Saudi regime offered $10 billion to secure Mubarak’s release: WikiLeaks
Saudi Arabia allegedly offered $10 billion to secure the release of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to documents released last week by WikiLeaks. Some of the several documents leaked by WikiLeaks quoted a Brotherhood leader as saying that the group could ensure Mr. Mubarak woul
Disabled to be given SR150,000 for transportation
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has approved a new arrangement granting persons with disabilities SR150,000 for their transportation needs. Disabled people had previously received specially equip vehicles. The Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Alqasabi thanked the Cu
Only 10 Days Left to Exchange Your Pre-2005 Currency Notes
New Delhi: Only 10 days are left to exchange pre-2005 currency notes, including those of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations at banks, as the deadline ends on June 30. Seeking cooperation for withdrawing pre-2005 currency notes from circulation, the RBI had asked the public to deposit the old desig
Quake-hit Nepal needs $20 million to resume agriculture: FAO
KATHMANDU: About USD 20 million is needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal so that they can resume agricultural activities and stave off the threat of prolonged food insecurity, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Saturday. For the current cropping season, FAO representative
CM Siddaramaiah's U-turn: 50 more TenderSURE roads
BENGALURU: Making an about-turn on his stand against the width of pavements under TenderSURE, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that his government will develop at least 50 more roads under the same system. He had earlier said that pavements under TenderSURE projects are too wide and e
90% of Saudis over 60 have osteoporosis
RIYADH: Nearly 90 percent of Saudi citizens aged above 60 years suffer from osteoporosis, a condition where the bones become brittle and tend to break, according to recent studies. Experts attribute the increase in the number of osteoporosis cases in the Kingdom to reasons such as change in the lif
Karnataka HC asks advocate association to cough up Rs 500 per case
BENGALURU: Justice Anand Byrareddy of the high court on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs 500 on the Advocates Association of Bengaluru for each case that came up before him. The judge held the association responsible for causing a loss to the exchequer by asking lawyers to abstain from work. The ju
100 سال بعد:امریکی ڈالر پر خاتون کی تصویر شائع ہو گی
واشنگٹن،18 جون (آئی این ایس انڈیا( امریکی وزارت خزانہ کے اعلان کے مطابق وزارت دس ڈالر مالیت کے کرنسی نوٹ پر خاتون کی تصویر شائع کریں گی۔ سو برس کی مدت میں یہ پہلا موقع ہو گا کہ امریکی کرنسی نوٹوں پر مشہور مرد سیاستدان کے بجائے کسی خاتون کی تصویر شائع ہونے جا رہی ہے۔ وزارت کا مزید کہنا تھا کہ ابھی
N. Korea hit by worst drought in 100 years
SEOUL: North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency said the drought has caused about 30 percent of its rice paddies to dry up. Rice plants normally need to be partially submerged in water d
250,000 children starving in South Sudan: UN
JUBA: A quarter of a million children face starvation in war-torn South Sudan, with an end to the 18-month conflict as distant as ever, the expelled UN aid chief warned Tuesday. “Six months ago, we thought that violence and suffering had peaked and that peace was on the horizon. We were wrong,” sai
KSA shocker: Over 500,000 accidents a year cause SR20bn losses
JEDDAH: The Kingdom loses about SR20 billion each year from more than 500,000 traffic accidents, according to a local academic. Abdullah Al-Rubaish, president of the University of Dammam, said that more than 30 percent of the beds at the Kingdom’s hospitals are occupied by patients injured in accid
Suspected dengue death in Dakshina Kannada, 10 positive cases
MANGALURU: With the onset of monsoon, dengue has resurfaced in the Dakshina Kannada district with one suspected death being reported on Saturday and 10 other persons testing positive for the disease. As many as 10 positive cases have been reported of the 29 samples collected from Sullia taluk by
HTC Desire 326G Dual SIM With 8-Megapixel Camera Launched at Rs. 9,590
HTC has launched the Desire 326G Dual SIM in India, priced at Rs. 9,590. The budget smartphone from the Taiwanese manufacturer will be available to purchase from Thursday. The HTC Desire 326G Dual SIM was introduced for India alongside the HTC One E9+and the HTC One M9+ back in April. Of the thre
16 bus passengers electrocuted in Rajasthan
At least 16 persons were electrocuted on Friday when a bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire in Pachewar area of Tonk district of Rajasthan, officials said. 16 deaths are confirmed and several others also received burn injuries, District Collector Rekha Gupta said.
Zimbabwe's new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 local dollars
HARARE: Zimbabweans will start exchanging 'quadrillions' of local dollars for a few US dollars next week, as President Robert Mugabe's government discards its virtually worthless national currency, the central bank said on Thursday. The southern African country started using foreign currencies li
Pentagon: Price tag for war on Islamic State is $2.7 billion
WASHINGTON: The US has spent more than $2.7 billion on the war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since bombings began last August, and the average daily cost is now more than $9 million, the Pentagon said Thursday. Releasing a detailed breakdown of the costs for the first time, th
2 hours, 2 chain-snatchers, 10 women
BENGALURU: Cocking a snook at police who had erected barricades and check-points across the city to rein in their ilk, two chain-snatchers struck at 10 areas in west and south Bengaluru within two hours. They were astride a black Bajaj Pulsar. The duo's victims were women - many of them elderly -
How to Reserve Your Free Windows 10 Upgrade
Microsoft Windows 10 is going to be released on July 29 this year and is free for users of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. If you are a new user, you will have to pay for Windows 10 but if you own a licensed copy of Windows 7 or 8, then you can reserve your copy of Windows 10 today, and yo