Four killed in Beirut explosion

Four killed in Beirut explosion

At least four people were killed and over 20 injured when a booby trapped car exploded Thursday in the suburb of Lebanese capital. A car exploded in the Bir El Abd neighbourhood in the heartland of Hezbollah and few metres close to the political council headquarters of the party during peak time and caused heavy […]

Tanzanian minister dies in South Africa

Tanzanian minister dies in South Africa

Tanzania’s Finance Minister William Mgimwa has died while receiving medical treatment in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government confirmed Thursday. The 63-year-old died of an illness at the hospital on New Year’s day, reported Xinhua citing the South African finance ministry in a statement. Mgimwa died of natural causes, said the statement, without revealing […]

UN chief, Security Council condemn Beirut bombing

UN chief, Security Council condemn Beirut bombing

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70. Ban called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second car bombing in less than a week, reported Xinhua citing […]

400,000 Indians corrected work status, says Saudi minister

400,000 Indians corrected work status, says Saudi minister

Visiting Saudi Arabian Labour Minister Adel bin Mohammed Fakeih, addressing a press conference her, also said that the kingdom has issued more than one million work visas, including many to the Indian community. He said Saudi Arabia has always had “excellent relations with Indian workers – one of the communities we had the least of […]

One arrested for attack on Indian student in Australia

One arrested for attack on Indian student in Australia

The Indian consulate in Melbourne is in touch with police and kin of an Indian student who was attacked and is in coma in a hospital. One suspect has been arrested. The Indian ministry of external affairs said Tuesday in New Delhi that its consulate is in touch with the hospital, the police and the […]

An Indian doctor who devoted her lifetime to Ghana

An Indian doctor who devoted her lifetime to Ghana

 Hope is at hand for an Indian gynaecologist who has worked for 45 years in Ghana without a permanent residency permit and is currently being sheltered in the ward of a local hospital. Uma Sen, 80, popularly called “Mama”, who has spent over half her life working as a specialist all over Ghana, is now […]

Seven Indians released by Saudi deportation authorities

Seven Indians released by Saudi deportation authorities

 Seven Indian workers, who were detained for staying in Saudi Arabia in violation of visa laws, were released from the Abha detention centre in Asir province. The workers, some of whom were in violation of visa regulations and the rest cheated by their sponsors, were released Thursday, Arab News reported Sunday. Four of them flew […]

Dubai doctors to perform surgeries in Indian villages

Dubai doctors to perform surgeries in Indian villages

 A team led by an Indian-origin plastic surgeon from Dubai will perform free operations on children with cleft lips and acid burn victims in several villages in India next month. About 45 operations will be done in two days in January by the group led by Sanjay Parashar, a reputed plastic surgeon in Dubai. They […]