BJP MPs walk out of 2G JPC meet, say no point in continuing
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders walked out of a parliamentary committee probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Five members of the principal opposition BJP decided to walk out...
View Article132 inmates break out of Mexican prison
Torreon: A group of 132 inmates escaped from a Mexican prison near the US border on Monday, fleeing through a tunnel dug in an old carpentry workshop, the state prosecutor’s office said. The escape...
View ArticleWhatsapp chat leads to Saudi couple divorce
Manama A Saudi woman has filed for divorce after she discovered that her husband was a social networking chat addict with numerous women. Surfing through her husband’s mobile phone, Maha, an IT...
View ArticleQatar research fund invites grants submissions
Manama: The Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has launched the sixth grant application process for its competitive...
View ArticleBahrain charges seven officers on abuse claims
Manama Seven Bahrain police officers have been charged in connection with claims of mistreatment and torture against medical staff detained during last year’s unrest. All the accused are lieutenants...
View ArticleBus strike shuts Bengal
Kolkata: Private buses were off the road for the second consecutive day in West Bengal on Tuesday as bus operators push the state government to increase fares. With nearly 37,000 private buses, 6,500...
View ArticleSomali educator of uprooted women wins UN award
Geneva: Hawa Aden Mohammad, a former Somali refugee who has created an education programme for displaced and often sexually abused women and girls, was awarded on Tuesday the UN refugee agency’s...
View ArticlePalestinian comments put Romney in more hot water
Washington: Mitt Romney told donors the Palestinians “have no interest whatsoever” in peace with Israel and if elected president he would just kick the issue down the road, a leaked video showed on...
View ArticleExpats from Kerala look forward to cheap airfares
Dubai: Kerala expats are keen on investing in an upcoming airline, Air Kerala, hoping to get a host of benefits including cheaper airfares. The decision to launch the airline was announced at the...
View ArticleDeer hunters caught in Oman
Muscat: Two Omanis were arrested on charges of poaching after a chase in a nature reserve in Wadi Arbaeen, the eastern area of Oman. “The Quriyat police station received a call that a Jeep was seen in...
View ArticleTwo charged with poaching, deer hunting in Oman
Muscat: Two Omanis were arrested on charges of poaching after a chase in a nature reserve in Wadi Arbaeen, the eastern area of Oman. “The Quriyat police station received a call that a Jeep was seen in...
View ArticleSaudi man arrested, accused of blasphemy
Manama: A Saudi man is being held on charges of blasphemy after he insisted that he was the highest lord. The man, a section head in a shopping mall in Jeddah, was reported to the police by eight...
View ArticleViolence at Jamat e Islami rally
Karachi: Activists of the radical Jamat e Islami on Tuesday threw stones on police and smashed vehicles during a protest march toward the chief minister’s house demanding the arrest of the killers of...
View ArticleYoung artists get a taste of the art world
Dubai: The jamjar launched its Young Artist Programme on September 17, 2012. The 10-week fine art course for ages 9-12 is designed to provide young artists with an understanding of contemporary art...
View ArticleBangladesh blocks YouTube anti-Islam film
Dhaka: Bangladesh overnight enforced a ban on video sharing website YouTube to block the controversial film Innocence of Muslims angering Muslims across the globe. “We have decided block the film in...
View ArticleIn Kudankulam, Waiting for the Government to React
Pressure mounted on the Indian government to resume talks with antinuclear activists after a second protester died in southern Tamil Nadu in demonstrations against the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project,...
View ArticlePolice vehicles to bear traffic awareness slogans
Dubai: Stickers bearing traffic awareness slogans are planned to be displayed on Dubai Police Vehicles. The campaign is aimed to create an environment and culture of traffic safety and encourage...
View ArticleKhan claims ex-PM ordered nuclear sale
Islamabad: AQ Khan, Pakistan’s renegade nuclear scientist, claims he was ordered to sell nuclear secrets by Benazir Bhutto, the country’s former prime minister. Bhutto’s allies have rubbished the...
View ArticleSaudi beheads citizen for murder
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens on Tuesday after convicting him of murder, the interior ministry said. Mufreh Bin Mohammad Al Assiri was found guilty of shooting dead another Saudi,...
View ArticleFour Omanis held for smuggling ‘khat’
Muscat: The Royal Oman Police have arrested four Omanis in Salalah for smuggling and possessing ‘khat’, a stimulant drug derived from a shrub which is native to East Africa and southern Arabia. The...
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