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- India
Odisha CM to hold investment roadshows in Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi left for a three-day visit to the UAE on Tuesday, September 8, to hold roadshows in the West Asian country to attract investors to the…
- Hyderabad
The rich are smuggling luxury watches through Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: To save money on import duties and avoid financial scrutiny, a section of ultra-rich buyers is allegedly turning to organised smuggling networks to source high-end luxury watches, with carriers being used…
- News
Retired envoy asked to prove citizenship during Punjab SIR
Amritsar: A former envoy to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and several other nations was asked to prove his Indian citizenship during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Navdeep…
- Middle East
Rift widens as Saudi Arabia scrutinises UAE bank transfers
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has quietly subjected bank transfers bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the kind of enhanced scrutiny normally applied to high-risk countries, pointing to a deepening rift between the…
- Middle East
2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday, August 14, that…
- Middle East
Dubai ruler confronted in London over UAE role in Sudan genocide
Hyderabad: Dubai ruler and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was confronted by a man protesting against the West Asian country’s alleged role in the Sudan conflict…
- Sports
SRH nets to ICC match fixing ban: Fall of a Hyderabad cricketer
Hyderabad: Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy, a Hyderabad-raised cricketer who represented the United States (US) in international cricket after failing to break into India’s domestic circuit, has been banned from all forms of the game…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad woman seeks son’s return, husband’s release from UAE
Hyderabad: A woman from Hyderabad’s Edi Bazar has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking urgent intervention to secure the release and repatriation of her husband, who is lodged in Ajman…
- Middle East
UAE launches new passport emergency service for Golden Visa holders
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has introduced a new passport emergency service for Golden Visa holders, allowing eligible residents to obtain an electronic Return Document…
- Telangana
Telangana’s Srikar Reddy tipped to be India’s Ambassador to Qatar
Hyderabad: Senior diplomat Dr K Srikar Reddy, currently India’s Consul General in San Francisco and the man who negotiated New Delhi’s trade pacts with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mauritius, is likely…
- Pakistan
Saudi Arabia quietly rolls over USD 3 billion debt to Pakistan
Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has quietly rolled over its USD 3 billion debt to Pakistan as the country struggled to meet the tough conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a…
- Middle East
Trump says Hormuz open to all except Iran, takes back 20 pc toll
US President Donald Trump took a day to reverse his plans to charge a 20 per cent toll on cargo going through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Middle Eastern countries will…
- News
Declare Hormuz open, won’t attack ships: US demand to Iran
Washington: The US is demanding that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked anymore, senior US officials…
- India
ED probes Shekhar Suman’s associate over foreign assets
Mumbai: In an operation linked to a reported associate of actor and television host Shekhar Suman, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the premises of Kalanee Impex run by Dharmesh Sangani…
- Middle East
Ceasefire over, says Trump as Iran hit with mystery strikes
Dubai: US President Donald Trump on Friday, July 10, said that the ceasefire with Iran has ended, a day after the Islamic Republic was hit with a series of mysterious, unclaimed airstrikes.…
