Six Indian workers are feared dead after a ceiling in an under-construction hotel collapsed on them, media reports said. The workers had gone to plug a leakage in the concrete ceiling of the basement of the hotel, which is located in Ajman emirate of the UAE on Monday.
The sentences of the two Indians, who faced charges of sexually assaulting their housemaid, have been lowered to seven years from the initial 15 years.
India has restricted all women under 30 years of age who have not completed high school from being permitted to work abroad.
The daily service to the two cities will mark the seventh and eighth Indian destinations for the Airways, Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive of Qatar Airways was quoted as saying by the Gulf News.
Dubai Police authorities said that there are still some unidentified bodies and the number of Indians who died in the accident could rise further.
The UAE government has revoked the ban that people who left their jobs or cancelled their resident visas faced.
The former India coach says his book 'Indian Summers' should be read in its entirety to understand his views.
The incident took place at Dubai airport where Messi landed last month to attend the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards, in which he received the prize of best team and best player, local dailies said.
Gulf Air has increased its frequency to India by adding new flights to Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai.
Stepping up efforts to oust Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has asked people in his country to join hands for establishment of democracy.
India 'A' all-rounder Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan has been ruled out of action for three weeks due to finger injury.
A Dubai-based Indian couple had a narrow escape in the Sri Lanka blasts.
The 184 passengers on board the Air India Express plane from Dubai that crashed on Friday evening had waited a long time to get tickets on the repatriation flight, part of the Centre's Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indians stranded abroad in the coronavirus pandemic. For some, the homecoming never happened. 18 people were killed, including the two pilots.
Ehsan Mani called on the respective cricket boards to respect the integrity of ICC's verdicts
Prasad Divadkar along with Farhan Azmi, Shaan Uttam Singh and Bonito Chhabria were arrested in a Dubai hotel on suspicion of drug abuse.
Waves measuring up to 14 feet and accompanied by strong winds were witnessed in Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah and Port Rashid.
They are waiting for immigration authorities to hammer out new visit visa rules.
The trio, along with a UAE woman, tortured, gang-raped and battered their victim to death.
A towering inferno has ripped through a residential skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates -- the third such incident in just over a year.
Etihad last year picked up 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways
The new project will be associated with research themes featuring the exploration of transportation means, energy and food on the Red Planet.
A 67-year-old Indian visitor was stopped from entering the Dubai Metro, apparently for wearing a traditional Indian dhoti.
Sachin Tendulkar feels the secret of India's No.1 batsman Virat Kohli's success is playing with a "straight bat" and "visualising all three formats without ever compromising on his technique".
The airline is also looking at cities in the northeast.
Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, from Kerala has won a million dollars in lottery, just six days after miraculously surviving the accident.
Prime Modi will be visiting the UAE on August 16-17, a first for an Indian PM in 34 years.
There could be a further delay in the return of Sridevi's mortal remains with the Dubai police informing the Indian embassy that another "clearance" was awaited before it could release the body.
Swashbuckling opening batsman David Warner used to assist regular driver of the Australian cricket Institute's van in Brisbane.
It has forced some institutes to slash their tuition fees by up to 25 per cent.
'AAP achieved what it wanted. The BJP achieved what it wanted, a 'Congress mukht Delhi,' and the Congress also achieved what it wanted, which was to keep the BJP out of power.'
Indians in countries like the United States, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Egypt, Israel and South Africa celebrated the day with hoisting of the national flag and singing of patriotic songs.
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