LAHORE: A Pakistani attorney said on Thursday he has filed a court petition seeking the return of the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond Britain forced India to hand over in colonial times. Once the largest known diamond in the world, the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor is one of the Crown Jewels. It is set in a crown

JEDDAH: There were 35,500 foreign nationals without work in the Kingdom at the end of June 2015, making up 5.2 percent of all unemployed individuals in the Kingdom. There were a total of 682,300 Saudis and expatriates without jobs at the end of the same period. The number of unemployed expats incre

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 03 دسمبر، 15 وزیراعظم نریندر مودی تمل ناڈو کے دارالحکومت چینّئی میں زبردست بارش سے پیدا ہوئی صورت حال کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے ریاست کے دورے پر ہیں۔ ادھر جمعرات کی صبح مرکزی وزیر داخلہ راج ناتھ سنگھ نے پارلیمنٹ میں چینّئی کی موجودہ صورت حال پر بیان دیتے ہوئے اس کی تفصیلات بتائی ہیں۔

All trains between Bengaluru and Chennai were cancelled on Wednesday and the situation is likely to remain the same on Thursday, as stations in Chennai were flooded. Mangaluru - Chennai Central Mail cancelled Train No.12602 Mangaluru Central – Chennai Central Mail scheduled to leave Mangaluru

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama hailed a vote Wednesday by British lawmakers to join the air campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria. In a statement that also praised a German government decision to provide 1,200 military personnel to support the fight against the radical group, O

The 44th UAE National Day in Abu Dhabi was a people's celebration. Although the festivities started with a traditional dhow race at the Abu Dhabi Corniche with not much crowd in the morning, the streets and parks of the Capital were inundated with people and cars - one more creatively decorated

In a setback to the BJP in Gujarat, the Congress has won in 22 of the 31 district panchayats and 126 of the 230 taluka panchayats in the recently concluded local body polls, the results for which were announced on Wednesday. The BJP ruled in 30 of the 31 district panchayats and 194 of 230 taluka

A man and a woman suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at a center for the disabled in California were killed in a shootout with police, while a third person was detained, police said. The slain suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns, San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burgua

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Education has issued an alert warning school principals that they must intensify safety measures to prevent children from being kidnapped. This comes in the wake of the kidnapping of two-year-old Juri Al-Khalidi from inside a clinic in Riyadh last week. The child was found

RIYADH: Experts at the International Fair for Cooling and Energy held in Riyadh on Tuesday said that the Saudi consumption of electricity is three times that of the international average. Given that households are responsible for 65 percent of national consumption, the experts noted that this pla

LONDON: Britain will join the US-led bombing campaign against Daesh in Syria after MPs voted Wednesday in favor of air strikes. Prime Minister David Cameron secured the strong mandate he had sought with 397 of MPs voting in favor and 223 against, a majority of 174, after over 10 hours of passionate

Normal life continue to be impacted in the flood-hit Chennai while there was temporary respite for the citizens as the rains stopped since Wednesday night. However, the dark the sky has threatened more downpours. The central government has declared the city as disaster zone. The water level

Microsoft Corp has launched its new line of Lumia smartphones that run on the company's latest operating system Windows 10 in India. The all-new Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL are priced at Rs 43,699 and Rs 49,399 respectively. Lumia 950 includes a 5.2-inch display and a hexacore processor, while

According to Towers Watson 2015-16 Asia-Pacific Salary Budget Planning Report says, "India is expected to see an overall projected salary increase of 10.8 per cent. Factoring inflation at 6.1 per cent, the net salary increase in 2016 is expected to be marginally higher at 4.7 per cent as against 4.5

Dec 02, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A motorcyclist was killed on the spot and another person riding on the bike was injured severely when their motorcycle was hit from behind by a tanker near Bhatkal Bus Stand on National Highway Wednesday evening at around 9.45 pm, a source i

MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq. Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a war of words since last week when a

BELAGAVI: Belagavi police took a Kalburgi based youth, said to be having links with international terror outfits into custody on Tuesday evening while he was taking pictures of Sambra Airport in a suspicious manner entering into prohibited zone. Internal security unit at the airport caught him an

RIYADH: The police found kidnapped two-year-old Juri Al-Khalidi in Ishbiliyah district in Riyadh on Tuesday. This comes after police teams had launched raids in several parts of the city in their search for her. The child was kidnapped by a citizen, who then took her to a housemaid in an apartment,