The previous record in prestige-conscious Kuwait City was KD116, 500 for the number 90000000, sold by mobile operator Zain Manama: The craze for vanity mobile phone numbers in Kuwait has reached a new level after the easy-to-remember number 55555555 was sold for KD210, 000 (Dh2.7 million). The publ

Abu Dhabi: Over 7000 poets from 30 countries including India took part in a competition for classical Arabic poetry organised by Abu Dhabi authorities. Sultan Al Amimi, director of the Poetry Academy and member of the organising committee for the "Prince of Poets", announced that all works entered

Abu Dhabi: Police have advised drivers to take the necessary precautions when faced with glare from the sun while driving. Motorists in turn urged traffic authorities to consider the effect of the sun's glare when analysing accidents that occur on east-bound roads in the morning. Data compiled by t

Dubai: Residents and visitors to the country are having their photos taken at ports of entry in a measure aimed at boosting security, said a senior Ministry of Interior official. Brigadier Obaid Muhair Bin Surour said the photographs are being taken "in a non-intrusive manner" as part of security a

Abu Dhabi - An employee who forged his salary certificate and has been handed a one-year work ban by the Labour Court will not be allowed to work for another company during the said period. This was stated on Monday, during the weekly open day held on the premises of the Ministry of Labour in Abu D

DUBAI - Exactly at the stroke of 1pm on Friday, Dubai Metro opened the gates of five new stations on the Red Line. Along with that came new weekend timings, increased frequency and reduced duration at each stop. Business Bay, First Gulf Bank, Sharaf DG, Nakheel and Jumeirah Lakes Towers are the five

DUBAI - The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died of heart attack on Wednesday.Sources said the captain, a 43-year-old Indian national, apparently suffered a heart attack after the flight took off from Manila. The crew and a doctor on board tried to revive him, while t

MUSCAT - The body of Beebi Lumada, the Indian domestic maid who died at Muscat airport after being stranded for four days after she lost her passport, was buried around 6pm (Indian time) yesterday at her native village in Chittoor district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The body was

United Arab Emirates-based carrier RAK Airways restarted flights on Sunday, after over a year of suspension, with trips to Saudi Arabia and India and tickets priced as low as AED10 ($2.72), it said in a statement.The airline will operate four flights per week each to Jeddah and southern Indian city

JEDDAH: A record number of Indian pilgrims, over 170,000, will perform this year's Haj, Indian Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad told a press conference at the Consulate General of India on Thursday.The Indian diplomatic mission is coordinating arrangements for 125,000 pilgrims who will come through the Haj C

Extension of the Green Line of the Dubai Metro by at least 20 kilometers is one of the major transport projects to be carried out in the near future Dubai: The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority has not abandoned any of its public transport expansion projects, said as senior official."Construction

MUSCAT - An Indian woman died after losing her passport and becoming stranded for about four days at Muscat airport, an Indian embassy official in the Omani capital said on Sunday.The woman, a housemaid identified as Beebi Lumada, "died of some illness" when she was being taken to hospital, the offi

UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi has been named the most powerful Arab woman and the 70th most powerful woman in the world by US-based Forbes magazine.According to Forbes' list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Shaikha Lubna is "a regional power in her own right" and const

The United Arab Emirates will not suspend BlackBerry services on October 11 after resolving a dispute with its Canadian maker Research in Motion over access to email and other data, reports WAM on Friday.The UAE had said it would suspend BlackBerry Messenger, email and web browser services to about

Muscat - A good turn out marked the annual Indian Community Eid Milan 2010 held recently at Indian School, Al Ghubra. The superbly organised eid Milan was organised by Embassy of India, Eid Milan Committee and the Indian Social Club. It was an honour for Bhatkal community that Aftab Kola was the co-

JEDDAH: The newly established Mashair Railway which links the holy sites of Mina ,Arafat and Muzdalifa with Makkahwill have a 30-day test run before opening to transport domestic and GCC pilgrims during the upcoming Haj season. Municipal and Rural Affairs Minister Prince Mansour bin Miteb will inspe

ABU DHABI - An expatriate resident who has been registered with the Ministry of Labour as an employee of a firm but is also a partner will only be considered as an employee. An employee can be the owner or partner of another firm but cannot draw salary as such unless he obtains permission from the m

A six-month or one year long recruitment ban on a worker cannot be used against issuing a new work permit during the said period, a Ministry of Labour (MoL) official said."This system demonstrates the MoL's commitment to grant the blacklisted worker the opportunity to search for another job. Likewis