Dubai, Jan 12,2011, (Khaleejtimes): A candidate for a driving licence can now choose the date and place of his/her driving theory or practical test and book appointments online, RTA announced on Tuesday.The transport authority is also planning to offer the booking services through its toll free call

JEDDAH,Jan 10, 2011 (Arab News): Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, will lay the foundation stone for the new high-tech King Abdulaziz International Airport here on Tuesday. The project will increase the airport's annual capacity from 17 to 30 million passenger

JEDDAH, Jan 10, 2011 (Arab News): Passengers traveling through Saudi airports will get a compensation of SR300 per hour if there is a delay in their flights, according to a new bylaw issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation.Article 19 of the new law, which comes into effect after 10 days.S

Authorities also asked 80 hotels to stop adding service charges in their billsManama, Jan 10,2011 (Gulf News): Qatar's authorities have ordered the use of Arabic on all restaurant bills and asked 80 hotels to stop adding service charges in their bills.The business and trade ministry told the hotels

ABU DHABI, JAn 10,2010 (Reuters):The president of the United Arab Emirates has cancelled a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a U.S. official said on Monday, following a report that he had broken his arm.The official did not give a reason for the cancellation.The UAE's state news

DUBAI, Jan 09, 2011 (AP): Dubai's highest court says authorities can deport foreigners for hand gestures considered indecent under local laws.Dubai's Court of Cassation has ruled that the United Arab Emirates' strict indecency codes cover gestures such as the widely known insult of a raised middle f

DUBAI, Jan 4, 2011 (PTI): Leading Indian businessman in the Gulf region, Dr Ram Buxani, said he intends to raise some of the major concerns related to the NRI community in the region.Prior to leaving for New Delhi, where he is scheduled to address the 9th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on Saturd

New job only after completion of penalty Dubai, Jan 7,2010: Workers in the private sector, who have a one-year ban imposed on them by the Labour Ministry for violating labour or residency laws, need to complete the ban before being able to apply for a new job, ministry officials have said.Officials

Dubai, 7 Jan,2010 (Khaleejtimes)Rehan Sami and Ayesha Ali could hardly believe when the doctors told them about the triplets coming into their family. Perhaps, the UAE's first triplets in the new year.The two girls and the boy were born on Sunday. The boy is in intensive care unit as he has breathin

Riyadh, Jan 5 (IANS): Saudi Arabia, one of the top global oil exporters, is planning to build the world's largest gold factory by the end of 2011.The 22,000-square metre factory, located in the kingdom's Red Sea port city of Jeddah, will bring in between 500 to 800 jobs. "The factory will become a r

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