Restaurants lack proper hygiene: Citizens
Rayyan Abu Shoushah Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Restaurants are still lacking in proper hygiene despite inspection campaigns to monitor them, said citizens. Many are...
View ArticleJanitor hospitalized after reprimand
BURAIDAH — A woman janitor lost consciousness and hospitalized for two days after reportedly being reprimanded by the female supervisor at the girls education office in...
View Article3 young men detained over serial thefts
QURAYYAT — Search and investigation teams have detained three young men in connection with a series of car and farm thefts in Qurayyat in Al-Jouf province. Al-Jouf Police...
View ArticleFire at Al-Jouf University
QURAYYAT — Civil Defense teams were successful in containing a fire that started in a building under construction at Al-Jouf University. Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col....
View ArticleExpat killed in accident on Makkah Expressway
JEDDAH — An Arab national was killed in a horrific accident on the Makkah-Jeddah expressway on Tuesday. The victim was driving to Makkah when his car swerved off the road, went...
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Blaze at furniture warehouse doused
JEDDAH — The Civil Defense was successful in containing a blaze at a furniture warehouse in south Jeddah on Tuesday night. A Civil Defense source said the warehouse...
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‘JMI is a confluence of modern and old values’
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is a confluence of modern and age-old values of brotherhood and mutual coexistence, said a senior academician of...
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Indian CG credits achievements to community members
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Khak-e-Taiba Trust (KTT) Jeddah hosted a grand farewell party in honor of Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai at a local...
View ArticleKTT to hold elocution contest for school students
JEDDAH — Khake-Taiba Trust Jeddah will host an elocution competition for school students at the Indian Consulate premises on Friday. Several schools in the city will...
View ArticleMRP sections at Pak missions to stay shut Sunday
RIYADH — The sections for machine readable passports (MRPs) at Pakistan’s embassy in Riyadh and consulate general in Riyadh will remain closed on Sunday for...
View ArticleRiyadh Airport to be converted to a company
RIYADH – The 13th meeting of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Civil Aviation discussed in Riyadh Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prince Fahd Bin...
View ArticleSaudi-Pakistani Joint Committee holds 10th meeting in Riyadh
RIYADH – The Saudi-Pakistani Joint Committee held a meeting in Riyadh Wednesday under the co-chairmanship of the Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Tawfiq Fouzan...
View ArticlePharmacist fined SR10,000 for storing expired drugs
RIYADH – The Ministry of Health has upheld a decision to slap a pharmacist working in Dammam with a fine of SR10,000, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. The...
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IYWA, Dewaniah fete Kidwai, Ghildiyal
Hassan Bayazeed Ather, vice-patron of IYWA; Zubair Mohammed, vice-president of IYWA; Syed Baqer Ali, media secretary of IYWA; L. Ramnarayan Iyer, patron of IYWA; Faiz Ahmad Kidwai, Consul...
View Article10 eateries on Jeddah Corniche shut down
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Municipal authorities in Jeddah closed down 10 well-known restaurants on Jeddah Corniche, citing violations of hygiene regulations, the...
View ArticlePrisoners can be appointed jail imams
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Interior Minister Prince Muhammad Bin Naif has said prisoners can be appointed imams, muezzins and preachers of mosques inside...
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Autism Day event at Dar Al-Hekma benefits parents
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma University recently collaborated with the International Medical Center (IMC) to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. The day...
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Diplomat leaving KSA with ‘a little sorrow, much pride’
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmad Kidwai, who is leaving the Kingdom on Friday at the end of his tenure, said he felt a little...
View ArticleWe know the enemy but who is the traitor?
Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz ABOUT 22 million narcotic pills worth more than a billion Saudi riyals were seized while smugglers were trying to make their way into the Kingdom....
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Prince Alwaleed receives Australian minister
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), receives in his Riyadh office on Tuesday Andrew Robb, Australian minister of trade and investment. They...
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