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THE 63rd REPUBLIC DAY R-DAY IN PICTURES
  :: Gulf/Middle East
16 Indian workers perish in Bahrain blaze, 11 injured
New Delhi/Manama At least 16 workers from Tamil Nadu died and 11 others were injured after a devastating fire broke out in a three-storey building at a labour camp in Bahrain capital Manama early Sunday.

India to revamp immigration laws
Dubai, July 28 The Indian government will soon tighten immigration laws for unskilled labourers travelling abroad for work.

About four million Indians in Gulf
New Delhi, July 28 The number of Indians in the Gulf is estimated to be about four million.

India evacuates 408 more people
New Delhi, July 28 The Indian government brought back 408 more people, including those from Sri Lanka and Nepal, from Lebanon early Friday as the evacuation operation from that war-hit country continued.

Indian crew released by UAE court
Dubai, July 27 The captain of an Indian ship and his crewmembers, held for murder, will soon be home after a Fujairah Court of Appeal ruled that courts in the emirate had no authority to try an accused involved in a crime committed in international waters.

Varsity denies closing Dubai centre
New Delhi/Dubai, July 26: Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli-based Bharathidasan University has denied closing its distance-learning centre in Dubai and said exams that have been delayed will be held next month.

Over 1,300 Indians evacuated from Lebanon
New Delhi, July 26: A total of 1,384 Indians besides 44 Nepalis and 21 Sri Lankans have been evacuated so far from strife-torn Lebanon by the Indian government.

Indians return from Lebanon
Chennai/Mumbai, July 22 Emotional scenes werewitnessed Friday night as two Air India aircraft carrying 602 Indiansevacuated from violence-hit Lebanon landed at Chennai and Mumbai.

India evacuates 49 nationals from Beirut
New Delhi, July 18: As conflict in Lebanon escalates, India on July 17 evacuated 49 Indians from Beirut and issued a safety advisory to nearly 12,000 Indians living in that country.

Thrissur to benefit from NRIs
Dubai, July 11: An organisation of expatriate Keralites in Qatar is planning to extend its activities to its core area of interest in Thrissur, Kerala.

NRIs to set up hospital chain
Dubai, July 11: The Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) is planning to launch a chain of satellite hospitals in Kerala.

Help sought for ailing Indian
Dubai, July 11: An Indian expatriate organisation in Bahrain is on a fund-raising campaign to send back home for treatment a Malayali tailor who is in a Manama hospital in an unconscious state.

Indian plans IT museum in Oman
Dubai, July 7: An Indian engineer in Oman is planning to set up an IT museum in that country.

Ailing Indian worker seeks aid
Dubai, July 5: An Indian labourer in Bahrain, suffering from partial paralysis, has appealed for financial help so that he can procure an air ticket to India and undergo further free treatment.

A-I, Indian may up seat capacity from Qatar
Dubai, July 1: Air-India and Indian are likely to increase their seat capacities from Doha in Qatar to destinations in India from early next year.

Amity forays into Oman
Dubai, July 1: Leading Indian education group Amity is now offering its various management training programmes in Oman through the Khimji Training Institute (KTI).

BoI plans branches in Qatar, UAE
Thiruvananthapuram, June 17: Bank of India (BoI), which is celebrating its centenary year, is planning to spread its wings by opening several new branches, including in Doha (Qatar), Dubai (UAE), Indonesia and South Africa.

BoB plans Qatar foray
Dubai, June 15: The Bank of Baroda (BoB), India's fourth largest bank, is planning to open a branch in Qatar, the Gulf Times reported.

'Gulf NRIs interested in K'taka'
Bangalore, June 15: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Karnataka in the Gulf region have expressed readiness to invest in infrastructure and tourism projects in their home state.

Sharjah NRI's body cremated
Dubai, June 13: The body of M.K. Madhavan, president of the Sharjah Indian Association who died in an accident last week, has been cremated in Sharjah.

Union Bank plans Qatar branch
Dubai, June 8: The Union Bank of India (UBI), India's fifth largest public sector bank, is likely to tie up with a local bank in Qatar to start retail operations in that country.

Air-India Express may skip Doha
Dubai, June 8: Air India's budget airline Air-India Express may skip Doha in its winter routes, a Qatar newspaper said.

Apollo's Oman centre by year-end
Dubai, June 8: India's Apollo group of hospitals is all set to open its 100-bed super-specialty hospital in Oman by the end of this year.

Kerala bank plans branch in Oman
Dubai, June 7: The State Bank of Travancore (SBT) is planning to open a branch in Oman, besides setting up representative offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.

Saudi secures Indian's release
Dubai, June 7: His love for Indians made a Saudi Arabian businessman fly from Riyadh to Jizan at his own expense to secure the release of an Indian truck driver who was jailed for causing an accident.

Indians among striking workers in Qatar
Dubai, June 7: A strike called by around 2,000 workers, including Indians, employed with a local engineering company in Qatar, has been deemed illegal by authorities.

Distance education popular in Qatar
Dubai, June 2: More and more Indian students in Qatar, especially Doha, are opting for distance education programmes after passing their higher secondary examinations.

AIEEE centre in Gulf soon
New Delhi, June 2: An examination centre for the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) will be opened in Saudi Arabia in the next academic year 2007, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has said in Riyadh.

Indian workers call off strike
Dubai, May 30: A strike by around 1,000 workers of a Bahraini company to protest what they called inhuman living conditions, random pay cuts and unfair treatment came to an end on May 28 after the company management met most of their demands.

Indians hurt in freak incident
Dubai, May 30: In a freak incident, two Indian workers in Bahrain were injured after they fell from a scaffolding when an unidentified man started shaking it.

SBT to open offices in Gulf
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27: Kerala's State Bank of Travancore (SBT) announced on May 26 that it will soon open a representative office in Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

MoU with Gulf nations likely
New Delhi, May 26: India is contemplating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labour with countries in the Middle East to establish appropriate institutional arrangements and better working conditions for its workers engaged there.

HIV+ worker still stuck in Bahrain
Bahrain, May 26: Deteriorating health has delayed the departure for home of an HIV-infected Indian labourer here.

Bahrain school breaks CBSE record
Bahrain, May 25: Students of the well known Indian School here have achieved a record-breaking 99.46 percent pass rate in their Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) higher secondary school examinations.

93.45% Gulf students pass CBSE Class 12
New Delhi, May 24: As many as 93.45 per cent of students who took the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exam in Gulf countries have passed - way above the total pass percentage this year.

Funds raised for injured worker
Dubai, May 17: Members of the Indian community in Bahrain are raising funds for the treatment of an Indian worker who has been hospitalised for over two months following an accident at his workplace.

Indian maid in Bahrain isolated
Dubai, May 16: An Indian housemaid in Bahrain, who has allegedly been mistreated by her Bahraini sponsor for five months now, has managed to send a letter to the Bahrain Keraliya Samajam (BKS) appealing to be rescued.

2 Indians die in Gulf road mishaps
Dubai, May 10: Two Indian expatriates died in separate road accidents in the Gulf on May 10.

'Abandoned' Indians made to wait more
Dubai, May 11: A group of 27 Asian workers, including several Indians, in Bahrain has to wait another month for the conclusion of a court case filed against their employer for having allegedly abandoned them.

Another Indian in Bahrain cheated
Dubai, May 4: An Indian woman in Bahrain has become the latest victim of cheating by recruitment agencies in India.

Ravi leaves for weeklong Gulf tour
New Delhi, May 3: Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi left for Bahrain's capital Manama Wednesday to start a weeklong tour of the Gulf countries.

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