Qatar was united in prayers as the nation mourned 13 kindergarten children who were burned to death in a devastating fire that swept through the main Villagio shopping centre in the capital city of Doha. A Ministry of Interior spokesman said the fire claimed 19 lives, including seven boy and six gir

Residents living in Dubai have only a few days left to apply for the national ID card or face a daily fine of 20 AED ($5.45), UAE daily Gulf News reported on Sunday. The fines will be imposed on anyone who fails to register with the Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) by the end of May 31. EIDA has s

Riyadh: Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Darbhanga, Bihar was arrested by Saudi Police on Sunday and now waiting to be deported to India. Mahmood, who did his B.Tech (Mechanical) was working in Saudi Arabia for the last five years. He was arrested Sunday afternoon from his home in Jubail. Saudi Polic

A group of private Saudi divers said they had built what they described as the first underwater mosque in history and that they performed prayers inside it just after it was completed, according to a newspaper. The divers used massive plastic pipes filled with sand to construct the symbolic mosque u

Dubai - Travellers to India are being searched for gold ornaments by customs officials at major airports across the country. An Indian law dating back to the 1960s states that those travelling to India are supposed to pay tax for carrying any gold valued at more than Rs20,000 (Dh1,379). What's stran

DUBAI(Wam)- The second edition of the Dubai International Peace Convention begins today with the objective of sharing ideas and solutions that help cultivate a peaceful world in which the concepts of equality and moderation urged by the Islamic religion are respected. This event, being held under th

Wealth of 36 Arab billionaires increased by $3.7 billion (Dh13.58 billion) to $121.3 billion (Dh445 billion) last year as compared to $117.6 billion in the previous year with Saudi prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud topping with a fortune of $18 billion. After prince Alwaleed, Lebanese-Brazilian billi

The Saudi labour ministry has completed a study on prospects of cancelling the current individual sponsorship system to replace it with recruitment companies, Arab News has reported, citing an unnamed source. The study, which took five years to complete, will be presented to the Council of Ministers

Riyadh - 26 March 2012:Allah keeps all the holy persons alive even after their death. One such incident came to limelight in tourist area of Aseer Zone in Saudi Arabia recently. This area is located in the South West of the country. During excavation, some dead bodies were exhumed from 150 year old

By : Muaz Shabandri DUBAI ( Khaleej Times - The UAE's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced a series of initiatives on Monday as part of its drive to transform e-services in the country. Speaking at a Press briefing, Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi, Deputy Director-General for Information s

MAKKAH (By ARAB NEWS): The Haj and Umrah Research Institute at Umm Al-Qura University has completed studies to introduce a cable car system to transport people to the historic caves of Hira and Al-Thawr in Makkah. Abdul Aziz Saroji, dean of the institute, said the plan aims to facilitate safe trips

Dubai - 26 Feb 2012 (PTI): Qatar has been ranked as the world's wealthiest country in a new list compiled by the prestigious US magazine Forbes. The Gulf State with a population of 1.7 million topped the list as the world's richest country per capita, thanks to a rebound in oil prices and its massiv

Dubai - 22 Feb 2012 (KT): The Dubai Metro, comprising red and green Lines, has entered the Guinness World Records as the longest driverless metro network in the world spanning 75km. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), recently received the Guinness Certificate from

Muscat - 15 Jan 2012: Inheritance is the transfer of legal ownership of a deceased's assets to his heirs. Islam has the best system for distribution of wealth among heirs but most of us are ignorant and care less of knowing the inheritance law in Islam. Most disputes arise because we don't know or d

Doha - Hassan Chougule, a well wisher of Bhatkalis, long time Doha resident and senior Indian Community member, and has been conferred upon with Pravasi Bhartiya Samman, This award was constituted by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to appreciate ex

ABU DHABI - The Indian expatriates in the UAE need not get their documents attested by the missions for applying to register for voting in the elections in their home country. The clarification was made by Indian Ambassador to the UAE M K Lokesh as many expats have been confused about the recent ann

Doha - 11 Jan 2012: Around 15 organizations representing 100 Indian education institutions took part in the two day exhibition held at the grand Regency Halls has evoked a very enthusiastic response with a large number of people visited at various stalls. Speaking tobhatkallys.com,Thyagarajan, Direc

Dammam - 24 Dec 2011 (AN): Former Chairman of International Indian School-Dammam Muhammad Asghar Khan, 58, his wife Rukhsana Begum, 44, and their son Mohammed Ehtisam,19, died in a road accident on Thursday evening. The family was on its way to Makkah to perform Umrah when their vehicle, a Toyota F