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DDCA row: AAP poses 5 questions to Jaitley

The AAP today put "five specific" questions to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley relating to its allegations of corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA under his watch and accused him of giving "vague" response to the charges. Calling Jaitley a "master of half truth and beautiful lies", AAP leader As

Seven Mobile Wallets Every Indian Should Know About

Today, most people you know are probably using a smartphone, and mobile wallets have also become quite widespread, even if most people use them for a very specific reason. For some, a mobile wallet is just a way to recharge their phone; for others, it's the app they use to refill the taxi money; and

US could start lifting Iran sanctions in January under nuclear deal

The United States appears poised to lift at least some sanctions against Iran – possibly as early as January. The secretary of state, John Kerry, said in a letter on Wednesday to the Senate foreign relations committee that Iran is fulfilling its obligations under the international agreement in wh

Kuwait Airways scraps London-New York flight after dispute over Israeli passengers

(CNN)Did Kuwait Airways just scrap an entire flight service to avoid carrying Israeli passengers? The airline has this week pulled its connection between New York's JFK airport and London Heathrow after U.S. authorities threatened legal action over alleged discrimination. The U.S. Depart

پاؤں کی قوت سے چلنے والی ماحول دوست واشنگ مشین تیار

ٹورانٹو: پوری دنیا میں وسائل کی بچت اور ماحول دوست ایجادات مقبولیت حاصل کررہی ہیں اور اس ضمن میں ایک واشنگ مشین تیار کی گئی ہے جس پر پائیدان لگا ہے اس لیے یہ واشنگ مشین اسی طرح چلتی ہے جس طرح درزی پاؤں سے مشین چلاکر کپڑے سیتے ہیں۔ کینیڈا کے رہائشی چینی باشندی کی جاب سے تیار کی گئی یہ جدید واشنگ مشی

'تمام مسلم جہادی نہیں هوتے، ہندوستان ہے امن والے مسلمانوں کی مثال'

امریکہ میں مسلمانوں کے داخلے پر پابندی کی تجویز پر ریپبلکن پارٹی ہی تضاد نظر آ رہی ہے. بتا دیں کہ صدارتی انتخابات کے لئے ریپبلکن پارٹی کے ایک دعویدار ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کے اس سلسلے میں دئے گئے بیان کو لے کر جہاں امریکہ کی سیاست میں طوفان آیا ہوا ہے، وہیں دنیا کے تمام ممالک میں بھی اس پر بحث ہو رہی ہے. ٹرمپ

سعودی عرب کے فوجی اتحاد کو دہشت گردوں کے بجائے اسرائیل کے خلاف کارروائی کرنی چاہیے ۔احمد بحر

یروشلم، 17 دسمبر (یو این آئی)فلسطینی پارلیمنٹ کے ڈپٹی اسپیکر احمد بحرنے کہا ہے کہ سعودی عرب اپنے 34 اتحادی ممالک کے ذریعہ دہشت گردوں کے خلاف کارروائی کرنے کے بجائے اسرائیلی دہشت گردی کے خلاف کارروائی کرے، اور فلسطینیوں کو نجات دلانے کے لئے اسرائیل کا مقابلہ کرے۔ اخبار العہد کے مطابق احمد بحرنے کہا

French President Francois Hollande to be Chief Guest at Republic Day in India

President of France Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, it was officially announced today. "We are happy that the President of France Francois Hollande has accepted our invitation to be the Chief Guest at India's 67th Republic Day celebrations on 2

Congress disrupts Parliament over Arunachal Pradesh Governor

NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday disrupted Parliament over Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa, alleging that efforts are being made to "destabilise" the party's state government, even as the Centre said an "Emergency-like situation" was being witnessed there. The party forced repea

Kejriwal demands Jaitley's ouster over alleged graft in DDCA

Escalating his attack on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today demanded that he resign or be "removed" from the Union Cabinet to enable holding of an independent probe into alleged corruption in DDCA. Kejriwal said Jaitley's assertion that AAP's allegatio

Waiting for Low-Cost Windows 10 Phones? Keep Waiting, Says Microsoft Executive

For those in India waiting for low-cost Lumia smartphones that come packed with New-Age Windows 10, there is still some time as the company is now focussed on re-branding and launching new generation smartphones to take on big players, a top Microsoft executive has said. "We are sort of re-buildi

Hyderabad Google campus will be huge, says Pichai

Hyderabad: Reiterating Google's commitment to the 'City of Pearls', Chennai-born Sundar Pichai, who was appointed Google Inc's CEO this August, on Wednesday announced that the company will be setting up a "huge" facility in Hyderabad. "Google is looking at hiring people for Bangalore and Hyderaba

UN kicks off race for next secretary-general

THE UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations kicked off the race to be the next secretary-general with a letter that for the first time invited candidates to become the world’s top diplomat. The choice of the UN chief has for decades been the purview of the five permanent Security Council members — Brita

Stabbed and bleeding, he walked 2.5 km to seek help

After being stabbed in his back, shoulder and leg for resisting a robbery, a 26-year-old IT administrator was forced to walk 2.5 kilometres - all while bleeding profusely - towards the nearest hospital, while his pleas for help went ignored by dozens of of commuters and pedestrians. The victim is

Riyadh ‘grounds’ passport checks at boarding gates

RIYADH: King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) announced here on Wednesday that officials would no longer check passports at boarding gates to save time and money. This includes all passengers departing on international flights, an official, who did not want to be named, told Arab News on Wednesd

Technician sucked into Air India plane engine in Mumbai airport, killed

Mumbai / December 17: aircraft technician with Air India was killed Wednesday at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport when he was sucked into the engine of an aircraft that was getting ready to taxi. The incident occurred as the Mumbai-Hyderabad flight AI 619 began its pushback at 8

150 vehicles booked by transport department

BENGALURU: Transport department officials booked and seized 150 vehicles after checking 2000 in Bennerghatta Road, IIM-B, JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Delmia Circle, Banashankari Circle, Ashoka Pillar for various violations. Private Vehicles including goods vehicles, buses, Maxi cabs and private cars wer

Fires cost Indonesia $16 bn, twice the tsunami bill: WB

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy took a $16-billion hit this year from forest fires that cloaked Southeast Asia in haze, more than double the sum spent on rebuilding Aceh after the 2004 tsunami, the World Bank said Tuesday. The fires and resulting haze are an annual occurrence caused by slash-and-burn