His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is the most popular leader on Facebook in the Gulf Cooperation Council, with over 5 million "likes" on the platform, according to a new study by Burson-Marsteller, a global public rel

Introducing the social network's second European data centre, he said, "I'm proud to share that Facebook's sixth data centre is now under construction in Clonee, Ireland. This will be our second European data centre, after Luleå in Sweden." Data centres deliver all of Facebook's services to the m

RIYADH: The King Abdullah International Foundation for Humanitarian Deeds has instituted the King Abdullah Humanitarian Prize in memory of the late king and his contributions in various fields nationally and internationally. The international award will be given once in two years in four fields — d

MAKKAH: The food wasted in Makkah could feed 17 percent of hungry children in 18 developing countries, said a press report Friday. There are an estimated 4.8 million starving children in Africa, Asia and Latin American countries, said Ahmad Al-Matrafi, director general of a charity food project in

THREE girl students of SVS Yoga Medical College at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Saturday evening accusing the administration of charging excess fees and “torture”, and blaming college chairman Vasuki Subramanian for their death. The bodies of the three were foun

24 Jan, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: In a move that will bolster the security arrangements in Bhatkal, the Bhatkal Town Municipal Corporation has decided to install CCTV cameras at 26 crucial locations in Bhatkal out of which some have already been installed. Elaborating mor

JEDDAH: Fares of buses transporting female students to schools and colleges in Jeddah were raised 100 percent last week, from about SR400 to SR800. Company owners attributed the increase to rising fuel prices. However, citizens, like Faisal Ghazi, insist companies are using the rising fuel prices

JEDDAH: The Indian Consulate in Jeddah is organizing a grand mushaira at the International Indian School-Jeddah (Boys Section) on Thursday, Jan. 28. Indian nationals interested in attending the annual event may e-mail their requests for invitation cards with name, iqama number and mobile number to 

Four people were injured in a 15-vehicle collision on the Sharjah-Al Dhaid road at the intersection of Bridge No. 10 yesterday morning, because of the fog, Emarat Al Youm reports. The injured were taken to Al Dhaid Hospital for treatment. A 57-year-old woman of a Gulf nationality died, while h

LUCKNOW:  Two protesters raised slogans, attempting to disrupt the Prime Minister's speech as he began speaking at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, where he was chief guest at a convocation ceremony. The protesters were swiftly escorted out by the police, who detained them fo

China supports the creation of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday during an Arab League convention in Cairo The Palestinian issue "should not be marginalized," Xi said, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency.  "We are in favor of p

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the first set of 100 declassified files pertaining to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the National Archives of India here on Saturday in the presence of members of the Bose family. The government plans to release in the public domain 25 declassified files each

If you woke up one morning this past week and read headlines like: "FTSE 100 enters bear market after £50 billion wiped off value of UK's biggest companies", or "Global stocks routed again as oil slide seems bottomless" or "Global stocks routed again as oil slide seems bottomless", and scratched you

A video clip of Saudi Arabia's top cleric saying that the game of chess is "forbidden" in Islam because it wastes time and leads to rivalry and enmity among people has provoked heated debate, and widespread criticism, among Arabic Twitter users. The clip was shared on YouTube in December, gaining

HYDERABAD: Launching a no holds barred attack on Union human resources development minister Smriti Irani, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded that her name be added to the FIR lodged earlier against Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya, UoH vice-cha

January 22, 2016 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: In a bid to protest against fencing work carried out adjacent to survey no 79/80 in Magdoom Colony by forest officers, residents of the locality surrounded the officers and questioned the move. The locals alleged that previously too f

CHENNAI: With most Gulf countries taking austerity measures or planning to impose tax on the income of expatriates, many Indians in those nations are sending their families back to India. Others have decided not to take their families with them. Oman, in particular, which has released an austerit

Acceding to one of the demands made by the protesting students, the University of Hyderabad on Thursday revoked the suspension order issued against four Dalit research scholars. Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide recently, was among the Dalit students who were suspended. The nine-member exec