JEDDAH: It would cost 33 halalas and 50 halalas a kilometer for second and first class tickets respectively on the high-speed Haramain train, according to a senior project official. These are preliminary costings for the fares on the multibillion-riyal train, said Bassam Olman, director general of

  Saudi Arabia is expecting to receive first Umrah pilgrims starting November 13, signaling the start of the Umrah season, Saudi Gazette reported Thursday. The last batch of pilgrims, who performed Hajj this year, left the Kingdom on October 28. “Only 15 days separate the end of Hajj and th

RIYADH: The passport department has printed over a million muqeem cards within two weeks since Oct. 15, and the move is to improve the service as well as curb frauds. “The number of new machine-readable residency cards printed since the launch of muqeem service until yesterday (Nov. 2) was 1,012,30

JEDDAH: The Passports Department is launching its multiple-visa and sponsorship transfer service through the Abshir system on the website of the Ministry of Interior this week. Abshir allows for the issue and renewal of visas, exit and entry visas, and final exit visas, a local publication reported

RIYADH: The Ministry of Water and Electricity will raise by 50 percent tariff for water and sanitation services provided for government bodies and large industrial and commercial establishments starting Dec. 16. The ministry has set special pricing for water for those who benefit from water servi

JEDDAH: The passport department will coordinate with banks to address the issue of updating the accounts of new Muqeem card holders, a top official has told our sister publication Urdu News. Customers had complained to Arab News that some banks refused to accept their new Muqeem card and unfreeze

Sharjah: The Sharjah Police evacuated the Matajer centre mall in Sharjah’s Al Qaryan area on Friday afternoon after being tipped off about a suspicious object — an unclaimed bag. The road was cordoned off for almost an hour as police examined the bag to ensure its contents were not dangerous to t

30 October, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Dubai: Preparations for a wonderful BMJD get-together program to be organized at Al Boom Tourist Village Dubai on November 13, 2015 are in full swing, informed program convener Mohammed Yusuf Barmawar. Notable personalities from Dubai and Indi

DAMMAM: The Housing Ministry has announced it would soon hand over 20,000 properties to citizens in the Eastern Province. Shaher Al-Sahli, general manager of the ministry in the Eastern Province, said that 13,000 beneficiaries in Dammam would receive apartments, land and loans, which would cover 35

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Thursday called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Welcoming el-Sisi to India, Mukherjee said: "The participation of Egypt in the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) will contribute to the deepening of India'

MAKKAH — The Mataf (the circumambulation area around the Kaaba) expansion work has resumed after the departure of most of the Haj pilgrims. More than 14,000 engineers, technicians and workers are working around the clock for the project to increase the capacity of the Mataf in the Grand Mosque in

JEDDAH: Most expatriates feel safe in the Kingdom and have been able to save, buy homes, pay for education and travel abroad, according to a survey conducted by Western Union. The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, surveyed people who were aged 30 on average, according to a

RIYADH: The year 2014 showed a considerable increase in terms of nationalization with 322,358 male and female Saudis landing jobs in the private sector, figures released by the Ministry of Labor (MoL) have revealed. A total of 24,917 Saudi also returned to their old jobs, thus taking the total numb

JEDDAH: The new upgraded King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah will open for full operations in mid-2017, according to the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), the country’s regulatory body. Construction on the new facility and testing of all equipment would be completed at the e

Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, on Tuesday viewed an advanced counterfeit passport detector, invented by Sergeant Amer Al Jaberi of the Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs. During his visit to

RIYADH: President of Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage Prince Sultan bin Salman has said that he is looking forward to launching awareness campaigns regarding proper care for mosques across the Kingdom in the near future, in collaboration with the Masjidona Charity. The issue and it

GENEVA: Saudi Arabia and the US may prepare a vaccine for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to try and head off the next outbreak of the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Margaret Chan said Saudi Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih was discussing this with

JEDDAH: Women workers will be fined SR1,000 if they are caught without their head cover in office under new labor laws introduced this week, a newspaper reported Monday. Companies employing women must also enforce the law and issue written instructions in this regard or they could be fined SR5,00