The Makkah Clock Tower, the second tallest tower in the world, is to open for tourists after Haj 2014, according to officials. Tourists will have to buy tickets to visit the tower top. The gigantic Makkah Clock project was constructed on top of Tower No. 5 of the King Abdul Aziz Endowment Projec

Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Rami Hamdallah is a technocrat, leading a government of nonpartisan technocrats. He enjoys the confidence of President Mahmoud Abbas and all Palestinian factions. With Gaza in ruins following the devastating Israeli attacks, all eyes are on him for reconstruction and f

LAGOS: Nigeria has trained 800 volunteers to help fight the deadly Ebola epidemic that has already claimed four lives in Africa’s most populous country, a regional governor spokesman said Saturday. Authorities in the country’s largest city of Lagos last week appealed for volunteers to make up for

The government Saturday said marks for English language comprehension skills in the civil services preliminary examinations will not be included for the purpose of gradation. "The union government has decided that for the civil services (Preliminary) examination, 2014 to be held Aug 24, the secti

Samsung took the wraps off its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha. The South Korean electronics giant is calling the Galaxy Alpha"the evolution of Galaxy Design", touting its "metal frame, elegantly curved corners, and a tactile soft back cover". The South Korean manufacturer has announce

PESHAWAR – At least 16 people have been killed and more than 80 others injured in rain-related incidents and hailstorms in various parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital city as roofs and walls of building collapsed due to heavy rain.   Speaking to journalists at the Lady Reading Hospi

بھٹکلیس نیوز/16اگست،14 بنگلور/صارفین کو ایل پی جی سبسیڈی دینے کے بعد تیل کمپنیاں اب صارفین کو منا رہی ہے کہ وہ رضا کارانہ طور پر گھر یلو ایل پی جی سلینڈر پر دی جانے والی سبسیڈی چھوڑ کر "مبینہ ملک کی تعمیر میں حصہ لیں شہر اور ریاست کے دوسرے حصوں کے ایل پی جی صارفین کو ڈیلروں سے مسیج مل رہے ہیں" مل

15 August 2014 | Press Release | Bhatkallys News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com ), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called on Indians across the world, to mark the occasion of India's 68th Independence D

Image Courtesy: Times of India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a marked break from the past in his maiden Independence Day speech with many firsts — notably by scrapping the Nehruvian vestige, the Planning Commission, and by ending his 65-minute extempore speech with the sl

Four new passenger trains will join the current fleet between Riyadh and Dammam beginning November this year. Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) President Mohammed Al-Suwaiket said the Riyadh-Al-Kharj rail service would be commissioned during next year. The first of the four trains is to arrive

ISLAMABAD: Supporters of the Pakistani government and opposition protesters clashed during the second day of a march to Islamabad aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign. The clashes raised tensions ahead of the protesters’ arrival in Islamabad, which has been on a virtual lockdown

MANGALORE: Konkan Railway introduced SMS service to redress the grievances of passengers related to any service on KonkanRailway route. The service was commissioned on August 15. The mobile number on which passengers can send an SMS related to any aspect of passenger service is 9004470700. The me

MUMBAI: Almost 1.65 million people across the world die due to heart problems brought on by excess intake of salt, said a research analyzing populations from 187 countries. The paper, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Thursday, found that the average consumption of salt a

KARACHI: Tens of thousands of Pakistanis joined opposition leader Imran Khan Thursday as he traveled from Lahore to the capital to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over fraud allegations in an election 15 months ago. Khan’s supporters waved red-and-green party flags and danced to music in open tr

Kolkata: The Northeast Frontier Railway’s (NFR) Construction Organisation has started building the world’s tallest girder rail bridge at Noney in Manipur. The bridge is part of the proposed 125-kilometre Jiribam-Tupul railway line to connect Imphal, the capital of Manipur, which is 780 metres a

JERUSALEM: Israel and Palestinians in Gaza were holding their fire Thursday after a new truce got off to a shaky start with overnight Palestinian rocket fire followed by Israeli airstrikes. Late on Wednesday, negotiators in Cairo brokered an 11th-hour extension to an existing truce, with the warrin

Sharjah: For weeks XPRESS has been on the heels of a suspicious middle-aged Arab beggar who targets worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at the Abdullah Ibn Abbas Mosque in Sharjah’s Al Majaz 1 area. After collecting hundreds of dirhams in alms, he would hail a cab and head down to th