Bengaluru: Cricketer Rahul Dravid has declined to accept the honorary doctorate that Bangalore University had decided to confer on him during its 52nd convocation ceremony on Friday. A press release from the university said the former Indian captain had thanked the university for choosing him for

The total number of Pakistanis arrested for involvement in terror activities in Saudi Arabia has gone up to 69, reports Saudi Gazette. A Pakistani woman, Fatima Ramadan Balochi Murad was arrested along with her Saudi husband from an apartment in Al Naseem district by security agencies after a tip

Kuwait's foreign minister made a rare visit to Tehran on Wednesday and called for frank dialogue between Iran and its regional neighbours, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Tensions have risen between predominantly Shi'ite Iran and the mainly Sunni Arab countries of the Gulf, part

Dubai: The Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) at Dubai Municipality has launched a new service to help detect non-halal products in cosmetics and personal care products. The Halal Testing Service is being conducted with the help of the best technologies and international practices by the DCL’s expert

Karachi: A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament, telling journalists the widely-publicised incident shows how laws to protect women are not being enforced. Nusrat Sahar Abbasi, an MP in Sindh province, spoke of her fury afte

New Delhi: Suspecting the possibility of sabotage in the recent spate of train derailments, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a detailed probe by the National Investigating Agency into the incidents. In a letter dated January 23 to the Home Minister

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to sign several executive orders, including one on building a border wall with Mexico, this week to crack down on immigrants – one of his central campaign promises – and could suspend immigration from some Muslim nations, media reports have said. Trump

WASHINGTON: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will be world’s first trillionaire in the next 25 years, according to a new research. According to research firm Oxfam International, the world would get its first trillionaire in the next 25 years, when Bill Gates becomes around 86 years old. A report

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as one of India’s “most valued partners and a close friend in an important region of the world”. In his press statement after holding talks with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today said India becoming a Republic on January 26, 1950 meant that it would not accept whims of any emperor nor a dictator. In his Republic Day message greeting countrymen, the Congress Vice President also made an obliqu

A high alert has been sounded on the eve of Republic Day on Thursday in the two Telugu speaking States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The alert followed in the wake of warning by terrorist groups. The IB has warned that there was possibility of the SIMI and IM groups activate sleeper cells. Fol

Istanbul: Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving a tragic account of the war in Aleppo, has written an open letter to new US President Donald Trump. In her letter Bana, who was evacuated from the besieged city to Turkey in December, app

Los Angeles: Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, says she believes her father was murdered. Opening up for the first time about her life with the ‘King of Pop’ in an interview to Rolling Stone, Paris said Jackson’s death was a “setup”. Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jac

KT | Jan 25 2017 Dubai -- The UAE-India relations are set to get a big push as His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visits India on a three-day official trip. Sheikh Mohamed will be the chief guest at

نئی دہلی۔ صدر پرنب مکھرجی نے آج ملک کی معیشت کو مستحکم کرنے کی اپیل کرتے ہوئے انتخابی اصلاحات پر زور دیا اور کہا کہ ہندوستانی جمہوریت کی پختگی کے لئے پارلیمنٹ میں تبادلہ خیال کیا جانا چاہئے۔ مکھرجی نے یہاں 68ویں یوم جمہوریہ کے موقع پر قوم کے نام اپنے پیغام میں کہا کہ حالانکہ ہماری جمہوریت پرشور ہے۔

شام کے حلب شہر میں جنگ کی المناک صورت حال کو بیان کرنے والے اپنے ٹویٹس سے بین الاقوامی برادری کی توجہ اپنی طرف مبذول کرنے والی سات سالہ شامی لڑکی بانا العابد نے امریکہ کے نئے صدر ڈونالڈ ٹرمپ کو ایک کھلا خط لکھا ہے۔ بی بی سی نے کل اپنی ایک خبر میں کہا کہ دہشت گردوں کے قبضے والے شہر کو چھوڑ کر دسمبر م

واشنگٹن: بین الاقوامی ’’بلیوٹوتھ اسپیشل انٹرسٹ گروپ‘‘ (ایس آئی جی) نے وائرلیس رابطہ معیار کے نئے ورژن ’’بلیو ٹوتھ 5‘‘ کی تفصیلات جاری کردی ہیں جن کے مطابق یہ اپنے پچھلے ورژن کے مقابلے میں نہ صرف زیادہ تیز رفتار ہوگا بلکہ اس سے زیادہ فاصلے پر آلات کے درمیان رابطہ بھی کیا جاسکے گا۔ بلیوٹوتھ کا پہلا

واشنگٹن ڈی سی: نئے امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ آج ایک خصوصی صدارتی حکم نامے پر دستخط کریں گے جس کے تحت شامی پناہ گزینوں اور مسلم ممالک سے تارکین وطن کے امریکا میں داخلے پر پابندی لگادی جائے گی جبکہ امریکا کے ساتھ میکسیکو کی سرحد پر دیوار کی تعمیر بھی شروع کردی جائے گی۔ اس حکم نامے کے بعد ایران، عراق