CHENNAI/BANGALORE: While preparations for the Commonwealth Games is causing severe embarrassment to the country, Brand India as a tourist destination is scaling new heights.Globetrotters and tourists from around the world are warming up to the country's people and hospitality by voting India as the

LONDON: Christians in Europe must have more children or else the continent would become Islamised, said a Vatican official who predicted that Islam would "sooner rather than later conquer the majority in Europe".Italian Father Piero Gheddo said the poor birth rate among Europeans coupled with waves

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon, and Vice President Joe Biden will be at the World Trade Center site in New York, the White House said Monday.Officials had previously announced that First Lady Michelle Obama and forme

NEW YORK - A Nepalese teenager set to be declared the planet's smallest person got the big star treatment Tuesday on a tour of New York.Crowds at Times Square jostled for a glimpse of Khagendra Thapa Magar who at 17 is the size of a baby and has stopped growing.The Nepalese teen was making his first

BAGHDAD - Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country - including a 4,400-year-old statue of an ancient king stolen during the US-led invasion - have been returned to Iraq and were displayed Tuesday.Iraq is home to relics of the world's most ancient ur

BHATKAL - Gram panchayath member Mr. Tajuddin and contractor Mr. Abdul Hameed Sahab with the help of colony youth and Badria Masjid Committee members hosted an Iftar party here at Badria Colony coming under Jali gram panchayath limits wherein large number of colony people and important guests have b

BHATKAL - Around 8 to 10 feet long Python was seen slithering near a house in Firdous Nagar, Jamia Abad road yesterday evening. The house owner Mr. Ibu Ali with the help of neighbours caught the snake and locked in in the room. Later with the help of bhatkallys.com representative, Python was handed

BHATKAL - Youths of Moosa Nagar with the support of Aysha Masjid Committee elders, hosted an Iftar Get-Together here at Aysha Masjid located near Ameenuddin road, nawayath colony. On this occasion apart from colony people, TMC President Mr. Inayatullah Shabandri and other important personalities ha

BHATKAL - Grand welcome program was held at around 12:30 pm for 98 member Common Wealth Game's Queen Baton Relay team at Bhatkal border when they arrived here from neighbouring Udupi district. The people with great interest greeted the relay team the moment it entered the UK district border. On thi

KUWAIT - According to BMA Kuwait office sources, the Eid Get-Together will be held on next day of Eid at Hotel City Mughlai located at Jahra road in Kuwait. On this occasion, there will be an entertainment and cultural programs apart from tasty dinner.Secreatary Jamat has requested all the members t

Karachi: Pakistani authorities were Monday racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory.A month-and-a-half after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country, submer

OF late we are witnessing the wiping of Bhatkal's traditional siens (streets). One by one, the centuries-old magnificent houses of the Navayaths are being pulled down to accommodate matchbox structures. With this invaluable pieces of art and a leisurely lifestyle redolent of the past are also being

There is every reason to believe that by virtue of its strategic location Bhatkal has for centuries been an apple of discord. It seems as though many rulers - foreigners not barring - vied with one another to gain control over this town by hook or crook. Paradoxical though it may seem, very little i

RIYADH - More than 3.5 million pilgrims and visitors in Makkah and Madinah will bid farewell to the month of Ramadan Tuesday night which is considered the 29th night of the fasting month It is customary that on this night, the Imams of the Two Holy Mosques complete reciting the Quran. Each night

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday jumped by 338 points to close at a 31-month high on heavy buying in metal, refinery and IT stocks backed by a firming global trend.The 30-share index settled 338.62 points higher at 18,560.05 points, a level never seen after February 2008.Trading

Bihar will go to polls in six phases spread over a month from October 21, the Election Commission announced on Monday.The first phase on October 21 will have polling for 47 seats while the second phase will be held on October 24 in 45 seats.The third phase will be on October 28 for 48 seats, fourth

NEW DELHI - India's prime minister said on Monday he wanted to lower the average age of his cabinet, a remark that could signal a greater role for young and reformist ministers in a team dominated by a socialist old guard. Prime Minister Manmohan's Singh's comments came ahead of a possible cabinet r

NEW DELHI - The state-run Oman Oil Company will invest around $3 billion to help revive some of India's closed fertilizer plants. A decision in this regard was taken yon Sunday in Muscat during the sixth Indo-Oman Joint Commission deliberations. A few plants of India's Fertilizer Corporation of Indi