JAKARTA: Defending championSaina Nehwal inched closer to a third successiveIndonesian Open Super Seriestitle after advancing to the finals with a hard-fought victory over Chinese Taipei'sShao Chieh Chengon Saturday.The fourth-seeded Indian won 21-14, 14-21, 21-17 in a 45-minute battle against giant-

Dammam - 25 June 2011: Anjuman Executive members from Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia have been successfully elected through elections held here in Dammam. Following is the list of candidates, Janab Kazia Yunus Saheb. Dr. Ekkeri Zarrar Saheb. Janab Shahbandri Farooq Saheb. Janab Ekkeri Iqbal Sah

NEW DELHI: When you work out your household budget for July, in addition to existing woes, factor in higher prices of dal-chawal, fruits and vegetables, bus and taxi fares.That's because the government on Friday decided to raise the price ofdieselby Rs 3 a litre, kerosene by Rs 2 a litre while cooki

Mangalore - 25 June 2011: Yeshwantpur-Mangalore night train, which chugs to Kannur at present from Mangalore Central railway station, will be extended to Karwar from July 2 onwards. The train, according to the proposal, will now go to Karwar from Mangalore Junction (Kankanady) station, said Souther

MUMBAI: A suburban developer has paid a record price of Rs 350 crore for aNepean Sea bungalow property. Runwal Group, which has projects largely in the eastern suburbs, bought Nepean Grange , the two-storey bungalow constructed in 1918, from the Kapadia family. The transaction was finally concluded

When US soldier Terry Brooks was sent to join military guards at the infamous Guantanamo prison that houses Moslem militants from Taliban and Al-Qaeda, he had not thought he would embrace the religion of those prisoners. After a few chats with a Moroccan inmate, he converted to Islam in 2003. Brook

New Delhi:Following the two months long School Chalo campaign across the country, Popular Front of India is launching scholarship scheme for poor and meritorious students who wish to pursue higher studies after completing Higher Secondary (Plus Two) education. Applications are invited from students

Dubai - 24 June 2011: Anjuman Executive body election was held yesterday at BMJD office here in Deira and nine Anjuman executive were successfully elected. They are as follows. S M Syed Raees Jukaku Fazalurrahman Khateeb Shahriyar Siddiqui Abdurrahman Shabandri Mohammed Mohsin Khalifa Mohammed Gous

KINGSTON: India allowed the West Indies tail-enders to delay the inevitable before wrapping up the first cricket Test with a comfortable 63-run victory inside four days and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series on Thursday. Chasing a victory target of 326, West Indies never recovered from t

Jeddah - 23 June 2011: Any expatriate worker involved in a legal battle with his employer or sponsor will not be deported from the Kingdom without receiving his rights, Lt. Col. Badr Al-Malik, spokesman of the Passport Department in Jeddah, said on Wednesday. Al-Malik made this comment while talki

Bhatkal - 23 June 2011: A meeting between police department and people's representatives was held here at IB to discuss about the 'Police Survey' being conducted by the department as a part of police beat system. During the meeting several questions were raised by the people's representatives and s

New Delhi - 23 June 2011: TheAnna Hazarecamp is digging in its heels for a decisive showdown with the government over Lokpal and should be interested in enlisting support from all possible quarters. More so, because the government has been working hard, the Hazare group alleges, to limit turnout at

Jeddah - 23 June 2011: A number of expatriates, especially laborers, drivers, masons and salesmen have said they would cancel their plans to travel home this summer following strong rumors that exit and re-entry visas would be converted into final exit visas at the airports. Though passport officia

Bhatkal - 23 June 2011: After reports of ragging in Anjuman Engineering College published in some Kannada newspapers, Anjuman administration in its press release strongly denied the allegations and termed it as a conspiracy to malign the reputation of Isnstitution. According to the press release iss

Karwar, June 21: Brushing aside the allegations of 'Muslim specific survey' by 'men in khaki', in some minority dominated areas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police R Ramesh on Tuesday said the police are carrying out their responsibility without any bias and prejudice. Confusion prev

Bangalore - Applications are invited from the students belonging to the minority communities pursuing Class XI / XII (PUC), Vocational Courses in I.T.I/I.T.C., JOC, Diploma (Technical & Paramedical), D.Ed, D.Pharma, GNM, Graduation (B.A, B.Com,B.Sc, B.B.M, B.C.A, BSW, B.Ed, B.P.Ed, B.LibSc, BTA, etc

Abu Dhabi: Embassies in the UAE will not be allowed to deal with Visa Licensing Offices (VLOs) unless they fulfil licensing requirements set by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Abu Dhabi and Dubai Chambers of Commerce. VLOs help embassies with visa regulations in times when embassies are

DAMMAM, June 21,2011 (Arab News): Rumors of expatriates having their exit-re-entry visas switched to exit-only visas at airports have no basis, said Passport Department officials across the Kingdom."There is absolutely no truth to it," said Mohammad Al-Husayn, spokesman for the Passport Department i