Islamabad/Dubai: Indians worldwide soaked in the spirit of patriotism as they celebrated the Republic Day with fervour on Thursday to mark 63 years since the establishment of the Indian constitution. At the Indian High Commission in the Pakistani capital, High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal hoisted the national tricolour at an official function. Sabharwal read out President Pratibha Patil's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day and children of...
01:11 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's top leadership on Wednesday said the US had been asked to vacate Shamsi airbase, believed to be used by CIA-operated drones, by December 11 in the aftermath of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Prime Minister Gilani told the media in Karachi that the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee's office had sent a letter to the US asking for Shamsi airbase to be vacated by...
12:57 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Beirut: France recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Wednesday as Syrian President Bashar Assad came under increasing pressure from home and abroad, with army defectors killing at least eight soldiers in a daring attack on the military. French Ambassador Eric Chevallier was ordered home in the wake of recent attacks against diplomatic missions and increasing violence stemming from Syria's 8-month-old uprising. Pro-regime demonstrators have stormed the diplomatic offices of France,...
02:05 AM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's close aide Sanjay Chaudhary, alleged to have been behind dubious investments of the leader, was arrested in the UAE on Wednesday under charges of extracting illegal gratification from a Mumbai based firm seeking mining lease in the state. According to a statement by CBI, Chaudhary, in connivance with other accused in the case, is alleged to have extracted illegal gratification to the...
10:12 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Somali pirates released another hijacked ship on Saturday. MV Sinim had nine Indian sailors on board. The ship was hijacked in February 2011. MV Sinim was on its journey from Singapore to UAE when hijacked by the Somali pirates. The ship will now head to Colombo. MV Sinim is a Maltese-flagged bulk carrier and was hijacked off the Oman coast in February 2011. Apart from the Indian crew...
05:06 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Dubai: The 17 Indians on death row in UAE for killing a Pakistani man were officially pardoned on Wednesday by the family members of the deceased after an Indian businessman deposited a sum of Rs 40.47 million in a blood money deal. The development brings the possibility of their being released and returned home nearer, with the judge setting a September 12 date for giving a verdict in the case....
08:31 AM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: A UAE-based vessel carrying 16 members on board including five Indians were hijacked by Somali pirates off an Island which forms part of Yemen. Sources in the Ministry of Shipping on Thursday said they were trying to ascertain the details of the Indians who were part of the 16-member crew that has been hijacked by pirates on July 16. Vessel MV Jubba of Juba General Trading was on...
08:58 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: India and UAE on Monday discussed a host of bilateral, regional and international issues with the visiting UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan extending full support to New Delhi's bid for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council. Nahyan, who is on an official visit to India, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before holding talks with his Indian counterpart SM Krishna during which he also...
09:52 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Islamabad: The US administration has withdrawn the security and protocol given to former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf after a UN commission report blamed him for not providing adequate protection to slain former premier Benazir Bhutto. But in contrast, Britain and the UAE have beefed up his security in light of threats following the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The US administration withdrew 67-year-old Musharraf's security and protocol...
03:09 PM, May 31, 2011
Dubai: Suzanne Al Houby, a Palestinian-born and UAE-based mother of two, has become the first Arab woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Originally from Jaffa, Palestine, 40-year-old Al Houby reached the 8,848-metre peak at 8:45 am on May 21, it was announced on Saturday. She spent 51 days scaling Mount Everest as part of a four-person team, three of whom successfully reached the summit....
10:30 AM, May 29, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Imams across the UAE have called on the people to participate in the Earth Hour, a global sustainability initiative, which will be observed on Saturday from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm local time. Leading the Friday's prayers, the Imams, whose sermons are coordinated by the General Directorate of Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, also urged the worshippers to participate in the global event as part of their individual concern...
09:23 AM, Mar 26, 2011
Pune: Thousands of people have been demonstrating in Bahrain since last month, with Saudi troops moving to control the protests, Bahraini students in India are torn between a need to return to their country to support their fellowmen and the duties they have towards their education and career. The Bahrain unrest has been making headlines across the world, and it is these images that have driven Reza Jasim, a Bahraini...
06:08 PM, Mar 20, 2011
Bahraini students in India are torn between a need to return home to support their fellowmen and education. ...
05:11 PM, Mar 20, 2011
Manama: Saudi Arabia sent troops into Bahrain on Monday to help calm weeks of protests by the Shi'ite Muslim majority, a move opponents of the Sunni ruling family on the island called a declaration of war. Analysts saw the troop movement into Bahrain, home to the US. Navy's Fifth Fleet, as a mark of concern in Saudi Arabia that concessions by the country's monarchy could inspire the conservative Sunni-ruled kingdom's...
09:52 AM, Mar 15, 2011
Dubai: The UAE's relief team continues to offer relief medical and food material to over 35,000 refugees stranded on the Libyan-Egyptian border, following bloody clashes in Libya. A delegation led by advisor Ibrahim Bumalha and Saleh Zaher, director of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment are on the Libyan-Egyptian border to supervise the emergency operation. It aims to facilitate the repatriation of displaced people as part...
08:04 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Cairo: Ousted Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak is still in the country's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Sunday. "What I know is that the (former) president is in Sharm el-Sheikh," Shafiq told reporters during his first news conference since the 82-year-old Mubarak left Cairo last Friday amid unprecedented anti-government protests. Earlier there were rumours that Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt for 30 years, had...
11:59 PM, Feb 13, 2011
Kochi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the nation the first phase of the International Container Transhipment Terminal at Vallarpadam near Kochi terming it as a "mile-stone in logistic infrastructure development." The realisation of this a long-awaited project is a mile stone in the country's development of logistic infrastructure which would help Kochi emerge as a major hub of port-based and processing activities, the Prime Minister said. He...
10:37 AM, Feb 11, 2011
Dubai: A woman gave birth in a toilet at Dubai airport, then allegedly strangled the newborn, and dumped the corpse in a bin, before catching a flight out of the country, a media report said. Police are now looking for the mother, believed to be an Ethiopian in her thirties, who was identified using close-circuit security camera footage at Dubai International Airport, after the infant's body was discovered by a...
03:33 PM, Dec 29, 2010
Washington: A major breakthrough in the Yemen parcel bomb plot that points to the role of the al Qaeda. A senior source in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it's believed explosive devices found in that country as well as the United Kingdom did travel at least partly aboard commercial airliners. Authorities are starting to learn more about who might be behind that plot, where the sophisticated items were shipped...
12:07 AM, Nov 02, 2010
