Middle East businessmen caught in Kerala CPI-M feud?
byThiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) Two prominent Middle East-based businessmen who hail from Kerala appear to be caught in the factional feud of the Communist…
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Khurshid in Saudi Arabia as India scrambles to help workers
byJeddah, May 25 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday discussed bilateral issues, including the Nitaqat law, with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince…
BJP demands halting of Nitaqat law in Saudi Arabia
byNew Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Demanding a halt in the implementation of the Nitaqat law in Saudi Arabia, the BJP Saturday said here that…
India is ‘regressive, depressing’, says Mallika Sherawat
byNew Delhi: India is “regressive for women” and a “depressing” place to be, says Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, explaining why she divides her time between…
Fugitive Andhra murderer extradited to US
byHyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Nerusu Lakshminivasa Rao, a software engineer from Andhra who murdered his wife and two children in the US in 2008,…
Malaysian Indian Congress to hold its polls in 2014
bySingapore, May 25 (IANS) The organisational elections of the Malyasian Indian Congress (MIC), including the presidential election, will be held in 2014, a media…
Preparations on for Sikh festival in Malaysia
bySingapore: Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside of the Punjab state in India, in…
Scramble to help Indians hit by Saudi work policy
byJeddah, May 25 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the…
South Asians rely on informal money transfers: Gallup
byWashington, May 25 (IANS) Nearly six in ten adults in the South Asian region and Indonesia sent or received a payment or remittance in…
‘Srinivasan’s rise testifies Indian community’s contributions to US’
byWashington, May 24 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has hailed Indian-American Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan’s Senate confirmation as a top US judge as yet another…