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Govt cuts import tariff value of gold, silver

New Delhi, Jan 1, 2013 (PTI) The government today slashed the import tariff value of gold and silver marginally to USD 539 per 10 gm and USD 979 per kg, respectively, amid volatile movement in the global prices of precious metals. The tariff value, which is released fortnightly, is the base pric

Deoband bans students from using camera phones

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 31, 2012 (PTI) Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has prohibited its students from using mobile phones with cameras and seized 14 such devices from the hostel here. The students were warned that disciplinary action will be taken against them if found using mobile pho

Despite last minute deal, US misses fiscal cliff deadline

Washington, Jan 1, 2013, (PTI) Despite a last minute deal reached between the White House, Democrats and the Republicans brokered by the US Vice President, Joe Biden, the US missed the Monday midnight "fiscal cliff" deadline to avert sweeping tax hikes. While the Senate was moving ahead with its

Microsoft responds to security hole in Internet Explorer browser

[caption id="attachment_19400" align="aligncenter" width="599"] Microsoft has released a temporary fix for its Internet Explorer browser, which the company says has a security hole that could allow hackers to take over a computer. (Jagadeesh Nv / EPA)[/caption] Microsoft has released a temporary

Over the last year, flying with phones and other devices has become increasingly dangerous.

[caption id="attachment_19395" align="aligncenter" width="592"] A pilot uses the FlySmart with Airbus app on an Apple iPad. The F.A.A. has no proof that electronic devices can harm a plane’s avionics, but it still perpetuates such claims.[/caption] In September, a passenger was arrested in El Pas

India Still Waits for Cheap Tablet

[caption id="attachment_19389" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A prototype tablet is assembled at a DataWind site in Montreal. The company’s plan to invigorate India’s electronics manufacturing by producing low-cost tablets for students has gone awry.[/caption] NEW DELHI — The idea was, and stil

TN announces 13-point plan for women’s safety

Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes. Expressing grief over the death of th

محمد فیاض سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک

محمد فیاض سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک بھٹکلیس نیوز/ بھٹکل بیورو بھٹکل / یکم جنوری،13 محمد فیاض سلمہ ابن محمد مولا صاحب عابدہ چو عقد سعید اسماء تفہیم سلمہا بنت منور حسین پیشمام صاحبا سرین 01/جنوری،13 موغلار دیسا بعد نماز عشاء بمقام "نسرین منزل" مین روڈ فاروقی اسٹریٹ منعقد زاؤن اشے ، ادارہ بھٹکلیس ازواجی زن

انوار الحق سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک

انوار الحق سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک بھٹکلیس نیوز/ بھٹکل بیورو بھٹکل / 01 جنوری،13  انوار الحق سلمہ ابن مولوی عبدالعلیم قاسمی صاحبا چو عقد سعید عمارہ سلمہا بنت عبدالجبار کولا صاحبا سرین 01/جنوری،2013 تاریخے سکنات بمقام "المولوی" منعقد زاؤن اشے ، ادارہ بھٹکلیس ازواجی زندگی کامیاب زاؤو انی نیک و صالح اولا

ھاجرہ سمرین سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک

ھاجرہ سمرین سلمہ عقد سعید مبارک بھٹکلیس نیوز/ بھٹکل بیورو بھٹکل / 01 جنوری،13  ھاجرہ سمرین سلمہا بنت محمد ھاشم کولا صاحبا چی محفل جلوہ 01/جنوری،2013 تاریخے موغلار دیسا بعد نماز عشاء بمقام "نسرین منزل" مین روڈ فاروقی اسٹریٹ منعقد زاؤن محمد عاطف سلمہ ابن ابوبکر حسن شابندری صاحبا سرین عقد سعید زاؤن ا

Sony has ended Japanese production of its best-selling PlayStation 2 (PS2).

The hardware first went on sale in March 2000 in Japan and since then more than 150 million PS2 consoles have been sold. The PS2 was so popular that it outsold its replacement for the first three years that the PlayStation 3 was available. By ending production, Sony has fuelled rumours it is p

24 UAE Women get NASA Training

Abu Dhabi, Dec 30: The UAE's first all-female team of 24 aspiring engineers, researchers and astronauts, between the ages of 12 and 18, has completed an on-site space training at the NASA Space Center, Houston. The training was organised and coordinated by Space Ed-Ventures, a UAE-based educational

Only one conviction out of 635 rape cases in Delhi this year, reveals home ministry data

NEW DELHI: There has been only one conviction out of over 600 cases of rape reported to Delhi Police this year even as crime against women has been on the rise in the national capital. As many as 754 accused were arrested in the 635 cases reported to Delhi Police between January and November, the

FDI in retail: FIPB seeks more info from IKEA, to take up proposal next week

NEW DELHI: Finance Ministry today sought more information from IKEA for its India investment plans and will take up the Swedish furniture major's proposal to open cafeterias at its proposed mega retail outlets next week. "IKEA's proposal will be taken up next week," Economic Affairs Secretary Arv

SR 1.7 bn hospital deal inked

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 1 January 2013 Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah yesterday signed a SR 1.77 billion contract to establish new headquarters for King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has allocated two million

Khorfakkan to receive largest container ship

The UAE is all set to welcome the world’s largest container ship — CMA CGM Marco Polo — as it charts its maiden voyage across the Arabian Gulf in the New Year and makes Khorfakkan port her first call in the Middle East. At 396 metres long (approximately the length of four standard football pitche

Dubai unveils Dh34b budget

Dubai’s government has announced its budget for 2013 with more than Dh34.12 billion expenditures and nearly eight per cent increase in public revenue. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday approved Dubai’s fi

Brighter beginning

[caption id="attachment_19346" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The new year’s biggest fire work at the Burj Khalifa on 31st Dec 2012. Photo : Rahul Gajjar[/caption] Muaz Shabandri / 1 January 2013 Dubai - Tall expectations lit up the world’s highest tower at the start of 2013. The Burj Khalif