Dubai, Feb 10, 2011 (Gulf News): Students and senior citizens who are abover sixty will get 50 per cent discount on public tansport in Dubai starting March this year, said a senior official at the RTA.Use of public transport will be free for people with special needs.

Bhatkal - 09 Feb 2011: Census 2011 kicked off today in Bhatkal from the house of Bhatkal MLA Mr J.D. Naik and TMC President Mr Inayatullah Shabandri. In this census, information about the population of the city and work on population enumeration will be carried out and it would continue till Februar

Kozhikode, Feb 9m2011 (PTI): India's biggest mosque, capable of accommodating 25,000 people at a time, will come up on a 12-acre site at the sprawling 'Knowledge City' complex of an Islamic centre of learning near in Kozhikode.Estimated to cost Rs 40 crore, it will be one of India's important Islami

Private sector salaries are forecast to increase at an average rate of 6.3 per cent in the UAE compared to 6.6 per cent for the whole of GCC this year.The research, based on a survey of 32,000 professionals and 1,400 companies across the six Gulf states, was released by GulfTalent.com.According to t

MOSCOW, Feb 8, 2011 (REUTERS): A Russian man has pleaded guilty in court to stealing $10 million from former Royal Bank of Scotland division World Pay in 2008 by hacking into accounts, RIA News reported on Monday.Investigators said 27-year-old Yevgeny Anikin was a member of an international hacking

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Apple's App Store reached landmark 10 billion downloads on Saturday, further underlining the lead of the iPhone-maker in mobile online software battle, a counter on front page of the store showed.Apple launched the iPhone store in mid-2008 and it proved to be an instant hit, driving sales of the sma

Abu Dhabi Airports Company said on Sunday that the number of passengers using the airport of the capital increased 12.2 per cent last year to nearly 11 million.The positive passenger development during the year 2010 is also reflected in the aircraft movement numbers that reached 112,000 aircraft, a

LONDON/OSLO,19 January 2011(Reuters) : Last year was the world's second hottest behind 1998 in a temperature record dating back to 1850, the director of research at Britain's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Phil Jones said on Wednesday.Jones' unit, compiling data with the Met Office Hadley Centre, is o

18 January 2011, 3:51 PM Dubai - In a landmark decision, GEMS Education announced the replacement of all its male bus monitors with female supervisory staff on all its buses. The move follows a campaign by Khaleej Times to 'Make your child safer'. Hundreds of letters from concerned parents and read

Mumbai, Jan 17 (PTI) Nine persons arrested in connection with the 2006 Malegaon blasts today moved a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, seeking bail in the wake of Swami Aseemanand''s confession pointing to a right-wing group''s involvement in the case."From the confes

New Delhi, January 15, 2011 (PTI): State-owned oil companies on Saturday raised petrol prices by Rs. 2.50-Rs. 2.54 per litre, the second hike in a month, on back of rising crude oil prices.Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer, will raise petrol prices by Rs. 2.50 per litre with effect

Abu Dhabi, Jan 13,2011 (ArabianBusiness): Firms must only pay skilled workers a base salary of AED12,000 if they want to be rated as a 'category A' company under a new Ministry of Labour ratings system, an official has said.Local media reports had said graduates would be paid a minimum monthly wage

Admissions are now open at PG Management Academy for DIPLOMA IN LOGISTICS with NCVT & Cambridge University BEC Vantage certification. The duration of the Course is nine months and the minimum eligibility for admission is Plus Two. The Course provides job opportunities in Seaports, Air ports, Con

DUBAI, 13 January 2011 (Khaleejtimes):Spectacular fireworks at Burj Khalifa Boulevard and Dubai Creek Park will herald the opening of Dubai Shopping Festival 2011 (DSF) on January 20.The 16th DSF, which is sure to attract residents and visitors to 32 days of festivities, shopping and surprises, will

With China virtually cut off and Western markets maturing, Wikipedia is targeting India first and possibly Brazil next to reach its goal of 1 billion users, Executive Director Sue Gardner says.The San Francisco-based online encyclopedia, which turns 10 years old on Saturday, also vows to reach that

DUBAI, January 11,2011 (Bhatkallys News) : Mohammad Musab Ruknuddin, Project Manager at the Emirates Post Group Holding, Dubai, had the honour of attending the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2011 held at New Delhi from Jan 7-9.Says Musab, 'It was an enriching experience to be there for this event and parti

Bhatkal, 8th Jan, 2011 (Bhatkallys News): The organising team BIFA Blue took away the BIFA Football Cup 2011 by beating the Firdouse team by 2-0 in the finals today held at the YMSA ground. A goal was scores in each half of the play, one by Arfath and the other by Zeeshan. Mr.Inayatulla Shabandri