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21 Kuwaiti employees absent without leave
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality recently referred 21 Kuwaiti employees for investigation for not being present at their offices during official working hours. Within its strict measures in terms of attendance and showing up to work, the Municipality’s financial and administrative affairs sector recently inspected the Municipality’s environment affairs department and three landfill sites where the 21 employees were found absent without leave.Expat...
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‘Cold wave’ hits Kuwait next week
KUWAIT: The weather is expected to remain warm until the weekend before a cold wave hits Kuwait next week, a veteran meteorologist announced. Strong and dusty winds are expected for today while chances for scattered rain are expected tomorrow, Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi said, adding that the unstable weather might obstruct sea navigation but will not affect aviation.Next week’s cold wave is not expected to be as severe as a similar wave which hit...
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KD 6 million for special news trucks
KUWAIT: The Information Ministry said that it acquired six production trucks needed to help cover live events happening in Kuwait. The ministry explained that four of the trucks, with a total value of KD 1.6 million, had already arrived to port while two more, with a total value of KD 4.3 million, would arrive by June. The additional trucks come with special specifications and will be used for covering sporting activities, the ministry...
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Two people trafficked to Kuwait go home
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Manpower Public Authority (MPA) announced Saturday that two victims of human trafficking chose to leave the MPA's migrants sheltering center for their home countries voluntarily.The repatriation process was conducted in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under instructions of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih, said the MPA's Deputy Director General for manpower protection...
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Voter registration to open
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry will open for registration and transfer amongst electoral constituencies in the period between February 22-29 and March 1-20, head of the elections department Colonel Salah Al-Shatti announced. Voters aged 20+ wishing to register would have to submit original citizenship documents plus photocopy, original civil ID plus photocopy, he said.Request deniedHawally committee at the Municipal Council rejected a request made...
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Man shoots dead ex-in-law following family disputes
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's relations and security information general department said a 74-year-old citizen was killed by his ex-son-in-law following a family dispute in Sabah Al-Nasser. The suspect is a policeman and committed the crime while in uniform, using his police issue M-16 handgun to fire the fatal shot. Interior ministry operations received a call from Farwaniya Hospital about the arrival of the 74-year-old victim with a bullet in...
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Crackdown in central prison
KUWAIT: Central prison authorities launched a campaign described as 'one of the largest in recent years' in coordination with special task forces and riot police, to uncover banned and illicit material within the prison. The campaign took approximately five hours and included cell searches. It resulted in the discovery of a bounty of banned material, including more than 100 mobile phones, chargers and Wi-Fi devices. The campaign also uncovered...
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Greeting, reverence to yesterday's mothers
The word 'mother' is not one to be taken lightly because mothers are the first schools children ever attend, so if they are well-prepared, they will be able to raise the best peoples ever. Mothers are fertile lands that are very fruitful when taken care of. Those who have seen mothers in the 1980s and earlier can never forget how dedicated and devoted they used to be. Back in the old days, when life was much simpler, mothers used to bear with...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi relatives of a top Hindu priest react after he was killed in the remote northern district of Panchagarh yesterday. — AFP
Leading Hindu priest slain in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Bangladeshi relatives of a top Hindu priest react after he was killed in the remote northern district of Panchagarh yesterday. — AFPDHAKA: A top Hindu priest was decapitated by attackers in northern Bangladesh yesterday and two worshippers wounded, police said, in the latest assault targeting minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.Two assailants armed with pistols and cleavers attacked Jogeswar Roy, 45, the head priest of Sri Sri Sant...
CHANDIGARH: Indian residents from the Jat community block the Chandigarh-Shimla highway amid violent caste protests in Panchkula yesterday.—AFP
10 dead as caste riots rage in north India - New Delhi reels from water crisis, schools closed
CHANDIGARH: Indian residents from the Jat community block the Chandigarh-Shimla highway amid violent caste protests in Panchkula yesterday.—AFPROHTAK, India: Ten people have died in caste protests which triggered widespread arson and looting in a north Indian state, police said yesterday, as New Delhi faced a water crisis after mobs shut down a key supply.Thousands of troops with shoot-on-sight orders were deployed on Saturday in Haryana...
(Left) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrates winning the South Carolina primary in Spartanburg, South Carolina, yesterday. (Right) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves on stage with her husband and former President Bill Clinton at a Nevada Democratic caucus rally on Saturday in Las Vegas. — AFP/AP
Key wins for Trump and Clinton - Jeb Bush ends White House bid
(Left) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrates winning the South Carolina primary in Spartanburg, South Carolina, yesterday. (Right) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves on stage with her husband and former President Bill Clinton at a Nevada Democratic caucus rally on Saturday in Las Vegas. — AFP/APSPARTANBURG: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump grabbed a big win in the South Carolina primary...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones