A landmark law that ensures workers in the UAE receive their salaries on time will come into effect from October 3. The decree promulgated by Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, earlier this year is applicable for companies with 100 or more employees.

The Roads and Transport Authority in Sharjah has honored a Pakistani driver, identified as Nasibullah Sher Dawala, after he returned a bag containing Dh1.7 million in cash, along with important papers. The money was forgotten by a Korean businessman coming to the UAE via Sharjah International Air

The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has inaugurated the new road that will serve road users commuting from Sharjah towards Dubai. The road is part of Al Badeaa project implemented by the ministry with the aim to develop the intersection of Emirates and Maliha roads in the Emirate of Sharja

The Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and the Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced dates for the Eid Al Adha holidays for the public sector. Sheikh Mohammed announced the dates via a tweet on his official Twitter account, stating the public sector wil

Authorities vow zero-tolerance policy towards flouting of regulations Manama: The total number of people who planned to perform Haj, but were turned back and denied entry into Makkah for lack of the required permit has reached 188,747, the head of police in the city said. The authorities also re

Turkey: Saudi prince Al-Waheed Bin Talal said that he himself had twice saved US presidential candidate Donald Trump from bankruptcy, but the he is a “bad guy” and ungrateful person”, reports middleeastmonitor.com. In an interview with Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper, the Saudi prince said that he bo

The Sharjah Court of Appeal has ordered a private hospital and a doctor to compensate an Arab by paying Dh900,000 for a medical error which led to 50 per cent permanent disability of the patient. The Sharjah Court of First Instance had ordered Dh500,000 to be paid as compensation, but the patient

‘Don’t wait indefinitely for settlement of dues’ The government on Monday asked stranded Indian workers in Saudi Arabia to return without waiting for unpaid salaries from their Saudi employers, indicating that negotiations to secure their dues had not made headway. External Affairs Minister Su

New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh has again gone to Saudi Arabia to help thousands of laid-off Indian workers either to return to India or seek alternative employment in the Gulf nation which is faced with severe economic slowdown that has forced companies to retrench work

ABYAN, 16th August, 2016 (WAM) – The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has launched the second aid convoy to the Abyan governorate in Yemen, as part of a dispatch of humanitarian convoys to various towns and villages of Yemen. (Bhatkallys News Service)ABYAN, 16th August, 2016 (WAM) – The Emirates Red C

Life has started de novo for Mohammed Basheer, a 61-year-old Indian. And he calls it a miracle life. He was supposed to end his 36 years' life in the UAE last December after retiring from his service as a fleet administrator at a car dealer's body shop. However, the company extended his servic

ABU DHABI: The Civil Defence Centre in the Indian State of Kerala has saluted the heroism of the Emirati firefighter who lost his life on duty while fighting the fire that broke out on an Emirates Airlines plane at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday. The nation’s martyr, Jassim Isa Al Balus

Saudi Arabia has set up a crisis management group to address difficulties being faced by thousands of laid-off Indian workers while a separate panel has been appointed to look into their claims relating to unpaid wages. The “humanitarian issue” is being handled with “utmost care” and consideratio

DUBAI, 2nd August, 2016 (WAM) -- The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, has announced that there is no legislation in place in the country that obstructs economic movement or the work of local or international companies based in the UAE. This comes in response to several inquiries the TRA

DAMMAM, 26 July, 2016: Extreme weather conditions coupled with high humidity have kept residents indoors in many parts of the Kingdom. Jeddah is also witnessing a dreary and humid weather for the past three days. Many parts of the Kingdom has been experiencing high temperatures for the past tw

Abu DHabi, 26 July,2016 ( KhaleejTimes): Licence will be given to an existing restaurants or cafeterias either owned 100 per cent by UAE citizen or with local partner Now residents of national capital can have 'meals on wheels,' an urban lifestyle gaining popularity around the world. Abu Dhabi D

Proud and historic moment for the UAE as Si2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circle the globe Solar Impulse 2, has created history by circumnavigating the globe without a drop of fossil fuel. It has covered more than 40,000km in its quest to become the first plane to circle the world us

RTA's Public Transport Agency has reported a series of violations on public transport services in the Emirate of Dubai. Such malpractices include offences related to the non-payment of applicable fares on the part of some passengers, and other offences made by both bus drivers and passengers regardi