Dubai: Security is being tightened in airports across Europe and the Middle East with direct air flights to US destinations after intelligence reports from Washington’s agencies suggest that terrorists are plotting a new series of attacks on aviation targets. The heightened security comes as US

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi soldiers withdrew from the area, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Thursday. The world’s top oil exporter shares an 800km border with Iraq, where Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and other mi

LONDON: Britain had planned to train and equip a 100,000-strong rebel army to defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before it was deemed to be too risky, BBC Newsnight reported on Thursday. The BBC said the secret "extract, equip, train" proposal, put forward two years ago, was the idea of Gene

Imagine unlocking your smartphone or tablet with free-form gestures – sweeping fingers in shapes across the screen! As more people use smartphones or tablets to pay bills, make purchases, store personal information and even control access to their houses, the need for robust password security has

(Reuters) - Pramod Patil's 40-acre field in Lasalgaon usually turns green around now with germinated soybean and corn seeds, but this year he has yet to begin planting because of scanty monsoon rains in Maharashtra. Like 27-year old Patil, millions of farmers are hoping rains will strengthen in t

BANGALORE: After allegedly committing 21 murders in Maharashtra, Chandrakant S Sharma migrated to Bangalore where he killed his next victim, helped by his wife and two sons. This killing landed the family in jail in just three days. Sharma, though, is unlikely to be convicted for the earlier murders

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 3 جولائی،2014 بنگلور/ریاست کے ہر غریب شخص کو بہترین ہیلتھ سرویس فراہم کر نے کیلئے ہر ضلع میں سرکاری میڈیکل کالج قائم کر نے کا فیصلہ ریاستی حکومت کے زیر غور ہے ،وزیر برائے میڈیکل ایجو کیشن ڈاکٹر شرن پر کاش پاٹل نے یہ بات بتا ئی ،وکاس سودھا کے آڈیٹوریم میں یوم ڈاکٹرس تقریب کا افتتاح کر

Dubai: It’s about 11am on a scorching Ramadan morning and a group of eight chefs along with a few dozen helpers are racing against time to garnish 10 giant pots full of simmering mutton porridge — or kanji as they call it at a kitchen in Sonapur. The humble broth coddled with rice, lentil, fenn

Abu Dhabi: People who fake certificates to get a visa or a job face up to ten years in prison, an official has warned. Meanwhile, those who photocopy official documents and tamper with them face up to five years in jail, the official said. Forgery of educational certificates constituted around

Waterlogged railway track near Kurla MUMBAI: Strong rain lashed the city on Wednesday, bringing citizens much-needed respite from the heatwave. The suburbs were the bigger beneficiary than the island city. While the Colaba weather station recorded 17.2mm of rain from 8.30am to 8.30pm, the Santa C

LONDON: Iran has supplied Iraq with fighter jets to help it counter the belligerent offensive by ISIS who have taken over large swathes of territory, a media report said on Thursday. Russia supplied an initial delivery of the aircraft just a few days ago but analysts at the International Institut

The start menu as we knew it since Windows 95, is dead. The start button was removed with the launch of Windows 8 and then brought back with the Windows 8.1 update. But this button was but a shell of the start menu of the past. Clicking the start button in Windows 8.1 merely takes you to the Windows

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Recovering from a muscle injury, veteran pacer Zaheer Khan is eyeing a comeback to competitive cricket for Mumbai Indians during Champions League T20 in early October, even though he was non-committal about his chances of making it to the World Cup squad in 2015. "The World Cup is a special tourn

(Reuters) - India summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Wednesday to explain reports that the U.S. National Security Agency was authorised to spy on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party before he took office, and to seek assurances this would not happen in future. The U.S. State Department said it w

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 2 جولائی,14 گلبرگہ /کرناٹک میں بائیک ایمبولینس سرویس شروع کرنے کی تیاریاں مکمل کر لی گئی ہیں ۔ یہ بات یو ٹی قادر وزیر صحت نے آج کرناٹک قانون ساز کونسل میں بتائی ۔وہ کے گنیش کارنیک کے سوال کا جواب دے رہے تھے ۔ گنیش کارنیک نے وزیر صحت سے سوال کیا تھا کہ اُنہوں نے موٹر بائیک ایمبولینس ش

Dubai: Retailers had been warned against increasing the prices of essential goods in Ramadan without written consent from the authorities, shoppers say they have already noticed an increase in prices compared with previous weeks. A quick check by Gulf News revealed prices have risen anywhere from

Chief Justice of India RM Lodha has slammed Modi govt over the Gopal Subramanium row. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India RM Lodha has hit out at Narendra Modi government for rejecting the candidature of former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium as SC judge. "The first thing I had taken objecti