Dubai, Feb 10, 2011 (Gulf News): Students and senior citizens who are abover sixty will get 50 per cent discount on public tansport in Dubai starting March this year, said a senior official at the RTA.Use of public transport will be free for people with special needs.

Muscat, February 7, 2011 (Gulf News): Alarmed by the increasing fatalities on the highway linking Muscat with Dubai in the Batinah region, the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Oman has planned to turn the main link road into an international-class carriageway.According to a report in the

DAMMAM , Feb 7,2011 (Arba News):A member of India's ruling Congress party has called for banning a Hindu right-wing group whose members have been found guilty of carrying out a series of bomb blasts across the country in the last two years.Raashid Alvi, who represents the party in the upper house of

Abdul Kalam suggests chemotherapy to cure the ills afflicting political, bureaucratic and judicial systemsDubai, Feb 4m2011 (Gulf News)i: Corruption is a cancer-like situation engulfing India's political-bureaucratic-judicial system, requiring an urgent 'chemotherapy', former Indian president Dr A.P

Qatar, Jan 31,2011 (Bhtakallys News)Indians celebrated their Republic Day in a large numbers at Indian embassay premises in Doha. The ambassador HE Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa unfrul the national flag. The Indian ambassador read out the message of Indian President Paratiba Patil. In her message, Patil said

RIYADH Jan 31,2011 (Arab News): The Shoura Council on Sunday agreed to add a new article to the real estate and investment law to allow foreign residents to own properties in the Kingdom.The decision was taken at the council's 77th session presided over by Shoura Council Chairman Abdullah Al-Asheikh

Dubai, Jan 30, 2011 (Gulf News): Students on university sponsorship can now legally work part-time upon receiving a permit from the Ministry of Labour under a new decree issued as part of the UAE Labour Law.The new part-time work permit regulation went into effect this year and is aimed at protectin

DUBAI, 29 January 2011 (Khaleejtiimes): Sudden gusts of wind kicking up dust caught people returning from mosques after Friday prayers and other residents by surprise in Dubai and Sharjah, while thunderstorms lashed Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.The winds, packing up to 87 kmph at times

JEDDAH, 26,Jan 2011 (Arab News): Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah urged the authorities on Wednesday to take immediate action to tackle problems caused by the heavy rains, warning that those who show negligence would be severely punished.A statement carried by the official Saudi Press

Mobile phone subscribers in the UAE will be able to switch between telecom providers etisalat and du without having to change their phone numbers.The number portability system will come into effect from March.Mohammed Al Ghanim, TRA Director-General, told reporters on the sidelines of the two-day I

By: Muaz Shabandri Dubai, 25 January 2011 (Khaleej Times):Former president, space scientist, educator and a visionary; the many roles of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam have inspired students around the world to strive hard in the pursuit of success.A success story, Dr Kalam's was a charismatic rise from a comm

Abu Dhabi, Jan 23,2011 (The Nationa) : Want to change mobile phone company without losing your number? According to the head of the UAE telecoms regulator consumers in the Emirates should be able to do this by the end of March.Mohamed al Ghanim, the director general of the Telecommunications Regulat

ABU DHABI, Jan 23, 2011 (Reuters) : Dubai's real estate market woes are far from over as over-supply in office, residential and retail sectors will continue to push rentals down, a report from property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said.Vacancy rates in Dubai's office market have increased to 41 pe

Abu Dhabi: The policy of linking issuance and renewal of residency permits to the national ID card registration has gathered momentum with Fujairah set to become the second emirate after Umm Al Quwain to implement the process.From January 30, the Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) will start linking

Abu Dhabi Airports Company said on Sunday that the number of passengers using the airport of the capital increased 12.2 per cent last year to nearly 11 million.The positive passenger development during the year 2010 is also reflected in the aircraft movement numbers that reached 112,000 aircraft, a

Dubai, Jan 21m2011, (Gulf News): It's bad for your back if you are a "weekend warrior", or if you're overweight, or slouch over the steering wheel during the long commute to work, doctors said."About 80 per cent of people suffer from back pain some time in their life and it is due to poor posture, p

ubai, 20 January 2011 (Khaleejtimes): THE IMPACT from the Khaleej Times 'Make your child safe' campaign has been tangible to the extent that it underscores the sense of outrage and horror that a vast swathe of people have felt.While accepting the premise that the arrested individuals are only guilt

Dubai, Jan 20,2011 (Khaleejtimes):Infant vaccination will be a less 'painful issue' for parents and children in the UAE as the MoH is introducing an injection that gives immunity against six types of diseases with one shot.From February, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) of the ministry wil