Eid-al-Adha will be celebrated in UAE on Tuesday, November 16. Prayer timings for different emirates are Abu Dhabi - 06.55 AM Dubai - 07.00 AM Sharjah - 06.56 AM Al Dhaid - 06.54 AM Ras Al Khaimah - 06.52 AM Fujairah - 06.52 AM Umm Al Quwain - 06.51 AM Ajman - 06.55 AM Submitted By : Syed Fazeel Ay

THE annual pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia takes place this week when up to three million Muslims from all over the world converge on the holy places in Makkah and Madinah and its satellite towns to perform Haj, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. While the Haj is deemed a spiritu

LABBAIK Allahumma Labbaik (Here I come, My Lord, in response to Your call). For thousands of years, the believers from around the world have traveled to Makkah for Haj. The sight of nearly three million pilgrims in all white performing Haj rituals and endlessly circumambulating the majestic black st

MUMBAI - Rupee depreciated by 19 paise to trade at an almost six-week low of Rs 44.99 against the US dollar in the early trade on Monday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange, as the greenback firmed up against major currencies.Dollar demand from importers and weak sentiment in the stock markets also we

HOUSTON - The new Facebook email will fully integrate the social network, using the working model of the network of friendsSocial networking website Facebook is likely to offer email services to its 500 million users from Monday to compete with Gmail and Yahoo Mail, making it the largest such servi

Makkah Metro will transport some of the 2.5m gathered for the ritualsMakkah: At least 2.5 million Muslims began the annual Haj yesterday, heading to an encampment near the holy city of Makkah to retrace the route taken by the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) 14 centuries ago.Travelling on foot, by public tra

Pratibha Patil to meet Khalifa, open workers' centre.Abu Dhabi: Indian President Pratibha Patil is coming to the UAE on November 21 on an official visit.She is expected to meet President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on November 22, M.K. Lokesh, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE tol

Indian telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja resigned from his post on Sunday, local media reported, after allegations that the government had given out lucrative telecoms licences at low prices.New Delhi: Indian telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja resigned from his post on Sunday, local media reported, aft

Pilgrims from around the world are expected to spend 630 million to 700 million Saudi riyals each day during the Haj, according to the Saudi-based daily Al Riyadh.Dubai: The Haj is a priceless spiritual experience, but the entire trip can cost UAE pilgrims from Dh16,000 to Dh150,000 for a 14-day pa

Lucknow: The three siblings were no less than "little angels" for Ikram, a shopkeeper in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, when they handed over his box containing around Rs.15,000 which was given to them by mistake on their purchase.The siblings had Thursday night purchased a clay pot for Rs.30 from

Road map requires Internet Service Providers to get ready by December 2011KOCHI - All the committees and working groups forming part of the IPv6 Task Force that will oversee the country's transition to a 'new' global web-address protocol are expected to be in place by this month-end.Deadlines have b

Poken accommodates growing contact details of peopleYou attend an international conference, network with people from different places, and return home, your pocket full of business cards.Now you want to take it a step further and 'connect' with your new-found contacts on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter,

Winning entry was chosen from over 1,08,000 doodles with India themeInternet users logging on to the Google homepage on Sunday will find a 'doodle' that showcases what is termed as the 'New India.' With a scholarly hat perched atop Google's G and a satellite bearing India's name on its way to the

Clean-energy project will be completed on time without cutting budget , says CEO Abu Dhabi : Masdar, Abu Dhabi's government-backed renewable energy company, is on track to develop a clean-energy city on time and intends to maintain its current level of spending, its chief executive officer said. "We

ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi has unveiled its largest infrastructure project, the world's biggest industrial zone project being built in Taweelah, where certain industrial units that add value to the emirate's drive for economic diversification would be granted 100 per cent foreign ownership rights. The

NEW DELHI: An inflow of over Rs 7,300 crore into 26 companies, most of them registered at two Delhi addresses, from companies registered in Mauritius and Cyprus has caught the attention of tax sleuths. Sensing that this could be a case of ''round-tripping'' - money that was clandestinely salted awa

Nagpur, Nov 13, (PTI):Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has said that all Hindus arrested for their alleged involvement in terror activities across the country are linked to the Rashtriya Swayayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Turning tables on the Nagpur-headquartered saffron outfit for its observatio