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.
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
Saudi jails have 1,444 Indians, UAE has 937, Bangladesh 893 and Singapore 580 while Pakistan has only 365.
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.
During the second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission, 30,000 Indians are being brought back in India from 31 countries on board 149 flights between May 16 and 22.
A 30 year-old man, who came to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates last month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the fifth case of the virus from the southern state.
Pakistan batted out the final session against Sri Lanka to draw the third and final Test match and win the series 1-0 on Monday.
Ireland beat Netherlands by six wickets in Pretoria on Wednesday to clinch a second consecutive appearance at the Cricket World Cup.
Former Netherlands coach Dick Advocaat signed a one-year deal to take charge of the United Arab Emirates national side.
Holland claimed the final qualifying place at the 2007 World Cup beating UAE by 145 runs in the ICC Trophy fifth-place play-off.
'I am not sure about another two (tournaments). Obviously, results determine how well you do and how often you are kept on. But certainly, my hunger and determination are as strong as ever.'
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to request the government of United Arab Emirates to consider giving formal legal resident status to illegal immigrants from India
Pakistan and Australia have agreed to play a five-match one-day series and a Twenty20 game at neutral venues in the United Arab Emirates in April and May, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt said on Wednesday.
The Chartered Financial Analyst institute has filed a petition in the Delhi high court seeking a stay on the notice, even as it has decided to give $300 (Rs 12,300) to each of its 7,000 students to write the June 3 examinations outside India.
Air Arabia said it has been granted rights to fly daily to Mumbai from the middle of next month.
A spirited India rallied with an injury-time goal to hold formidable United Arab Emirates 2-2, but it proved too little too late as they bowed out of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers under unplayable conditions at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.
The model lodged a complaint that the singer has sent her inappropriate pictures.
Lowly India, ranked 147 in the world, pulled off a 2-1 victory over 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar in a friendly at the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday.
Abu Dhabi wants to build the world's first car-free, green-powered city by 2016.0
The ICC is set to take away the right to terminate matches from umpires and hand it instead to match referees.
Expressing concern over violence in the Middle East, Musharraf said dangers loomed large in the region that threatened regional and global peace.
Batsman Khalid Latif has been handed a five-year ban for his role in a spot-fixing scandal during this year's Pakistan Super League (PSL), the country's cricket board said.
UAE is one of the Gulf Arab countries where women hold positions of power and business unlike Saudi Arabia where women do not even have the right to drive a car.
Iraqi captors have killed British hostage Kenneth Bigley, reports Abu Dhabi television.
The UAE will comply with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' directive to reduce its output by 1 million barrels a day, from the official quota of 28 million barrels, Minister of Energy Mohammed bin Dhaen Al Hameli said.
India were clubbed in a tough group, along with higher-ranked Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates, in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup final qualifying round draw, held at the Aspire dome in Doha. Malaysia is the fourth team in the group.
Ajantha Mendis claimed career-best figures of 5 for 22 as Sri Lanka cruised to a 142-run victory over the United Arab Emirates in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Thursday night. The UAE lost their last six wickets for only 15 runs and were dismissed 148 in 36.3 overs.
Srinivas Babu, first secretary in the Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi, told PTI that the injured Indians were admitted in various hospitals of Abu Dhabi (22 in Mafraq hospital, 6 Rahba Hospital, 2 Khalifa Hospital) and one in Rashid Hospital in Dubai.
India is expected to ramp up its purchase of crude oil from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the coming months following discussions between the two countries on the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 summit in Dubai, multiple sources in the know said. The UAE has historically been India's third-largest source of crude. It has suffered the largest drop in shipments since Indian refiners began to binge on Russian crude in 2022.
All the 17 Indian sailors, who survived the capsize of their cargo ship off the Bahrain coast, spent almost three hours in a life raft in extreme cold before being plucked to safety in a dramatic rescue operation by a police helicopter. The ship Siddnath, loaded with rice from the United Arab Emirates, was heading to Iraq when it capsized on Friday morning, but no one was injured in the incident despite the waves rising as high as 10 feet.
President A P J Abdul Kalam left New Delhi on Saturday on a week-long visit to the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Bulgaria, his first foreign tour after assuming the high office.
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