In a shocking move, Karnataka state high court has issued a stay order against 55 Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses operating in Udupi district. Hearing a petition filed by Udupi District Private Bus Owners Association, the court observed that 55 KSRTC buses including

Oil tanker explodes, killing 123 in Pakistan

The moon-sighting committee in Saudi Arabia has announced that today (Saturday, June 24) will be the last day of Ramadan, and that Sunday (June 25) will be the first day of the month of Shawwal and the first day of Eid Al Fitr. The UAE moon-sighting committee has gathered in Abu Dhabi to sight the

Kumble resigns as partnership with Kohli becomes ’untenable’

A woman from Kerala gave birth to a baby boy while flying on Jet Airways’s Dammam-Kochi flight at a height of 35,000 feet on Sunday morning. According to officials, both woman and her child are in stable condition. The 29-year-old C. Jose, who was travelling alone, went into premature labour when

Qatar residents on Monday flocked to supermarkets to stock up on food, in response to Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the country’s sole land border effective early morning. Social media users reported “panic buying,” with pictures of overflowing shopping carts and empty shelves, after major Gulf

(CNN)Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates have broken diplomatic relations with Qatar, rattling a powerful 36-year-old Gulf states union, over what they say is the country’s support of terrorism. Egypt has also cut off relations with the tiny Gulf state. A statement on Saudi Arabia’s sta

In what can be considered to be the latest incident of a live television debate gone wrong, Nidhi Razdan, Executive editor of NDTV, threw Sambit Patra, who is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of her show over a statement he gave defaming her network. Patra, o

Arnab Goswami has been in the news recently after the Delhi HC asked his channel, Republic TV to tone down rhetoric in reporting on Shashi Tharoor and also asked the channel to desist from calling Tharoor names. It has also been suggested that the channel takes aim at the opposition parties and ref

The holy month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, May 27, Saudi Arabia announced today. Correspondingly, the last day of Ramadan is likely to be June 24, and Eid Al Fitr will be on June 25, subject to moon sighting. The UAE government has shortened working hours for public and private sector emplo

PM Narendra Modi speaks to Sushma Swaraj, expresses ’satisfaction’ over ICJ order

The apex court’s remarks came after it perused an affidavit, in the case while it termed facts given in them as ‘quite startling’.

Scores of countries and several multinational companies were hit by a massive cyber attack which, experts said, was carried out with the help of tools stolen from the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. The cyber attack was first reported from Swed

Oil ministry mulls home delivery of petrol, diesel

Sonu Nigam azaan row: Parineeti Chopra to Mika Singh to Sunil Grover, who said what

BJP names controversial leader Yogi Adityanath for UP CM post

25 year-old Habeeb Mohammed was very happy that finally he was successful in getting an assistant clerk job with transport firm in Dubai.But, all his dreams shattered when he was arrested at Dubai airport on charges of carrying drugs. According to officials, Dubai law enforcement detained Habeeb fo

People in the naxalite-affected Amasebail Gram Panchayat (GP) do not worry about frequent power cuts now as they can always fall back on solar lamps installed in their houses. Amasebail Gram Panchayat is all set to become the first “solar gram panchayat” in Udupi district, thanks to the efforts of