UAE's telecom network providers changed their network names to 'Child Day' to mark Emirati Children's Day. Observed on March 15 each year, the day coincides with the UAE signing of the International Childhood Convention and issuance of the Federal law No. (13) of 2016 Converning Child Rights Law

A Kuala Lumpur-bound flight from Jeddah airport was forced to return to the King Abdul Aziz International Airport after a mother realised that she had forgotten her baby in the terminal’s waiting area. The bizarre incident left the airport authorities grappling to establish a protocol for the sit

Google has refused to pull out a controversial government app from Saudi Arabia which lets men track and control women who travel, saying it does not violate its Play Store policies. According to a report in the Business Insider on Sunday, the tech giant told the office of California Democrat Rep

Dubai: A Pakistani national was sentenced to seven years in jail by a Dubai court for stabbing his Indian roommate to death in 2018 over an argument on leaving the lights on, a media report said. The Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday convicted the 37-year-old Pakistani man and ordered his d

Dubai: Pakistan has the Mecca and Medina for the Sikhs and the country is opening up those sites for the minority community, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in the UAE on Sunday. Prime Minister Khan in November last year laid the foundation stone for the corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in P

In a landmark decision, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department said it has extended the adoption of interactive forms of statement of c

Pope Francis and a senior Muslim cleric on Monday issued a joint call for freedom of belief during the first trip by a head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula, AFP reported. Pope Francis is on a historic three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. The pontiff held talks in Abu Dhabi

Muscat: A total of 149 expats were arrested during an inspection visit by the Ministry of Manpower on Monday. The inspection, which took place in Wilayat Seeb at dawn on Monday, was carried out in cooperation with the Royal Oman Police. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Ministry of Manpower

Taking the public bus between Dubai and Muscat has been made more convenient and comfortable after Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority and Oman's National Transport Company (Mwasalat) signed an agreement adding new bus stations and routes connecting the two cities on Monday. Route 201 to Muscat

Jeddah 16 January 2019: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Indian Consulate to Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, on Saturday organised an event to mark the celebrations of 70th Republic day, in Jeddah here wherein the consulate general Mohammed Noor Rahman Sheikh unfurled the National flag and also voiced the President

JEDDAH: The government will contribute to the wages of Saudis employed in the private sector, one of several incentives to motivate the hiring of nationals and increase their participation in the labor market. Saudi Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmad Al-Rajhi announced the initiative

Rahul Gandhi’s maiden visit to Dubai is all set to take place on January 11. Dubai, 3 January, 2018: President of Indian National Congress (INC) party Rahul Gandhi will speak to the Indian diaspora in the UAE at a public function at the Dubai Cricket Stadium during his maiden visit the UAE on Fri

If your New Year’s resolution is to save some cash, then this will help you tighten your belt from day one. RTA has announced that parking will be free of charge on Tuesday January 1 across Dubai to celebrate the New Year (and to encourage you to crawl out of your bed, we imagine). All paid pa

Feeling a bit guilty about all those taxis flying up and down Sheikh Zayed Road? Well now you can reduce your carbon footprint while saving a bit of cash. RTA has revealed a new 20-seater water taxi that runs on solar power, and it will cost you just Dhs2 for a ride. The abra is powered by a 2

No relationship is quite complete without some playful banter between you and your BAE. Nevertheless, a UAE man found himself in quite a soup when he called his fiancé an ‘idiot’ in a WhatsApp message! The soon-to-be wife took offence and reported the Abu Dhabi resident to the authorities. Even

Abu Dhabi: India and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a currency swap agreement to boost investment and enable direct trade without using dollars or other international currencies. The swap is for 2 billion dirhams or 35 billion Indian rupees ($496 million), depending on which central b

A UAE-based company called National Advisor Bureau Limited has conceptualised a ‘floating underwater network’ that will run between Mumbai and Fujairah in the UAE. The 2,000 km undersea rail network will not only transport passengers, it will also look at moving oil and other goods via th

All Indians holding non-emigration check required (non-ECR) passports, who are travelling to select countries for overseas employment, will now need to register online at an Indian government portal. According to a notice by the Ministry of External Affairs in India, this step has been taken for