Middle East

The bodies of four missing Indian expatriates from a family were found in a flooded area in Oman, police said. On May 18, the family of an Indian healthcare worker went on an outing to Wadi Bani Khalid, about 200 km from Muscat, where they were trapped inside a vehicle...

An Indian woman, originally from Hyderabad, has finally returned safely to her loved ones in India after five months after suffering physical abuse and anguish in Oman, where she had gone to on the promise of a job. Kulsum Banu came back to India earlier this week after the Indian...

An Indian woman has done something bizarre to divorce his husband. The woman named Nilofer from Thane’s Mumbra region successfully managed to divorce his husband, who works as a mechanic in the United Arab Emirates since the year 2007, by forging his signatures, so that she could marry off...

A new provision for Indians planning to enter the United Arab Emirates has been initiated by Pravasi Bharatiya Sahayata Kendra, an authority that runs under the office of Community Welfare Wing, Indian Embassy - Abu Dhabi & Indian Consulate - Dubai. Under the new provisions, Indians can check their visa...

An Indian Christian businessman besides building a mosque for Muslim workers in the United Arab Emirates is serving iftar meals to nearly 800 workers during the ongoing month of Ramadan. The 49-year-old Saji Cheriyan, originally hailing from Kerala's Kayamkulam, built the mosque last year for Muslim workers living in a...

About two lakh pilgrims from India are set to perform Hajj this year and accordingly efforts are being put to organize the required manpower for the biggest man management exercise undertaken by India outside its border, officials said. The Ministry of Minority Affairs will depute 638 officials to the Consulate...

The government of United Arab Emirates, probably for the first time, setting aside the country’s marriage rules for expatriates during the Year of Tolerance has given a birth certificate to a nine-month-old girl who was born to an Indian Hindu father and a Muslim mother. According to marriage rules for...

Days after deadly blasts in Sri Lanka, the Consul General of India to Dubai has confirmed death of another Indian expat living in Dubai in the island nation’s Easter Sunday bombings. The man identified as Vipul Srivastava checked into the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on April 20, together with his co-worker...

A group of NRIs from Gulf is geared up to raise emergency funding to enable crisis-stricken Jet Airways to fly again, said a potential investor on Wednesday. "We are ready to secure emergency funds from NRIs based in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar and Gulf investors to meet Jet's operational...

The first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi is opening on Saturday and the stone laying ceremony is expected to witness thousands of followers in attendance, according to a media report. The four-hour ceremony will begin in the presence of Mahant Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, the religious and...