FORT SAN FELIPE: The Navy is expected to receive in December three new helicopters that are seen to boost its maritime security capabilities....
FORT SAN FELIPE: The Navy is expected to receive in December three new helicopters that are seen to boost its maritime security capabilities....
MANILA: The Commission on Audit (COA) has urged the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to scrap its P70m ($1.7m) agrarian reform education programme....
LEGAZPI CITY: Ignoring warnings and the 6km permanent danger zone imposed around the crater of the volcano, a Russian tourist attempted to climb...
MANILA: Philippine authorities yesterday reacted angrily over author Dan Brown’s portrayal of Manila as “the gates of hell” in his latest novel. Inferno...
TOKYO: Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario yesterday warned that territorial rows in Asia are “causing considerable tension that could lead...
Animal rights activists wearing prisoner suits and dog, rabbit and rat masks sit in a cage during a protest in front of the...
New Delhi: The cabinet yesterday approved a special recruitment drive to fill up vacancies reserved under the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs)...
New Delhi: As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been despatched...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged yesterday to crack down on corruption in the defence sector after a string of recent graft...
NEW DELHI: India’s sports minister yesterday branded as “shameful” the spot-fixing scandal involving the arrest of three cricketers, including Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran...
Mumbai: Wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers across Maharashtra called off their month-long agitation against the local body tax (LBT) imposed by civic agencies, following...
Washington: Twelve-year-old Indian-origin boy Sathwik Karnik won the 2013 National Geographic Bee by correctly naming Chimborazo, a peak in Ecuador, as the farthest...
Sheikha Athba bint Thamer Al Thani, Chief, Support Services of QDVC, inaugurating the first recycling programme of French School Bonaparte. Also seen is...
DOHA: More than 3,000 entries are expected at this year’s World Environment Day (WED) painting contest to be held today and tomorrow at...
Doha: The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a message from Eritrean President Isaias...
DOHA: Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) has announced its partnership with United Development company (UDC) to offer a range of special rewards...
The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari and Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Tofiq...
Qatar Shell and Bedaya Centre officials after signing a Memorandum of Understanding. DOHA: Qatar Shell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bedaya...
