Emirati tries to bribe officer to sneak wanted man out of Dubai

A 50-year-old Emirati man has been charged at a Dubai court after he allegedly offered a Dh15,000 bribe to an officer at the Hatta border point to hel...

UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain welcome Trump’s exit from Iran nuclear deal

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain announced on Tuesday their support for US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, with Riyadh’s ambassador to Washing...

13-year-old Juwan youngest Bahraini girl to reach Everest Base Camp

A 13-year-old has become the youngest Bahraini girl to reach Everest Base Camp. Juwan Abdulkhaleq, an eighth grade student, held Bahrain's flag high w...

KCR Pitches the use of electric vehicles in Hyderabad to make it a pollution-free city

Putting the focus on the need to encourage the use of electric vehicles in Hyderabad to make it a pollution-free city, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar...

China prepares for first private sector rocket launch

China's government-run space agency has long tried to make a mark in the launch market for small satellites. But it has been unable to make any sort o...

Supreme Court slamms the ASI for not being able to protect Taj Mahal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for not being able to protect the iconic Taj Mahal, and asked about th...

Lalu Prasad granted five days parole to attend his elder son’s marriage on May 12

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday secured five days parole to attend his elder son’s marriage in Patna on May 12.The parole was granted follow...

Seven pilgrims of Kerala died in Tamil Nadu road Accident

Seven people from Koruthodu in Kottayam district of Kerala died when a minivan they were travelling in collided with a truck near Palani in Dindigul d...

Tremors felt in several parts of northern India after an earthquake struck Tajikistan

Tremors were felt in several parts of northern India, including Delhi-NCR, on Wednesday afternoon after an earthquake struck Tajikistan near the Afgha...

Emirates Group confirmed bonuses to the Staff

Emirates Group confirmed on Wednesday that it is giving away bonuses to its thousands of employees.The news came following the announcement that the a...

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on two Kabul police stations

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations on Wednesday, with officials saying at least one of th...

Indian girl bags Dh545,000 Google job

Indian girl, Madhumita Sharma, joined Google's Switzerland office on Monday as technical solution engineer with the annual package of Rs1 crore (Dh545...

5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the Pakistan capital and parts of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and east Punjab provinces on Wednesday, the Met said.The epicentre of the qua...

Walmart Is Purchasing Flipkart, Says SoftBank CEO: Report

US-based Walmart is purchasing Flipkart, news agency Reuters cited Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan-based SoftBank, as saying. The deal, likely to value Fl...

Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi missiles

Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, state television saidColonel Turki Al Malki, the official spokesman for t...

Iran to remain in nuclear deal without US: Hassan Rouhani

Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran will remain in the nuclear deal with other signatories of the deal without the US....

KCR to address public meeting in Medak today

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay a foundation stone for construction of Integrated Collectorate Complex on the outskirts of Medak town on ...

Facebook confirms major management overhaul

San Francisco: Facebook on Tuesday confirmed an unprecedented management team shakeup in the aftermath of a major data privacy scandal that has rocked...

Narendra Modi among Forbes top 10 most powerful people in the world

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for...

Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug

Mountain View: Google has unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of handling routine tasks — such as making restaurant bookings — as a way t...

Taliban captures 2nd district compound in Afghanistan

Kabul: An Afghanistan lawmaker says Taliban fighters have captured a second remote district compound in two days.Mohammad Hashim, a member of parliame...

China launches new satellite to monitor air pollution

BEIJING: China today successfully launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite for comprehensive observation of the atmosphere, including air pollution ...

Park entry fee hikes in Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Tuesday announced an increase in the entry fee to Lumbini Park, Sanjeevaiah Park and NTR Ga...

Traffic restrictions at Tilaknagar railway bridge

For speedy completion of work for laying a VDCC road, a combination of black-top (BT) and whitetop (WT) road, under Tilaknagar railway underbridge (RU...

GHMC proposes special cell for women

A separate cell for women’s rights was proposed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at a meeting here on Tuesday. The cell will comp...

KTR holds high level meeting on Textiles schemes

Textiles and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao yesterday expressed displeasure at some apparel parks for violating norms. During a high level meeting w...

Health Minister Laxma Reddy launches 145 new 108 vehicles

With the launch of 145 new vehicles of 108 type for providing better mobile health services, the fleet number is put at 316 now, Health Minister Dr C ...

Saudi Arabia ‘committed to oil market stability’

Saudi's Prince Alwaleed in move to buy New York's Plaza Hotel

Ashkenazy Acquisition and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Co. have exercised a right of first refusal to match a $600 million offer ...

Calcutta HC directs SEC to accept nominations filed for Bengal panchayat polls

Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept the nominations of those candidates who had filed their papers el...