Brutal gang-rapes and murders happen all the time. When they become big news, as in case of 19 year old Manisha Valmiki in Hathras, some people start demanding death penalty for the rapists. It is easy to do that. The tough thing to do is to look at how the government of Yogi Adityanath handled thi

Several thousands of Indian expats stuck back home due to COVID-19 travel restrictions will return to the UAE between July 12 and 26, after India and the UAE agreed to operate special flights for them for 15 days. The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday announced that repatriation flights

Dubai on Sunday announced new protocol for citizens, residents and tourists travelling into or out of Dubai airports. The new announcement will allow thousands of people affected by the worldwide restrictions in passenger air traffic since the start of the coronavirus pandemic to resume their trave

Rahul Gandhi needs to resign as the Prime Minister of India along with his entire incompetent place-holder Cabinet. Ever since he won his second term in 2019, Gandhi has been playing havoc with the democratic system, appointing hardline “liberals” to all important jobs, refusing to be held accounta

Abu Dhabi: UAE announced on Wednesday that airports around the country would be allowed to operate limited flights. However, these flights would include only transit, repatriation of expats or return of residents or citizens. The announcement was made during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press briefing b

The moon-sighting committee issued a statement today that after its meeting tonight at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, May 24 was declared as the first day of Shawwal and the first day of Eid Al Fitr. Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, and Chairman of the Committee, said

Sharjah: An assistant parish priest at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Sharjah died on Sunday evening “due to multiple complications arising from COVID-19”, the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) posted on its website. Fr. Youssef Sami Youssef OFM Cap., 62, served for the Arabic and Fr

The father of a 16-year old Indian girl who came on a visit visa to the UAE to visit him is desperate for help as she has been hospitalised, even as he has been rendered jobless. On February 6, Amber D’Couto flew into Dubai from Mangalore in Karnataka, India, along with her older sister, Alison, 19

Ramadan will start on Friday, April 24, the UAE’s moon-sighting committee announced late on Thursday. The holy month of fasting observed by Muslims around the world lasts for 29 or 30 days (lunar cycle) and is dependent on the Hijri or Islamic calendar. The announcement was made after the committee

The UAE has offered to fly stranded Indians and citizens of other countries, who wish to be repatriated, if they test negative for COVID-19, the UAE’s Ambassador to India Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Banna told Gulf News on Saturday. Speaking over phone, the envoy said the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Af

Indian diplomatic missions will help arrange additional quarantine centres and services of Indian healthcare workers to support the efforts of the UAE and other Gulf countries in their fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an Indian minister said on Friday. India’s Minister of State for Exter

It was 2am and all the roads of the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah were empty due to the implementation of the National Sterilisation Programme and only police patrols could be seen roaming the roads to ensure public safety. Suddenly a police patrol saw vehicle was moving on the road. Police stopped th

The UAE has suspended the entry of all valid visa holders, who are currently out of the country, for a renewable period of two weeks effective noon on Thursday, March 19, due to the spread of COVID-19. The development comes as a precautionary measure for the safety of those affected by the decision

Dr. B.R. Shetty, founder of NMC Health, has resigned from the Board of Directors. This comes after he was excluded from board discussions for possibly misrepresenting his shareholdings in the company. Shetty stepped down with immediate effect, along with Chief Investment Officer Hani Buttikhi and b

Dubai: Is that a hole in the sky? And why is there a gap? If you think there might be something amiss with the world and the folktale of Chicken Little comes to mind, along with the infamous phrase “The sky is falling!”; don’t worry. It couldn’t be further from the truth. During Sunday’s heavy bou