Middle East

A Telangana NRI’s body was prevented from being repatriated because of the obstruction posed by the airport security at Jeddah airport. The airport officials prevented the body from being loaded into the flight citing security reasons suggesting that there’s a rod in the body. Following the dispute, the body of...

As massive floods in Kerala are affecting the state acutely, the Indian expats in the United Arab Emirates have come together to lend a hand to thousands of families displaces in the Indian state. Thus far 88 deaths have been reported in the flood-hit state. Besides deaths, 42 people are...

Bollywood actor and politician Sunny Deol has rescued a 45-year-old woman who was sold as a slave in Kuwait. The woman, Veena Bedi from Gurdaspur district in Punjab, was reportedly sold by a travel agent to a Pakistani man by conning her into believing that he would help her land...

Over the past three years, more than 20,000 Indians have lost their lives in six Middle East countries, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. As per a written reply submitted by the Ministry to Parliament on Wednesday, 20,403 Indians have died from January 2016 till May 2019 in Bahrain,...

Now visiting the United Arab Emirates to family and friends will be a hassle free process if they are already residency visa holders of the United Kingdom or the European Union. The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai has issued a reminder to residents that may...

In a move that would help scores of Indian travelers to Dubai, Indian currency from now on will be accepted in the duty-free shops at the airports in Dubai. The Indian rupee will be accepted at three terminals of Dubai International Airport and at Al Maktoum Airport. Earlier, Indian rupee...

Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur urged the Indian diaspora in the United Arab Emirates to invest in the northern Indian state owing to its peaceful and advantageous environment for the business, an official spokesperson said. He was addressing the members of people of Indian Origin Chamber of...

An Indian origin man in Dubai has been detained for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl, a media report said. According to the prosecutors, the 36-year-old man, who works as a construction worker, was produced in the court on Tuesday. He allegedly took advantage of the girl, when her mother was...

An Indian national in the United Arab Emirates has won staggering USD 2.7 million in a monthly raffle in UAE, a media report said Tuesday. Sanjai Nath R, who had purchased the ticket at Big Ticket Abu Dhabi was announced the winner on Monday of the bumper prize, 10 million...

People can go any far for people they adore and an instance in Dubai will prove it better. An Indian expat in Dubai has named his newborn son Narendra Damodardas Modi, as an honor to the Indian Prime Minister's landslide victory in the recently concluded general elections, the media reported...