Air-India has informed the Kerala government that it would start budget flights to Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait, state finance and excise minister Vakkom Purushothaman told the assembly on Friday.
Two youth, who returned from Iraq, have said that militants there were usually 'soft' on Indians, at least as compared to Pakistanis.
The appeal was directed at a group in Iraq, which is holding seven persons, including three Indians, hostage.
Factbox explaining how the voting system will work at the FIFA presidential election on Friday.
Saudi jails have 1,444 Indians, UAE has 937, Bangladesh 893 and Singapore 580 while Pakistan has only 365.
The list, according to media reports, also features reducing ties with Iran and closing a Turkish military base.
Indian Oil Corporation may bid for acquiring petrol pumps owned by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Jet, a subsidiary of Canoco Philips, in Thailand to expand its retailing operations beyond India.
India's top pistol shooter Heena Sidhu secured an Olympic quota for the country after she led from start to finish and claimed the gold medal in women's 10-m air pistol on Day 1 of competition at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for Shooting, in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
The former world billiards champ advanced with a thumping win over Cheung Sing of Hong Kong in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
HDFC Bank on Tuesday ruled out merger with its parent HDFC or acquiring smaller banks in the near future, but said it has embarked on an aggressive organic growth path in India and abroad.\n\n
KGL spokesperson Rana Abu Zaineh said the Kenyan foreign minister, who had announced in Nairobi that all the seven hostages have been set free, had 'misunderstood' the issue.
Whatever be India's course of action, it will have an impact on India-Iran ties, notes Aveek Sen.
Seven companies including Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco, Reliance Industries and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation were left in the fray for acquiring government stake in oil PSU Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd after bidders were shortlisted.
'Even when toasting a true story, say our movies, a superstar is worth more than a real hero,' says Raja Sen.
Arie Haan decried China's scandal-plagued professional league as a reason for the team's loss in the WC qualifiers.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is eyeing stake in oil fields in more than a dozen countries including Myanmar, Libya, Australia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Venezuela, Iran, Qatar and Bangladesh.
India colts produced a clinical performance to rout Lebanon 4-1 in their second encounter of the U-16 AFC Qualifiers at the Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in KuwaitCity on Wednesday.
Bush's remains will lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda till Wednesday, when he will be honoured with state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.
India's chief football coach said the under-17 tournament will not be easy for India as teams like Iran and Kuwait are in their group.
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed will be with their family members when they arrive by a Kuwait Airways flight.
As per plans, the Indian Air Force may use its planes to fly out Indian nationals stranded in Iraq to safer places nearby such as Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates from where commercial airliners would ferry them back to India.
'In these matters you cannot have a timeframe. It will take some more time,' the minister of state for external affairs said.
'We are willing to hold negotiations for release of the hostages. It is our sincere intention to see the captives' lives are saved and they are free,' a spokesperson said.
A constable of Jammu and Kashmir police and two others, arrested for their alleged roles in the narcotics business money derived from which was used to fundbanned terror outfit Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen, were on Monday sent to judicial custody till February 17 by a Delhi court.
On August 1, Sheikh Hisham Al-Dulaimi had announced that he was pulling out of the negotiations because he could not arrive at any agreement with KGL. He represents the abductors.
The airline now has a total of 1,120 pilots of whom 88 are foreign pilots.
Jordan reached the Asian Cup football quarter-finals at the first attempt, finishing second in their group behind South Korea.
The captors said the killings would be carried out based on "conclusive evidence" and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's announcement that Islamabad may deploy troops to Iraq.
They want compensation for the families of the Iraqis who died fighting American troops in Fallujah and the release of all Iraqis held in US and Kuwaiti jails.
Last year, Trump broke with decades of precedent by not hosting the annual Iftar dinne.
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