi. According to the sources, while walking beside the road, he accidentally slipped and came unde

New York: Rafael Nadal won his first US Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday in a match filled with fantastic shot making by both men and interrupted by a thunderstorm a day after it was postponed by rain.It's Nadal's third consecutive major

A ban will come into force early next year if latest law passed by French parliament is not overturned by senior judgesParis: The French parliament passed a law on Tuesday prohibiting wearing a full-face veil in public, meaning a ban will come into force early next year if it is not overturned by se

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis holding handwritten passports, a senior official told Gulf News on Tuesday.The decision will affect Pakistanis who plan to travel to the UAE and Pakistani expatriates already in the country who plan to apply for a new visa after cancelling t