KAURI: Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world's highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016. The arch-shaped steel structure is being constructed over the Chenab River to link sections of the spectacular

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 11 جولائ 14 کاروار / (نامہ نگار) اتر کنڑا ضلع میں ندیوں سےبہت ساری ریتی غیر قانونی طریقہ پر نکالنے پر پابندی لگائی ہے ۔اطلاعات کے مطابق بہت سارے لوگ بغیر لا ئسنس کےاس کام کو انجام دے رہے تھے ،اس سلسلہ میں جب سرکار کو اس غیر قانونی کام کی اطلاع ملی تو اس پر پابندی لاکئی  گئی اور اس کا

NEW DELHI: Here are the highlights of Union Budget 2014 tabled by finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday: * Tax proposals on indirect tax front would yield Rs 7,525 crore. * ​Indian Custom Single Window Project to be taken up for facilitating trade. * Clean energy cess increased from Rs

Siddaramaiah, in a statement, said that in addition to marketing dreams, the finance minister has also made some big announcements. But the budgetary provisions made are too meagre. There is nothing which can bring good days to the poor and farmers. In addition, social sector has been totally neg

GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza relentlessly on Thursday, causing a growing number of civilian casualties. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza, but Israel showed no sign of letting up. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ha

India were in danger of surrendering the advantage they had built so carefully over four sessions as they lost four wickets for four runs immediately after lunch on the second day. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami restored it with a 111-run last-wicket stand that punctured the fuel reserves

Riaydh: Saudi Arabia has started issuing recruitment visas for domestic maids from India under a new employment contract finalised by the two nations, media reported on Thursday. Saudi Deputy Labour Minister Mufarrij Al Huqbani said in a statement that the joint Saudi-Indian joint committee on

Manama: Fighting extremism has become more important than monitoring violations at local markets, the head of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the religious police, has said. “Your mission is no longer confined to monitoring shops that remain open dur

بھٹکلیس نیوز/11جولائی، 14 غزہ خنجر کی نوک پر آ گیا ہے ،عالمی برادری جنگ بندی کرائے: بین کی مون اسرائیلی فوج کی غزہ کی پٹی پر جاری وحشیانہ بمباری کے نتیجے میں گذشتہ تین روز کے دوران کم سے کم اسّی فلسطینی شہید ہوگئے ہیں اور بیسیوں عمارتیں تباہ ہوگئی ہیں۔ فلسطین کی وزارت صحت کی اطلاع کے مطابق غزہ کے

The Union Budget 2014 announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday covers a lot of ground, and at first glance, there are some very interesting announcements that apply to tech and Internet companies.   Some of it hurts - radio taxis come under service tax now, and could become

Find out how to avoid the mistakes that can stall your search for the job of your choice. 1. Waiting for consultants’ response Job seekers irrationally believe that sharing resumes with consultants is enough to land them a job and, thus, await calls that never come. The market operates different

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday spared the common man from price hike by keeping duties on commonly used day-to-day items unchanged but made it costlier for smokers and tobacco consumers with a steep increase in excise rate in tax proposals in Budget 2014-15. Following is a l

A special campaign will be held, from July 15 to 31, to bring 91,035 out-of-school children back to the classrooms during this academic year, the State government told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday. As on July 7, of the 1,68,621 out-of-school children in the State, 77,586 have been admitt

NEW DELHI: Home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that the government would prepare a National Population Register (NPR) incorporating all genuine Indian citizens and issue them national identity cards in a time-bound manner. "We have to identify who is an Indian citizen and who is

Dubai: The first half of 2014 saw a 30 per cent increase in the number of residency visas issued compared with the same period in 2013. There were 570,917 new residency visas issued in the first half of 2014 as opposed to 436,993 in 2013. Major General Mohammad Ahmad Al Merri, Director

JERUSALEM: Israel significantly broadened its campaign against Gaza on Wednesday after Hamas fired at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in their biggest confrontation since 2012, raising fears of a major Israeli ground offensive. It was the most serious flare-up in and around the Gaza Strip since November 2

SAN FRANCISCO: By next summer, most new smartphones may no longer be quite so attractive to thieves. Microsoft and Google said Thursday that phones using their operating systems — including handsets produced by big names like Samsung, Nokia and Motorola — will have a so-called kill switch that ca