Dubai: Major General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, on Thursday launched an anti-begging campaign under the title ‘Battle Begging’. The campaign includes a comprehensive awareness programme to continue after Eid Al Fitr under the supervision and

A 1,000-feet wide “beast” travelling at a speed of 50,400 km-per-hour — enough momentum to wipe out an entire city — will pass by earth on Sunday. The asteroid will safely pass earth at a distance of 1.25 million km — more than three times the distance from earth to the moon. Nicknamed the “Be

While experts the world over are looking for ways to stop smartphone batteries from dying within a few hours of charging, a Tel Aviv-based start-up StoreDot is developing a battery that would get fully charged in 30 seconds. Based on nanodots, the new battery is capable of moving electric current

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, facing a dearth of trained female nurses, has recruited 2,100 nurses, including 1,800 from India, to work in various government hospitals across the gulf nation. Hired on one year renewable contract, the nurses arriving from India and the Philippines would assume their duties

The Department of Primary and Secondary Education has constituetd Education Quality Monitoring Cell (EQMC) to monitor quality of education at government schools. Recent surveys on the system of school education in the State have shown alarmingly low levels of learning achievement among children s

MUMBAI: Mumbai will enter a world-class era of commuting with the long anticipated inauguration of the Mumbai Metro on Sunday, a top official said here Saturday. RInfra's Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd CEO Abhay Mishra made the announcement at a media conference here on Saturday morning. This is Ind

Dubai: Hassled motorists will be relieved that the long-standing petrol shortage in Sharjah, resulting from the closure of dozens of petrol stations since early 2012, could soon be a thing of the past. A senior official in Adnoc has told Gulf News that petrol stations purchased by the company i

Kunduz: Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials said Saturday warning that the death toll was expected to rise. The floods in the remote mountainous district of Baghlan province come a month af

The Indian cricket team dropped a rung to third but Virat Kohli continued to top the batting chart in the latest ICC one-day rankings announced today. India lost their second position to Sri Lanka, while Australiamaintained their place at the top of the heap. Sri Lanka's 3-2 series win over En

An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death for alleged offences including inciting violence and blocking a road. The men were not present to face the charges on Saturday and are believed to be in hiding amid a crackdown by the military-led government. It w

The Election Commission has re-opened its electoral rolls for updation. Citizens who have completed the age of 18 years as on January 1, 2014 can contact the respective Electoral Registration Officer, Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, BBMPward officer or Tahsildar office and submit their

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party is in the throes of its biggest crisis yet. A leaked letter by Arvind Kejriwal's right-hand man, Manish Sisodia, to Yogendra Yadav accusing him of "trying to finish off the party or Arvind Kejriwal", provoked another letter being leaked on Friday — this one written by

JEDDAH: A visit visa can be converted into a permanent residency permit for a close family member of an expatriate worker under special conditions, a senior Passport Department official said during a phone-in service with Arab News readers on Wednesday. “Yes, this is possible,” said Col. Mohammed

Bangalore: A 19-year-old girl was arrested by Bangalore city police for allegedly killing her grandmother for money. Distraught at the incident, her parents and sister attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison at a lodge in Shimoga town on Thursday June 5. The accused has been identified as

NEW DELHI: UP holds the dubious distinction of being the worst state in India in terms of law and order, the sheer volume of violent crimes over the past decade suggests. Data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) analysed by ET also shows that worryingly enough, change of government has had

Dubai: Saudi Arabia will test camels in the kingdom for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), its agriculture minister was quoted as saying, a day after a Saudi study reinforced a long-suspected link between the animals and human cases of the deadly virus. There have been 691 confirmed cases o

Most people are troubled when they have to perform in front of a large audience. This is nothing to be ashamed of – it’s normal to have stage fright. This is something you need to work on and you’ll get addicted to the feeling you get on stage in time. But before you get there, you need to do your h

Dubai: A pilot project is currently under way at two bus stops in Dubai, where the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is taping solar energy to power the air conditioners and lighting, Gulf News can confirm. The trial began in February this year at two bus stops near Al Jafliya Metro station,