Expatriate Indians have been urged to register themselves with their respective diplomatic missions to participate in their country's elections.This announcement is in accordance with the recently introduced voting rights law for non-resident citizens.The Indian Parliament last month passed the Repr

A six-month or one year long recruitment ban on a worker cannot be used against issuing a new work permit during the said period, a Ministry of Labour (MoL) official said."This system demonstrates the MoL's commitment to grant the blacklisted worker the opportunity to search for another job. Likewis

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday announced extension of the grace period for vehicles whose registration had expired more than two years ago.Pushed from October 2010, the new deadline would be January 2011.The decision has been taken in order to allow motorists extra time to have

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has assured New Delhi of full support to repatriate thousands of illegal Indian workers, and to help expedite the legal issues affecting stranded Indians and prisoners in different jails.The assurance of support came during an hour-long meeting held between Deputy Minister of La

HUBLI: As the nation anxiously awaits one mosque verdict, villagers in Karnataka's Gadag district have made their judgment clear as far as their local mosque is concerned. The spirited folk of Purtageri, a village around 500km from Bangalore, dissolved religious lines to come together and rebuild a

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has unveiled its new tablet computer 'BlackBerry PlayBook', which will hit the markets early next year taking on Apple's iPad.The PlayBook has a seven-inch touch screen - half the size of the iPad - high-definition cameras in the front (3 megapixel) and back (5 me

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said security forces have fully taken over the Commonwealth Games venues and a fool-proof security blanket is in place."All venues have been handed over to the Delhi Police. We have a perfectly fool-proof security," Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal told reporters aft

Supreme Court last week ordered the Allahabad High Court to delay its judgement on the long-standing ownership struggle over the site in the northern town of Ayodhya where Hindu activists destroyed a mosque in 1992New Delhi: An Indian high court will deliver its verdict on Thursday, September 30, on

Dubai: Some categories of expatriate workers who had previously been barred from sponsoring their children and family members can now do so by depositing Dh5,000 per person, a senior Ministry of Interior official has said.Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary for Natural

Bhatkal - In the view of tomorrow's (28th Sept) Supreme Court decision on Ayodhya title suit, Majlis Islah Tanzeem appealed people to maintain peace in the town. In its press release, Tanzeem has said that, whatever will be the verdict; we should not take law into our hands and requested people to r

DUBAI: Active IT Distribution won the 9thDulsco Ramadan Cricket Tournament which concluded on Saturday at the Zabeel Park Dubai. In the final Active IT defeated Arabian Gulf Establishments (AGE) Group by five wickets. Electing to bat first, AGE Group put on 153 runs for the loss of six wickets while

New Delhi, September 27: When Mohammad Saleem woke up in the morning on 19th September, he had no idea that in less than 4 hours, he will be at the center of entire nation's attention. He might be a rickshaw puller by profession but he did what entire security agencies together couldn't. On 19th Sep

Chennai - Bhatkal community in Chennai celebrated Eid with a beautiful Eid Milan yesterday at 10:30 am at Measi School Grounds here in Chennai. The function was presided over by Janab S. M. Syed Mohsin Moulana. On this occasion Mr Abdul Rahim Patel and Mr S M Syed Mohsin Moulana have briefly intera

Dubai - Bhatkal Community in Dubai to host its much anticipated event, 'Eid Milan' on Firday, 1st October 2010 at Indian High School's Shaikh Rashid Auditorium located Aoud Metha Road, Opposite to Rashid Hospital, Deira Dubai. The event will start with dinner followed by children program, game shows

JEDDAH: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), along with the American Islamic College, is organizing a three-day conference on Islam and Muslims in Chicago, US.The objective of the event, to be held on Sept. 28-30, is to "discuss the issues of Muslims living in the US, seeking solutions

Bangalore - The Karnataka High Court bench has given a judgment in favor of Anjuman . Anjuman has won the Bangalore Anjuman property case and taken over the complete property. The case has been in litigation for over 30 years. The judgment comes as a great relief to Anjuman as the educational group

Dhaka : A new gas field with a possibility of a two to three trillion cubic feet (tcf) reserve has been found in Bangladesh, an official said.The gas structure in the Sunamganj-Netrakona districts of the northeastern region has been discovered by the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Compan

New Delhi: Noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, generally known,' Shahryar' has been selected for Jnanpith Award-2008 which is the highest literary award in India. This prestigious award will be given to him in the recognition of his contribution for Urdu language.The Award was instituted in 1961 a