NEW DELHI: Very soon, customers will be able to order a new cooking gas connection online. State-run fuel retailers are joining the e-tail bandwagon with a web-based system for selling new LPG connections and cooking hobs (stoves) as part of the Modi government's 'Digital India' dream. The retail

TANGIER — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received at his residence in Tangier, Morocco, on Thursday Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deput

One hundred and fifty passengers and crew on board Jet Airways Doha-Kochi flight 9W555 had a narrow escape when the aircraft made a “full emergency” landing on the seventh attempt at Trivandrum. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended two Jet Airways pilots and ordered a pr

This time, the State Election Commis sion will get hour ly updates on poll progress in each of the 6,759 booths set up for Saturday's BBMP election, thanks to a new mobile platform launched by the civic body . The platform, linking the BBMP's central server and cellphones of polling officers, will k

KARACHI: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for two controversial Chinese nuclear plants near the coastal city of Karachi which are set to add 1,100 megawatts to the energy-starved country’s electric grid. The plants, which are located just 20 miles fro

JEDDAH: Members of the public in the Eastern Province have launched a campaign to boycott fish in response to price hikes. The campaign, ‘Let it rot,’ was launched on social networking sites, a local publication reported. Users said that the campaign started on Tuesday and would last for four days.

An almost fully-formed human brain has been grown in a lab for the first time, claim scientists from Ohio State University. The team behind the feat hope the brain could transform our understanding of neurological disease. Though not conscious the miniature brain, which resembles that of a five-w

الریاض ۔)ایجنسیاں(سعودی عرب میں حکام نے ایک فرانسیسی انجنیئر کے قتل کے جُرم میں افریقی ملک چاڈ سے تعلق رکھنے والے دو جنگجوؤں کے سرقلم کردیے ہیں۔ سعودی وزارت داخلہ کے مطابق مجرموں عیسیٰ برکاج اور اسحاق شاکیلہ پر الزام تھا کہ انھوں نے ساحلی شہر جدہ میں 26 ستمبر 2004ء کو فرانسیسی شہری لوراں باربٹ کو ف

Women in Saudi Arabia have begun registering to vote in municipal elections, the first time they are able to take part in the electoral process in the kingdom. Women will also be able to stand as candidates in the polls, slated for December. The ongoing voter registration and the planned vote

TWISP, Wash. (AP) — Three U.S. Forest Service firefighters died after their vehicle crashed as they battled a blaze Wednesday in north-Central Washington, where raging wildfires were advancing on area towns, authorities said. Four other firefighters were injured. The vehicle was likely caught by

"Finally 'removed from service' today after serving 27 years in the Indian Police Service. Once again eligible for employment. Any takers?" — On Wednesday, Sanjiv Bhatt posted this short message on his Facebook page, bringing to a close a feud that has been going on ever since the IPS officer took o

In a neck-and-neck electoral race, ruling BJP won 1,443 out of the total of 3,351 wards while opposition parties including Congress and Independents won 1,908 wards in the Rajasthan civic body polls, results for which were announced today. The 129 civic bodies in the state had gone to polls on Au

Metro Man E Sreedharan is right, say sources in the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation. There is slackening of pace in implementation of this multi-crore project, leading to a delay in operations. Many insiders share Sreedharan's view and say his criticism is apt. Most old-timers in the BMRC also a

A case of official corruption involving SR22 million, allegedly committed by the chairman of a committee in Jazan, has been unearthed. The committee was tasked with finding reasons for the delay in salaries of workers whose company had contracts with the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the

کنواری لڑکی کا حق مہر 50 اور دوسری بار شادی کا 30 ہزار ریال مقرر جدہ/(العربیہ)سعودی عرب کے ساحلی شہر جدہ میں حکومت اور قبائل کے درمیان مذاکرات کے بعد شادی بیاہ پرغیر ضروری اخراجات کی روک تھام کے ساتھ ساتھ خواتین کے حق مہر کی بھی حد مقرر کر دی گئی ہے۔ العربیہ ڈاٹ نیٹ کے مطابق مکہ مکرمہ کے گورنر اور

Scripting a new chapter, the Cochin International Airport on Tuesday became the first in the world to operate completely on solar power. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the 12 MWp solar power plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the cargo complex, at a func

لندن: کسی زمانے میں ایلین سے متعلق بات کو صرف ایک کہانی سمجھا جاتا تھا لیکن اب جب جدید سائنس اور خلائی سائنس کی بے مثال ترقی نے اس افسانوی مخلوق کی حقیقیت سے پردہ اٹھانا شروع کردیا ہے اور مسلسل ایسے شواہد سامنے آرہے ہیں جو ایلین کی مریخ پر موجودگی ثابت کر رہے ہیں اور اب ایک نئی تصویر کے متعلق سائنس