Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the number of users of public transport means (Dubai Metro, public buses, marine transit modes, and taxicabs of the Dubai Taxi Corporation only) in the first half of this year ha

Saudi Arabia has extended the deadline for Umrah visa applications from Ramadan 10 to 15 in order to allow more faithful to perform the lesser pilgrimage during the holy month of Ramadan. “The Haj Ministry in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to extend the deadline to Ra

JEDDAH: MD AL-HILALI | ARAB NEWS/AL-EQTISADIAH Sunday 14 July 2013 The Ministry of Haj has announced new measures to reduce congestion at the circumambulation area of the Kaaba during Ramadan by preventing pilgrims from overstaying their Umrah visas, said a top official. The pilgrim management st

[caption id="attachment_38551" align="alignleft" width="475"] Image Credit: Abdel-Krim Kallouche/Gulf NewsThe Al Karama Medical Fitness Centre has opened to the public and is located in Al Fajer Building near the general post office.[/caption] Medical Fitness Centre in Karama caters to more than

The Supreme Court called on whomsoever sees the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan by naked eyes or through binoculars to report to the nearest court and register his testimony, or report to the authority of the region’s governorate if there is no judge in the area where he sighted the crescen

The battered Indian rupee got a fresh hammering on Friday, slumping to Rs16.666 against the UAE dirham (Rs61.21 against the US dollar) at 7.10pm UAE time (15:10 GMT), plunging below its previous historic low that it made 10 days ago, on June 26, 2013. Sustained dollar demand by importers, especia

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced the completion of 75 per cent of construction works in Phase III of the Parallel Roads Project at Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), and expected all construction works in the project, which

Recently, it seemed that the floor beneath the Indian rupee had given away – how else does one explain a plunge of more than 13 per cent in less than eight weeks? The Indian rupee famously fell to a new record low of Rs16.537 against the UAE dirham (Rs60.738 vs. $1) on Wednesday, June 26, 201

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced in a media statement sent to Emirates 24|7 today that it has decided to do away with the Dh24 daily cap on the Salik toll gate system from July 15, 2013. In the statement, RTA highlighted that the decision will only affect a small segment of S

Dubai will have a park that has plants and trees mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. The General Projects Department of Dubai Municipality has announced plans to create a Holy Qur’an Park in Al Khawaneej. All plants mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and available in the UAE will be showcased in the 60 hect

Emirates and Etihad dominated the Skytrax World Airline Awards awards for 2013, given away in Paris on Tuesday, June 19, at the Paris Air Show. The two airlines flying out of the UAE dominated the show by winning the most coveted titles at the award show. Emirates was awarded the highly covete

Press Release: Emirates India Fraternity Forum has got special appreciation & thanks to its commendable services in organizing blood donation camps across Abu Dhabi from Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day held by Abu Dhabi Blood Bank. EIFF has been felicita

An Indian philanthropist and businessman has come forward to help the Dubai Autism Center by donating Dh1.8 million in continuation of his charity drive started earlier to help the distressed community members and disabled people. Sidharth Balachandran, former President of India Club, Dubai, and

[caption id="attachment_35966" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Pakistanis wait outside their consulate in Jeddah. (AN photo by Irfan Mohammed)[/caption] JEDDAH : Last Update 3 June 2013 2:12 am Pakistani nationals love living in the vicinity of the holy sites, commented Pakistan Consul General

[caption id="attachment_35963" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Passengers at King Abdulaziz International Airport. (AN photo)[/caption] JEDDAH : Passengers using King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah can now enjoy free Internet services. The General Authority of Civil Aviation yesterda

[caption id="attachment_35959" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Prominent members from the Indian state of Karnataka pose for a group photo after their annual meeting in Jeddah. (AN photo)[/caption] JEDDAH: Non-resident Indians from the state of Karnataka recently held their annual general meetin

[caption id="attachment_35817" align="alignleft" width="272"] KT illustration by Rajendran[/caption] In a move that is set to scale up the competition in the UAE’s telecom sector, etisalat is to make landline calls anywhere in the UAE free. The move will apply from July 1, with only local land

With a score of 98.6 per cent, the teenager was the UAE’s top pupil in India’s crucial CBSE exams. “I am delighted with my scores,” said Hanumanth, who registered the mark in the science stream and who now wants to go on to study computer science at university. “When I saw my scores this morni