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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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