Dubai, Jan 3 (PTI): UAE-based Etihad Airways has launched flights to Bangalore, its eighth destination in India, a company official said today.Etihad operates four return flights a week to Bangalore and will increase to a daily service on the route from March 25, at the commencement of its summer sc

At 12:11pm today, residents in the UAE will experience one of nature's great events - a partial solar eclipse, where part of the sun will be covered by the passing moon.Hasan Ahmad Al Hariri, CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group said there is a lot of talk about the phenomenon. This will be the last sol

The state mosque here is all set to open its doors to worshippers in early 2011. This state mosque is all set to be Qatar's largest mosque and can accommodate 10,000 worshippers at a time.The mosque incorporates traditional Islamic architectural elements and with its distinctive doomed roof it will

Dubai, Jan 3,2011:'OIC should Push for Reconciliation between North and South Cyprus', writes Aftab H Kola in a cover story in the latest edition of Radiance Viewsweekly. Aftab Kola, who was among the 51 journalists who were flown in the Turkish (read Muslim) side of Cyprus, writes, 'I had an opport

JEDDAH, Jan 2: Online newspapers, blogs and forums will now need to register with the Ministry of Information and Culture for licenses to operate, according to new regulations that the ministry announced Saturday it is to introduce.The new system, which will be introduced in a month's time, has been

ABU DHABI - The cost of international calls in the UAE is too high, consumers have told the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.Consumers are unhappy with the prices of fixed-line and mobile overseas call charges, according to a survey conducted by the agency.The poll revealed that 42

Abu Dhabi - Expats will be able to act as official work sponsors for their dependents from January, a senior Ministry of Labour official told Arabian Business.The official said that the sponsorship role traditionally reserved for companies will now extend to spouses and parents, currently on a work

Muaz Shabandri and Deepa Narwani DUBAI, 1 January 2011 ( Khaleej Times) - The clock struck 12 in Dubai and the city's iconic tower Burj Khalifa sparkled in the lustre of a thousand lights, fireworks and laser beams. 2011 was born.New Year was ushered in style with the world's highest f

MECCA - Flash flooding killed a man and three children in the Mecca region of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, as waist-high water snarled traffic in the nearby Red Sea port of Jeddah, where 123 people died in flooding last year.The governor of Mecca, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, reported the deaths and added

Water, electricity charges and fuel costs set to increase Dubai: Revised form of water and electricity bills, as well as an additional fuel surcharge will be added to Dubai residents statements starting from tomorrow.The Supreme Council of Energy in Dubai announced a 15 per cent increase in water an

The men were sentenced to death by the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance in March 2010 for killing the PakistaniSharjah,December 31, 2010: Seventeen Indian bootleggers facing death sentence for killing a Pakistani have won a reprieve when the family of the deceased agreed to pardon them if they

The two new aircraft have already been inducted into the fleet, flying on Gulf Air's short and medium haul routes.Manama: Gulf Air has added two Airbus A320 aircraft that take the number of new aircraft in the airline's fleet to 14 in the last 14 months.The two new aircraft have already been inducte

Almost all emirates in the country recorded light to moderate rainfall on Monday even as cloudy conditions prevailed, bringing down temperature. Al Rashidiya, Al Qusais, Al Twar and Al Nahda areas in Dubai had short spells of heavy rain between 11am and 12 noon, while Al Rolla, Buhairah Cornic

ABU DHABI - In a move that is likely to drastically change the labour market scenario in the country, the Ministry of Labour (MoL) said all companies have to employ at least 20 per cent Emiratis of their total number of staff. Announcing details of the new decision at a seminar at the Armed For

Dubai: Some categories of expatriate workers who had previously been barred from sponsoring their children and family members can now do so by depositing Dh5,000 per person, a senior Ministry of Interior official has said. Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary for Natur

DUBAI - Expatriates are a threat to the UAE's national identity and the country should impose quotas on all nationalities to keep the population in check, Dubai's police chief said in remarks published on Monday."Today Emiratis are very concerned about their national identity, as the number of forei

DUBAI - Police are seeking the arrest of a woman who allegedly strangled her newborn baby and dumped him in a bathroom rubbish bin at Dubai airport, local daily Gulf News reported on Monday.The woman apparently gave birth to the baby in the bathroom before tying him with the umbilical cord, putting

JEDDAH, Dec 23, 2010: Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), on Wednesday emphasized the need for a strong media to confront the smear campaign against Islam and Muslims."There is big negligence from the part of Islamic media