Zardari is "said to have quietly given names of four international personalities--Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Prince Muqran bin Abdul Aziz and the UAE intelligence chief to the UN inquiry commission to ask them: how did they know the secret in advance that Benazir Bhutto would be killed?" The News Daily reported on Thursday.
A senior government official says the idea is to facilitate mutually beneficial ways to keep the supply going.
Modi will embark on a three-nation tour beginning March 30 during which he will attend the crucial Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, India-EU Summit in Brussels and travel to Saudi Arabia, a key partner of India in the sensitive Gulf region.
India on Monday launched 'Operation Kaveri' to evacuate its nationals from violence-hit Sudan.
India on Tuesday evacuated the first batch of 278 Indians from Sudan on board naval ship INS Sumedha and rushed in essential relief supplies for its remaining stranded citizens as ceasefire appeared to be holding in the strife-torn African country.
'Yesterday, he trained normally, and today he's taken this decision. We have accepted it. I spoke to him this morning, and he said he was leaving, and I understood.'
Israeli Avram Grant has returned to Portsmouth as director of football, the struggling Premier League club said on Wednesday.
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King Salman and Narendra Modi will find common ground to intensify cooperation against jihadi terrorism, says Tarun Vijay, MP.
Hulkenberg is the team's reserve driver and has stood in for them three times already since he last raced full time in Formula One with Renault in 2019.
"We are ready with our money but it's so difficult to get a business visa to India,'' said Dr Abdul Rahman A Al Rabiah, managing director of Alrabiah, a consulting and engineering services company. Quoting instances, Rehman said, "Business leaders who have five-year multi-entry visa into the UK and Europe are merely given a three-month visa for India.''
Lionel Messi was presented to fans during a glitzy event called 'The Unveil' at Miami's home stadium.
The Indian casualties included two men and four women.
Saudi security forces clash with militants in Riyadh and Medina killing two.
The approval given to UBS earlier was kept on hold till it completed certain transactions. Now that the bank has completed them, it can start a branch, RBI deputy governor Leeladhar told reporters on the sidelines of a function organised by the Union Bank of India.
The Reserve Bank of India has put on hold its permission to the Switzerland-based UBS Bank to open a branch in India as the Enforcement Directorate is probing alleged transfer of funds between Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali and a Saudi Arabian arms dealer through the bank.
Briefing reporters on the ongoing evacuation mission 'Operation Kaveri', Kwatra said approximately 1,700 to 2,000 Indian nationals were moved out of the conflict zones and they included the citizens already evacuated out of Sudan as well as those who are on their way to Port Sudan from capital city Khartoum.
The parents of the babies -- Roy Joseph and Biji Thomas -- are languishing in police custody in two separate jails in Riyadh without trial for the past 45 days.
NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has lost a long-running dispute with his neighbour, a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family over construction of a new block of flats.
At least 5 Indians are languishing in Saudi Arabian jails because they were unable to pay 'blood money' to relatives of the victims of traffic accidents in which they were allegedly involved.
His father has refused to sign a letter promising that his son will not repeat the crime of 'killing a bicyclist in a traffic accident'.\n
His goal in his team's 2-2 draw with Tunisia came 12 years after his first goal in the World Cup finals against Morocco in 1994.
India's ties with Saudi Arabia have been on an upswing over the last two decades based on burgeoning energy ties. Both sides are keen on expanding the economic ties in a range of areas besides the oil sector.
Argentina and Mexico fans lit up the World Cup on Saturday with their vast and vociferous followings creating a thunderous atmosphere in and around Qatar's Lusail Stadium.
According to Egyptian maritime officials, nearly 100 bodies had been recoved so far.
The Mission has already issued 39 No-Objection Certificates to the next of the kin of the deceased to facilitate burial in Mecca.
Turki Nasser al-Dandani used a hand grenade to kill himself and two other terrorists after police surrounded their safe house in al-Jawf, 900km north of Riyadh.
Most of India's oil supplies are expected to stay safe because of the country's good relations with both Russia and Iran. That would take care of over a third of India's supplies.
It was during his 1971-79 rule that most Indians were forced to flee the country.
Bayern's Mazraoui suffers heart complications due to COVID
India all-rounder, Irfan Pathan got married to Safa Baig, a 21-year-old Saudi Arabian model, in a private wedding ceremony held at Jeddah on Thursday. The 'Nikaah' ceremony was held at Haram Shareef in Mecca and was attended only by family members and close relatives. The Pathans hosted a dinner at Hotel Trident in Jeddah following the wedding ceremony. Reports suggest that the couple were dating since two years.
Unable to do so in tribal tracts in Pakistan, US and Saudi intelligence agencies have successfully penetrated Al Qaeda network in the Arabian Peninsula and this helped American agencies to disrupt three major terror plots to explode passenger planes.
Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday hiked by 24-25 paise per litre, the steepest increase since July 5 Union Budget, as a fallout of turmoil in global oil markets following drone attacks on Saudi Arabian crude oil facilities.
An annual survey by Gallup International rated PM Modi behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by French president Emmanuel Macron.
The world of golf was left stunned as the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV circuit, who have been involved in a bitter fight, announced a shock agreement!
Coach Santos said after the Morocco loss that he does not regret leaving Ronaldo on the bench and repeatedly explained that his decisions were tactical, raising questions about whether Ronaldo's brilliant career is nearing a bitter end.
India is one of the few countries in the region that enjoys good relations with both Israel and Saudi Arabia, and IMEC would allow it to recreate the old Spice Route to Europe. All this is in jeopardy now, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.
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