Vapi industrial corridor is a ‘shining’ example of Modi’s Vibrant Gujarat. Tell that to the stinking, cancer-ridden nearby villages. “You’ll be able to smell it,” is the constant refrain when we ask for directions to Vapi, an industrial town sitting on the southern end of the country’s Golden Cor

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said communal forces in the State were trying to incite trouble for political gains ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, but the government would deal with such elements with an iron hand. Replying to a discussion on the motion of thanks to the governor’s addr

The road to the offices inside Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics' (IUCAA) Children Science Centre in Pune passes through a well-set, well-manicured lawn past the administrative buildings of the place. The tranquil atmosphere of the campus is broken only by the chaos in the room

NEW DELHI: Bowing to party pressure, the government on Thursday raised the quota of subsidized LPG to 12 cylinders per household in a year from nine at present and also put on hold paying users the subsidy into bank accounts using Aadhaar platform. Announcing the decision taken by the Cabinet Com

30 Jan, 2014 | Jeddah | Arabnews Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai briefed Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, about the preparations being made in India for Haj pilgrims. Kidwai called on Al-Sudais at his Makkah office recently to brief him

High-value transactions to India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lankan attract fee hike Dubai, 30,2014: Money exchange houses in the UAE have increased the service fees for high-value remittances to some Asian countries to cope with rising operational costs, Gulf News has learnt. Starting this month

Spate of arrests at airport creates confusion over exactly what the rules are Dubai, 30 Jan, 2014: UAE jewellers this month reported the strongest gold sales in seven years, but a spate of arrests at various airports has sparked confusion over the amount of gold passengers can carry out of the coun

Like every year, even in 2014, phones will get smarter, computers will get faster, cameras will capture more pixels, and screens will display those clearer. We will see newer versions of operating systems. There will be better iterations of devices, and you'll probably ditch your old faithful for a

A trial run of a freight train on the Etihad Rail line in Al Ruwais. Work on the first phase, which stretches 266km, is complete. Dubai: Completion of the GCC rail network will ease travel in the region, with proposed passport-free travel being a possibility, Gulf News has learnt. The 2,177k

PUNE: Police in Maharashtra on Tuesday booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly instigating his party workers to ransack toll plazas at Khed-Shivapur on the Pune-Bangalore highway and at Manjari on the Pune-Solapur highway. Thackeray was booked in the two cases. On Monday, MNS workers pelt

AMEC International Ltd. - Qatar is recruiting candidates for Shell EPCm. It is an off-shore brown field project. Candidates should have experience in oil & gas/ petrochemical/ petroleum plant designing (feed) off - shore brown field project Given below is the list of job vacancies.

iBooks Textbooks will now be available in India. On Tuesday, Apple announced that it was expanding into 51 countries including new ones like India, Brazil, Italy and Japan. It has also made iTunes U Course Manager available in 70 countries including Russia, Thailand and Malaysia. “The incredible

New Delhi-based start-up Metis Learning on Wednesday launched an Android operating system-powered tablet targeted at kids aged 2-10 years. The company claims its tablet, Eddy, which will be available at an introductory price of Rs.9,999 till February 20, is India’s first Android-powered kids lear

KATMANDU: Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar last year, many of them from heart failure, officials said Monday, figures that highlight the grim plight of laborers in the Gulf nation. Tens of thousands of impoverished Nepalese head every year to Qatar, where a construction boom is gat

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has emerged as the front runner to host IPL 2014, Gulf News has learned. India’s general election in April has forced the IPL governing council and team representatives to find an alternative venue due to fears over security, according to a BCCI insider. The Indian c

CAIRO: Egypt's military on Monday backed a presidential bid by its commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, state media reported. Sisi, who will resign from the army to stand for office, is tipped to easily win a presidential election due to be held by mid-A

New Delhi:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that Narendra Modi's government in Gujarat "abetted" the riots of 2002. Mr Gandhi's charge injected a tense new element into a general election campaign that has so far focused mainly on the economy and corruption. Rights groups and poli

Despite a Supreme Court interim order that Aadhaar enrolment is voluntary and not necessary to avail essential subsidies, LPG consumers in the State are apprehensive that without an Aadhaar-gas-bank account linkage, they might be out of the subsidy loop. Fifty-five year-old Shanthamma had worn th