Earlier

Foreign tourists with e-visa can stay up to two months in India

New Delhi - Arab today

Foreign tourists visiting India on e-visa can now stay up to two months, instead of the earlier one, and enjoy double-entry benefits while those coming for treatment can avail triple-entry facility. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that a new liberalised visa regime has been rolled out by the government beginning April 1 under which tourists coming on e-visaRead more

New exits ease traffic in Discovery Gardens

DUBAI - Arab Today

After facing traffic bottle necks for years Discovery Gardens (DG) residents are breathing easy with the opening of a new exit. Last month, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) opened the Al Thanya 5 road leading to the back of DG. “When you drive in from Shaikh Zayed Road, you have to take the left at the signal before theRead more

India: BJP springs surprise, Yogi Adityanath to be the new Uttar Pradesh CM

Lucknow - Arab today

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Yogi Adityanath will be sworn in on Sunday afternoon, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said in Lucknow Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah are expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony here, Naidu told reporters. BJP state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma will beRead more

After win, a ‘humble’ Modi talks of inclusivity, a new India

New Delhi - Arab today

Fresh from Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) landslide win in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand after a bitter and often divisive campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about inclusivity and pitched for building a ‘new India’ by 2022 that would have made the nation’s founding fathers proud. Accepting felicitations from party leaders and supporters at BJP headquarters, Modi saidRead more

UN: China moves to stop taking organs from prisoners

UN - Arab today

The World Health Organization says China has taken steps to end its once-widespread practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners but that it's impossible to know what is happening across the entire country. At a Vatican conference on organ trafficking this week, a former top Chinese official said the country had stopped its unethical program, but critics remain unconvinced. InRead more

IS group forced Philippine nurses to give medical training in Libya

Tripoli - Arab today

A Philippine nurse held by Islamic State (IS) group in the Libyan city of Sirte said on Monday that she and her colleagues had been forced to treat militants and give them medical training. The nurse is from a group of seven women, one man and a 10-month-old child who are being repatriated from Libya to the Philippines. They were freedRead more

Rio police protest lack of salaries, toilet paper

Rio de Janeiro - Arab today

Police in Rio de Janeiro protested on Monday against late payment of salaries and a lack of equipment ranging from car fuel to toilet paper as the Brazilian city prepares to host the Olympic Games. About 300 police clad in black T-shirts stood on the steps of the Rio de Janeiro state assembly to denounce what they said had beenRead more

Shoura panel calls for effective transport system

RIYADH - Arab Today

A Shoura Council panel on Tuesday has called on the Ministry of Transport to set up an effective transport system to link projects of the Ministry of Housing with all types of transportation of nearby urban areas. Shoura Council as members listened to recommendations contained in the report presented by the Committee of Transport, Telecom and Information Technology, based onRead more

Turkish policeman tries to kill self at Istanbul hospital, causes panicTurkish policeman tries to kill self at Istanbul hospital, causes panic

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleTurkish policeman tries to kill self at Istanbul hospital, causes panicTurkish policeman tries to kill self at Istanbul hospital, causes panic236355/335

ISTANBUL - Arab Today

A Turkish hospital official says an armed police officer receiving psychiatric treatment at an Istanbul hospital barricaded himself into a room and attempted to commit suicide on Wednesday, causing panic. Earlier, Turkish media reports said the man had taken doctors and other staff hostage at Istanbul’s Cerrahpasa hospital. But the hospital spokesman, shown on Dogan news agency video, says allRead more

2 suspects blow themselves up in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh - Arab Today

Two suspects blew themselves up on Saturday during a firefight with security forces in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, officials said. The two men “committed suicide by detonating their explosive belts” during a security operation against a suspected “terrorist” hideout in a southern district of Jeddah, the region’s authorities said on Twitter. They did notRead more