Sharjah: Completion of phase three of the Mohammad Bin Zayed Road expansion project in Sharjah, which is scheduled for early April, is expected to significantly reduce traffic jams and ensure the smooth flow of traffic on the busy highway. Motorists are eager for the completion of the expansion

Ras Al Khaimah: Four days after a major weather system dumped massive sheets of rain across the UAE, a remote farm nestled between mountains in Ras Al Khaimah in Wadi Al Koub remains submerged under two metres of floodwater. Only the tip of the farm shed’s roof was visible above water after ski

Muscat:  Four people were killed in the heavy rains that lashed Oman over the last two days. Two nationals were killed when their vehicle was washed away by Al Qahmi wadi in the Mahda province on Saturday morning. Their bodies were found more than a kilometre away from the spot where t

Dubai: It will soon be mandatory for Indian expatriates living in the UAE to obtain Aadhaar card — the Indian national identity card — a senior official from New Delhi has confirmed. As of now, Indian nationals living in the UAE have to travel and personally apply to government offices to get t

Photo used for illustrative purposes only. Al Ain: Dust storm is raging across the coutry on Thursday with drsatic dip in visibility. Moderate to heavy rain is also expected to hit the UAE from Thursday, according to the national weather bureau. The five-day spell of unstable weathe

Do not use headphones or mobile phones in the area where Dubai Tram could pass. This was one of the messages sent out by the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) during the ongoing Gulf Traffic week, when several authorities are organising safety related events. At first, the warning message may

Dubai: Many tenants have expressed concerns that some landlords are exploiting clauses in the tenancy law to evict them and raise rents. The commonly exploited clause, the tenants say, is that the landlord gives them a year’s notice to vacate — on the pretext that he needs the flat for his pers

Jeddah: More than half a million foreign workers were reported as runaways across the Kingdom last year, equivalent to 7 percent of the more than 7 million expat workers Kingdom-wide, according to statistics reported by regional labor offices. Reports of runaway workers were most prevalent in maj

CEOs and managing directors of multinational and national companies in Saudi Arabia are the highest paid executives among the GCC countries, but many expats in the Kingdom feel they are the lowest paid, and have been demanding pay hikes to meet the growing living expenses. “While chief executives

DUBAI: An Indian student in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) committed suicide after performing poorly in the CBSE examination, a media report said. The boy, identified only as AS, was a talented grade 11 student of an Indian school in Dubai and lived in Sharjah. He was reportedly upset over his

Abu Dhabi: A new standard contract to regulate relations between domestic workers and their employers will be introduced shortly, a senior official told Gulf News on Sunday. “The new unified contract will be made by a joint committee made up of representatives from the ministries of Interior, L

Dammam 3 March, 2014:The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) began operating trains between Al-Ahsa (also known as Hofuf) and Dammam on Sunday. There will be two trips a day from Sunday to Thursday to serve students and employees. Muhammad Abu Zaid, director of Public Relations and Media at SRO, said

Makkah: Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib, an imam at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, said that Muslim solidarity is essential for survival. “We live in a world that only respects the strong and the united,” he said during the Friday sermon. “Muslims don’t want another religion to rule them, so they must unite. We ar

Dubai: A new school that follows Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum was launched in Dubai on Saturday. The school, which will open its door in the 2014-2015 academic year, has a capacity to enrol 3,000 pupils from KG-1 up to grade-6. Located in Al Quasis, the Bilva Indian Sc

Jeddah: Yanbu has been chosen by Saudi authorities to be developed as a major point for Haj and Umrah pilgrims, along with Makkah, Madinah and Jeddah. Various infrastructure projects in Yanbu are likely to transform Yanbu into another major pilgrim hub, according to officials. In keeping with

DUBAI: An Indian doctor in Bahrain has been fined 100 Dinars (nearly $265) by a court for insulting a woman colleague, according to a media report on Friday. The doctor, who was not identified, insulted the woman, also a doctor at the Salmaniya Medical Complex after she "disrespected" him on a so

Sharjah: After tenants, it’s the turn of businessmen to bear the brunt of Sharjah’s bullish rental market. Industry insiders say the scen-ario for the emirate’s commercial properties is heating up after a lull of almost three years. At the receiving end are a host of small to medium bu

NEW DELHI: More than 450 Indian migrants working in Qatar have died in the last two years, data shows as the Gulf state is under pressure over its rights record ahead of the 2022 World Cup. In response to a Right to Information request filed by AFP, the Indian embassy in Qatar gave figures detailin