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

UAE telecom provider etisalat has announced that it is bringing down the minimum recharge to Dh10 starting today. Until now, etisalat users could only recharge for a minimum of Dh25. A message informing users about the new change is being sent out to all customers through SMS. The message refe

Dubai: It has extremely hot, humid and dry summers and hardly sees any rain at all, but the UAE is still the top-rated destination for many expatriates. According to a survey by Standard Life, nearly half (46 per cent) of non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in the country ranked the UAE as the i

[caption id="attachment_34926" align="aligncenter" width="580"] In this screen capture from an MOH video posted on YouTube, Dr. Mansour Naser Al-Howasi, MOH vice minister for health affairs, is shown during an inspection at a hospital in Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, where coronavirus patients are confined.[/capt

[caption id="attachment_34921" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Sri Lankan workers stand in a long queue under the sun at the deportation center in Jeddah on Monday. (AN photoby Irfan Mohammed)[/caption] JEDDAH: Tuesday 21 May 2013 Chaos prevailed yesterday across deportation centers in Jeddah a

Acquisition to provide incremental revenue and cost savings for airline, CEO says Dubai: Etihad Airways said on Sunday that it had acquired three airport services companies from Abu Dhabi Airports Company as the airline looks to exploit cost and revenue synergies across ground handling, catering and

RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 12 May 2013 Imams should not hire foreign laborers as imams and muezzins, directed the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance. Doing so would be considered a violation, with sanctions and punishments that may include dismissing them from their missions,