Dubai - Real-time database updates, scaling up of technology and certification of technicians among proposed changes Dubai: A comprehensive analysis of the vehicle testing system by a special team from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has proposed a series of changes to the process of testin

Doha - 10 Dec 2012: A six-year-old Indian boy drowned in a swimming pool at a recently built villa compound in Abu Hamour on Friday. The victim, identified as Thomas Nettickaden, was the son of Anshu Thomas Nettickaden, who is the sales manager at the Doha office of a UAE-based company, located i

Dubai: Women will be represented in the boards of all government bodies and corporations, according to a resolution issued by the Cabinet on Sunday. Women’s representation in government company boards has been made mandatory during the Cabinet meeting chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Ras

Dubai: Residential rents in Dubai increased by 17 per cent on average over the past 12 months due to a growing population and a limited supply in the most popular locations, according to a new report by real estate consultancy CBRE. “For tenants, this is a warning flag. We don’t want to see the mar

Embassy proposes ‘soft loans’ for illegals being repatriated Dubai: Illegal Pakistani residents applying for amnesty will not be charged for an outpass, the Pakistani ambassador to the UAE said. Jamil Ahmad Khan said all charges related to the amnesty application have been waived. The Pakistani

Dubai: Residents commuting from Sharjah to Dubai fear a return to pre-2008 conditions that forced them to leave home before dawn to beat the morning rush hour. There is concern those days might be returning as a fast-growing UAE economy and regional unrest draws more people to the UAE. Detours and

Dubai: When US President Barack Obama announced new administrative appointments early this week, an Indian mother living in Sharjah was elated beyond words. Suraja Pavithran’s visually-challenged son, Sachin Dev Pavithran, 34, was among the select few picked by the White House for an important job.

Dubai - Eng. Hussain Nassir Lootah , Director General of Dubai Municipality, on Wednesday launched the National Coordinates, a comprehensive navigations system, developed by the GIS Department of Dubai Municipality. He made the announcement during a press conference held in the conference hall of D

Dubai: Dubai Metro was the scene of a suicide on Monday, the first death in the railways’ three years of operation. An Indian worker committed suicide on the track early on Monday. Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Chief of Dubai Police on Wednesday said that a 36-year-old Indian work

Abu Dhabi: One of the Middle East’s longest road tunnels opens to motorists in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The last section of the upgrade in Al Salam Street, which will be renamed Zayed Street, includes the tunnel, which opens to traffic on Wednesday. Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nayhan, National Securi

Abu Dhabi: Dubai and Abu Dhabi rank highest in the region in quality of living standards, a Mercer ‘Quality of Living’ survey revealed. Dubai ranked 73 and Abu Dhabi 78 in terms of quality of living. In terms of city infrastructure, Dubai ranked 34 globally while Abu Dhabi stood at 72, the surv

First of its kind and is 20 times the original size [caption id="attachment_15947" align="alignleft" width="475"] Abdullah Fadhi Al Muhairbi ( left) Musbeh Al Mismari, (first right) Acting Executive Director for Administrative Affairs and Relations at the Emirates Identity Authority with other of

Abu Dhabi/ Dubai/Sharjah: Hundreds of illegal residents flocked to immigration centres in Dubai on Tuesday to benefit from the 60 day visa amnesty. But across the country, numbers were more moderate as the campaign got underway on its first day. Around 300 illegals came to the Al Aweer Investigati

The Indian government looks set to revise the proposed documentation charges for those seeking to leave the UAE under a two-month amnesty, after Khaleej Times revealed the disparity with four other embassies. As reported on Friday, the Indian government had drawn flak from welfare groups of India

Dubai: Thousands of illegal immigrants are expected to flock to centres across the country as the 60-day visa amnesty begins on Tuesday. Violators of the country’s residency law can visit a centre in each Emirate to start the departure process — which will see them leave the country with no ban or

Dubai: Taxi users will no longer be exempt from the Dh4 toll when crossing Salik gates beginning January 1, Gulf News has learnt. The Salik toll system which was introduced by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in July 2007, was also applicable to taxis. However, following numerous complaints

Abu Dhabi - To celebrate the 41st UAE National Day, Emirates India Fraternity Forum (EIFF), a UAE based Social Welfare association  in co-ordination with Sheikh Khalifa Medical City  Blood Bank,  Abu Dhabi organized a Blood Donation Drive. The drive is part of its continuous

[caption id="attachment_15866" align="alignleft" width="550"] Shaikh Khalifa with Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Shaikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla and Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuai