The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has withdrawn the discounts licence issued to 18 jewellery outlets and fined them QR5,000 each due to their non-compliance with the payroll selling prices before and during discounts.
The health of controversial spiritual guru Asaram, who is accused of allegedly raping a girl, was “stable,” a medical board set up by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences told the Supreme Court yesterday.
An Emirati woman has sought leave to have a sex change operation in what would be a first for the United Arab Emirates, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Roger Federer had no sympathy for Maria Sharapova, saying yesterday he backs a ‘zero tolerance’ stance against doping.
Hollywood giant Russell Crowe rubbished the basis of ‘method acting’ as he gave some forthright advice to aspiring actors Sunday at the Cannes film festival.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday announced he would step down in two weeks as ruling party chief and premier.
The UN special envoy for Syria has vowed to take fragile peace talks into next week despite a walkout by the main armed opposition, a breakdown in a truce and signs that both sides are gearing up to escalate the five-year-old civil war.
China’s central bank will probably extend a pause in monetary easing to avoid adding fuel to inflation, even as it risks derailing a record bond rally.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states could turn a page and build strong relations with Iran if it respects them and stops “meddling” ...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has announced that the government will take over all the country’s diamond mines to stop foreign firms syphoning off gems without declaring them.
Hundreds of women in Mumbai have won permits to drive auto-rickshaws, or tuk-tuks, through a lottery aimed at encouraging more women to take the wheel.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday praised the country’s security forces on a visit to Pathankot air force base, one week after a militant attack left seven soldiers dead.
