A total of 17,400 units were delivered in Dubai in 2015, as rentals fell 10.4 per cent, according to a report by ValuStrat, a real estate consultancy. In its fourth quarter 2015 report, the company said 14,000 apartments and 3,400 villas were delivered while seven off-plan residential projects we

The railways is mulling over increasing passenger fares of second and sleeper classes in this year’s budget. There is a dominant view in the ministry that passenger fares of AC classes should not be touched as it is already high and an increase would make rail travel less competitive than the air

It appears Facebook-owned WhatsApp has silently pushed a server-side update to its app on Android that increases the number of users included in a group chat. Until now, a WhatsApp group chat could include up to 100 users. However, the update now pushes the limit to 256 users. iOS users have also re

JEDDAH/KARACHI: Major Pakistan airports remained crippled by industrial action Friday as a strike by employees of the national flag carrier against plans to privatize the airline entered its fourth day. All of Pakistan International Airlines’ foreign and domestic flights were suspended Friday wit

RIYADH: The Labor Ministry has banned workers transferring their sponsorship after completing housing projects in the country, with contractors ordered to send them back to their home countries. Labor Minister Mofarrej Al-Haqbani has signed an agreement with Housing Minister Majed Al-Hoqail on the

Feb 06, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: The Kanyakumari to Kashmir run, being undertaken by Australian athlete and former member of Australian Parliament Pat Farmer, aimed at raising funds for education of Indian girls and strengthening ties between India and Australia, reached th

Thirty-seven people were killed and 20 injured when a Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation bus broke through the concrete walls of a bridge and plunged into a river below. Information coming from South Gujarat’s Navsari district, where the accident took place, suggests that the bus carrying a

The Kanniyakumari-Bangalore Express got derailed between Somanayakanpatti and Patchur at around 4.15 am today. The train no. is 16525. However, no casuality has been reported till now. The passengers in the affected train are being brought to Bangalore by 7 buses and by a special train from Jolar

Febuary 04, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, honored Congressman Keith Ellision (D-MN) as a "Champion of Human Rights," at an India Republic Day celebr

BHATKAL : Anjuman Degree College & PG Centre is going to organize an event titled Vision festival 16 on Sunday the 7th Feb. 2016 at 9-30 am, at its Seminar Hall at Bhatkal.  Syed Mohammed Beary, Chairman Beary Institute of Technology, Mangalore, Dr. UT Iftikahar Ali Senate Member-RGUHS, and 

RIYADH: Saudis and expatriates have welcomed the proposed change to Saudi law that would see a 40-hour week and two days off. “This would be a highly commendable change in Saudi labor law because it will encourage employees to work better and efficiently, said senior systems engineer at Tawuniya

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s population grew by 2.4 percent to 31.52 million last year from 30.77 million in 2014, according to the Saudi Department of Statistics and Information. The number of Saudis, who make up two-thirds of the population, increased to 21.1 million in 2015. The number of expats ros

UAE school bus windows must be tinted to 30 per cent, and not use any curtains or blinds, a senior official with Emirates Transport has said. Tariq Al Obaidly, Tariq Al Obaidli, Manager of Emirates Transport’s School Transport Operations, pointed out that the decision will apply to all buses prov

If for some reason, you ever wanted to use Windows 95, now is a good time. It has become easier than ever to run the two-decade-old operating system from Microsoft - because it can now be run on a Web browser. Programmer Andrea Faulds has created a website that is designed to simulate Windows 95.

A Hyderabad-based biotechnology firm on Wednesday claimed to have developed two candidate vaccines to counter the Zika virus that has triggered international public health concern in the last two weeks. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had stated that at present there is no vaccine against Zik

CATONSVILLE: President Barack Obama made his first visit to a US mosque on Wednesday, in an effort to allay the fears of Americans accustomed to pop-culture portrayals of Muslims as terrorists, and to reassure Muslim American youth about their place in the nation. Obama, declaring that attacks on