Bharti Airtel is all set to face competition in its proposed bid for South African telecom major MTN Group. United Arab Emirates-based telecom company Etisalat today said that it might bid for the South African company, too. Etisalat is evaluating a possible bid for MTN as it seeks to boost revenues from the continent to at least a quarter of its total revenues in four years, Reuters reported quoting the company Chairman Mohammed Omran.
Over the last three months the department has nabbed 28 people, including 19 visit visa holders and two infiltrators. Abdul Aleem, an 86-year-old Iranian and well known at the commercial outlets and shops near Clock Tower here, says he arrived in Sharjah only to beg because his grandson and wife - with whom he lives - asked him to fend for himself.
I-League champions Churchill Brothers was on Thursday included among seven Asian clubs who will feature in play-off matches for a berth in the prestigious AFC Champions League 2010.
This is the case of an Indian sailor being beaten to death by his mates.
The International Cricket Council's annual conference will take place in Dubai rather than at Lord's in London, the ICC said on Monday. 'The decision to move the location to the United Arab Emirates was made by the ICC board on the basis that all delegates required to attend would be permitted entry,' the Dubai-based ICC said in a statement.
American-made computer circuits sold to a trading company in the United Arab Emirates have turned up as detonators in the roadside bombs aimed at US troops in Iraq, a media report said on Wednesday. The finding, according to NYT, set off a clash with Washington last year when the Bush administration cited the diversion of the computer circuits to Iran, and eventually Iraq, as proof that the UAE was failing to prevent US technology from slipping into wrong hands.
The CIA did not target him once as the UAE royal family was with him at that time, the agency's director, George Tenet, told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the US.
India may have to lean more on West Asian nations for supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a cooking fuel, in the coming years after Indian state-run refiners drew up big plans to diversify into producing more profitable petrochemicals. This shift leads to reduced LPG output, Indian refining executives said. The mantra for state-run oil companies, from Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer Petronet LNG, which are looking to diversify their businesses from lower-margin fuels, has been value-added petrochemicals.
He was reprimanded for mixing his family event with the Republic Day celebration.
National carrier Indian and Air India will also introduce their summer schedules from March 26, 2006.
Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament
Jet Airways has suspended all its flights between the United Arab Emirates and India after almost half of its pilots did not report for duties protesting against sacking of two of their colleagues.
The networking giant said the investment, which includes the opening new offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and sponsored research, will generate 650 new jobs by the end of 2010. Cisco also will spend $400 million in the area through its Cisco Systems Capital Corp, a financing subsidiary.
The scam came to light when a Sharjah resident filed a complaint.
An estimated 1.5 lakh Indian workers have come back home from the United Arab Emirates due to economic crisis and recession, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Saudi jails have 1,444 Indians, UAE has 937, Bangladesh 893 and Singapore 580 while Pakistan has only 365.
International alerts have been issued for the wanted criminals in both countries and the Dubai police were working in close tandem with Indian authorities to nab the fugitives
Midfielder Edmilson has not played for Brazil since he suffered right knee ligament damage playing for Barcelona and underwent surgery a year ago.
Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty were among the nine top film stars who were questioned by the Mumbai police in connection with a case involving an aide of underworld don Chhota Shakeel.
Aides of President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto will be holding a final round of talks in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday to "devise a strategy for the coming general election," a media report said. The talks were earlier scheduled after Eid-ul-Fitr, but after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML-N president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ruled out any truck with the PPP for the polls, the meetings were urgently arranged.
The ministerial decision allows all workers from 60 to 65 to change sponsors.
The ministry of Internal affairs feels that the curbs will limit the number of illegal immigrants, and as most of them are from Asia the move is likely to be directed against them.
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