Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to hire Indian nationals in a scam that leaves migrants open to labour abuse, police and activists said. Indian migrants on visit visas - quicker and cheaper to obtain than work permits - are wary of rep

Dubai: A Pakistani taxi driver in Dubai turned a saviour for an Indian girl by returning her lost wallet that had her UK student visa just three days before she was to return after a winter break, a media report said. Raechel Rose, who flew to Manchester on January 8, had lost the wallet in Modas

Dubai: Prominent Indian social worker Nazar Nandi, who touched hundreds of lives in the UAE and India through his community activities, died of a heart attack here on Sunday. Nandi, who was in his mid-fifties, was rushed to a hospital after he suffered chest pain and passed away on Sunday morning

Dubai: Two Indian students, hailing from Kerala were killed in a road accident in Dubai in the early hours of Christmas Day on Wednesday, according to media reports. Rohit Krishnakumar, 19, and Sharat Kumar, 21, both from Kerala, were returning from a Christmas party when they met with the accide

Dubai: An Indian girl has died after falling from the 10th floor of a building in Sharjah, according to a media report on Saturday. The Indian girl, 15, suffered grievous injuries after the fall on Friday, the Gulf New reported. Police and a medical team arrived at the scene after they were al

The agreement for Haj 2020 between India and Saudi Arabia was signed today, marking a milestone in the relationship between the two countries as India became the first country in the world where Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, will happen entirely through a digital process. The Ministe

Muscat: At least six construction workers, believed to be Indian nationals, were killed in Oman when they were buried at an excavation site of a water pipeline project due to heavy rains. The incident happened in the Seeb area of Muscat following heavy rain on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Muscat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh late on Monday night on a two-day visit, during which he will attend the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s high-profile annual financial conference and hold bilateral talks with top leadership of the Gulf Kingdom. “Landed in the Kingdom of Saudi

An Arab man appeared at the Fujairah Misdemeanour Court on charges of hacking the website of a government entity in the emirate. As per the sheet of indictment, the suspect, who worked at a customer service centre, managed to obtain access to the reported official site and tried to delete some da

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed anguish over the death of 35 people in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia. Thirty-five people, including Asians and Arabs, were killed and four others injured after a bus crashed with another heavy vehicle in western Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. “An

UPDATED: 10 OCTOBER 2019 04:09 IST Women would be able to serve as private first class, corporal or sergeant Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday it will allow women in the ultra-conservative kingdom to serve in the armed forces as it embarks on a broad programme of economic and socia

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said Friday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up the ultra-conservative kingdom to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil. Kickstarting tourism is one of the centrepieces of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 r

A crowd in Dubai erupted in cheers and applause Wednesday as the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates launched towards the International Space Station, dubbing him a national hero. Emiratis and school children gathered at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre as Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, blast

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court has ordered the deportation of an Indian airport worker who was held for stealing two mangoes from the baggage of a passenger last year, a media report said. The Court of First Instance on Monday ordered the 27-year-old Indian worker’s deportation after paying a

Karwar: A youth from Kadawada in Karwar met his tragic end in a road mishap in Kuwait recently. The deceased is Robinson Francis Rozario (28). He hailed from Christianwada of Kadawada here. Rozario was employed in a company in Kuwait and all procedures required to send his mortal remains to his n

Two Asians were sentenced by the Fujairah Criminal Court to three years in prison and a third accused was handed six-month imprisonment for trying to force a woman into prostitution after luring her with a job. A fine of Dh5,000 each was slapped on the first two suspects. According to E

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has directed the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, SEWA, to provide Zulal bottled drinking water to all the private schools in Sharjah free of charge. The emirate has more than 116 schools t

In honour of the 89th Saudi National Day, special events will be taking place throughout Dubai, according to a statement issued by visitdubai.com. There will be a display of fireworks against a backdrop of the Arabian Gulf at The Beach in JBR and The Pointe at Palm Jumeirah. Over at Dubai Fest