Manama: Kuwait’s Civil Service Commission has created 17,936 vacancies for Kuwaiti nationals in the public sector. According to the latest figures, around 22,000 Kuwaitis have signed up with the commission to be recruited in the public sector. Most Kuwaitis opt for government jobs to benefit f

The Dubai Police's traffic department reported 728 accidents in the emirate during the Eid Al Adha holiday. The police operations room received 125,867 calls, said Colonel Turki bin Fares, director of the command and control centre of Dubai Police. Most of the accidents were caused by speeding

Virat Kohli has his eyes firmly fixed on the World Cup in England and the Indian captain wants to "address" the selection issue in a transparent manner selecting "a bunch of 20-25 players", who will form the core group going into the marquee event in 2019. Kohli will be facing some happy selectio

BANGLADESH: A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence erupted in neighbouring Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said Monday, amid growing international criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi. Thousands of the stateless Muslim minority have fled the mainly

Farrukhabad/Lucknow (UP), Sep 4 (PTI) Forty-nine infants died in a month in the Farrukhabad district hospital, most of them from "perinatal asphyxia", a condition in which a newborn has trouble breathing, officials said today. In a virtual replay of the tragedy in Gorakhpur, where 30 children die

Jind (Haryana): Around 50 bovines have allegedly died at a temporary shelter here over the last few weeks due to consumption of polythene and shortage of fodder, an official said. Deputy Director of the Animal Husbandry Department, Dr Ranbir Singh Malik, said two cows and seven bulls died while f

Sirsa : The Haryana Police on Monday recovered a huge cache of ultra-modern arms and ammunition from the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda in Haryana’s Sirsa. They recovered 33 licensed arms, which include 9-mm pistols, several single and double-barrel rifles and a modified carbine. Dinesh Kuma

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017: Low-cost carriers in India might soon offer direct international flights at insanely cheap prices. Yes, you may not have to dig deep into your pockets to book a ticket to Europe. For, Indian low-cost carriers (LCCs), along with a few foreign airlines, are offering internatio

Uttara Kannada, 4 september 2017: Videos promoting activities such as hang gliding and scuba diving will be released over the next three months to promote the district as a new tourism destination With a new theme ‘One District, Many Adventures’, the adventure sports activities in the naturally-r

New Delhi, 4 September - Arun Jaitley had filed the second defamation suit after Mr Kejriwal's then lawyer Ram Jethmalani allegedly "abused" him in open court during proceedings of another defamation suit he had filed against the AAP chief and five other party functionaries. The Delhi High Court

Hyderabad: Nephew of Karnataka Minister for Municipal Administration Eshwara Bhimanna Khandre and two other boys, who ran away from their home in Bidar, on August 31 were found in Hyderabad. The minister arrived at Hyderabad on Friday, to escort them back. The class V students aged between 8 and 10

New Delhi: Known for his administrative acumen, former Union Home Secretary and Lok Sabha member Raj Kumar Singh, who was inducted on Sunday as Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy at the Centre, was instrumental in the arrest of BJP leader L.K. Advani in 1990 in Bihar. The 1975-batch Ind

New Delhi: Raghuram Rajan, Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a revelation that he never favoured demonetization as its short term economic cost would outweigh any long term benefit. This disclosure was made by Mr. Rajan in his latest book, “I do what I do”. This book is the

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has sent out a notice to withdraw recently convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s privilege to use the VIP lounges at the airports across the country. “It has now been directed to withdraw the permission for use reserved lounge at airp

Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that religion inspired people to be virtuous, and religious sermons inculcated virtue in them. “Religion inspires a person to be virtuous, and religious sermons (dhaarmik kathaayein) inculcate virtue,” Adityanath said at Gorakhnat

London: A 47-year-old Indian-origin family doctor today appeared before the UK court charged with 118 sexual offences, including sexually assaulting a girl aged under 13. Manish Shah, from Romford area of London, had been charged with 65 counts of assault by penetration and 52 allegations of sexu

Baghdad: The Iraqi forces killed over 2,000 Islamic State (IS) militants and more than 50 suicide bombers during a major offensive to free Tal Afar area in west of Mosul, officials said. “The IS total casualties in the blitzkrieg during the period from August 20 to 31 were more than 2,000 terrori

Colombo: Virat Kohli led the way with a century as India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) here on Sunday evening. Chasing a target of 239 runs, India crossed the line with 21 balls to spare. Kohli remained unbeaten on 110 runs off 116 balls,