New Delhi, 18 Feb 2014: Saudi Arab’s Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da’wah, and Guidance, Salih ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad Al-Shaykh visited the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind here on Monday. A program was organized in the honour of the Saudi minister who was accompanied with a Saud

NEW DELHI: The country's biggest car makers, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) and Hyundai Motor India, on Wednesday cut prices after excise duty on automobiles was reduced in the interim budget. While MSI's price cuts range between Rs 8,502 and Rs 30,984 across its models, Hyundai has slashed prices by

GENEVA: One hundred and thirty-four journalists and media support staff were killed while on reporting assignments last year, with India fourth on the list of countries with the most number of deaths, the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) said on Tuesday. Most of those kille

Kiev: At least 16 people have been killed in fierce clashes in Kiev between protesters and riot police, the bloodiest outburst of violence in nearly three months of demonstrations. Four protesters were killed during the police assault on the opposition's main protest encampment on Kiev's iconic I

Dubai: Every fifth child out of 100 children suffers from food allergy in the UAE and parents should not neglect the symptoms, experts said at the International Family Medicine Conference on Tuesday. Food allergies are growing among children and schools should have a plan and be aware of how to

As part of its initiative to encourage Dubai residents to put their green footprint forward, the Dubai Municipality is encouraging everyone to go car-free on Wednesday. Directors of various Dubai government departments set the example by taking the Dubai Metro to work this morning. Talking to 

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Mangalore-Kuwait sector was also at a loss managing with low flyer traffic Air India Express, the low-cost carrier of Air India, suspended its only flight service between Mangalore and Kuwait from Thursday. It was operating this Kochi-Mangalore-Kuwait sector thrice a week. The official attribu

(IANS) / 18 February 2014 The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Telangana bill by voice vote amid pandemonium. Amid pandemonium, the Lok Sabha finally passed a bill aimed at carving out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill was passed by vo

An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields whizzed close to Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded over Russia and injured 1,200 people. Slooh Space Camera tracked the approach of the asteroid as it raced past the planet at about 27,000 mph (43,000 kmph), starting a

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 18 فروری 14 پونے / (ایجنسی)ممبئی کی میٹروپولیٹن کارپوریشن نے اپنی تاریخ میں پہلی بار شہر میں درختوں کی گنتی کا کام میں جی پی ایس ٹیکنالوجی سے مدد لینے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔جی پی ایس کی مدد سے کم سے کم وقت میں زیادہ سے زیادہ درختوں کی معلومات جمع کی جا سکیں گی۔درخت شماری کے اس عمل میں کارپ

Sharjah: Workers escaped unhurt as a huge fire ripped through 19 warehouses and stores in Sharjah Industrial Area 12 on Monday night. The fire destroyed warehouses of auto spare parts, metal and aluminium equipment, furniture, garments and some stores of perfume and oils. Labourers in

Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealand batsman to hit a triple-hundred in Test cricket to take the second cricket Test beyond India’s reach on the morning session of the fifth and final day, in Wellington on Tuesday. McCullum scored a historic 302 on the opening session of day while Jimmy

India's largest cellular carrier Bharti Airtel will buy mobile operator Loop Mobile in a move that will make Bharti the biggest mobile operator in Mumbai in terms of users. This would be the first merger in the country's telecoms market in nearly six years. Under the agreement, Loop Mobile's 3

When Microsoft announced in September that it was buying Nokia's struggling handset business and would meld its Windows operating system with the devices, it offered two major reasons for the $7.2 billion deal: - Apple and Google were combining their software and hardware. - The deal would ens

NEW DELHI: The best talent pool of engineers is in Delhi, Bihar and Jharkhand, while those from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are least employable, said a report. Employability for IT product roles in Delhi is as high 13 per cent and as low as 1 per cent in Chennai, says the National Employabilit

Dubai: William ‘Bill’ Duff, who served as Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum’s trusted financial expert during the early development of the emirate, passed away on Friday at his residence in Jumeirah. He was 92. Duff died of natural causes at 4.30pm on Friday. He is survived by his wife, Irenka

New Delhi:  Cold wave continued to prevail in north India as snowfall and rain lashed several parts of the region bringing down temperatures and affecting normal life. Manali and parts of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh were disconnected due to heavy snowfall while Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel