Indian community dismayed over exclusion of PBD Gulf sessionIndians living in Gulf countries comprise the largest number of overseas Indians and contribute to the highest volume of remittances to Ind...
18 Nov, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
Labour crisis hits 36% of construction projects in Saudi ArabiaNearly 36 percent of construction projects in Saudi Arabia have been hit by labour crisis.
23 Jul, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
Don't get cheated by touts: Indian Embassy in Saudi ArabiaIndia today warned its citizens in Saudi Arabia against getting misled and exploited by illegal agents and touts who are promising exit per...
18 Jul, 2013, 06.59 PM IST
Saudi Arabia regularises status of 40 lakh expatriate workersSaudi Arabia has completed regularisation of nearly four million foreign workers in the last four months as part of its 'Nitaqat' programme.
17 Jul, 2013, 02.04 PM IST
Nitaqat: 92000 emergency exit certificates issued to Indians in Saudi ArabiaIndian embassy in Saudi Arabia has issued as many as 92,000 emergency exit certificates by end of the first phase of grace period for those...
04 Jul, 2013, 08.56 PM IST
Nitaqat fallout: Centre asks states to ensure rehabilitationThe Centre will collaborate with state governments concerned to rehabilitate those coming back from Saudi Arabia as a fallout of Nitaqat la...
25 Jun, 2013, 07.04 PM IST
Indian embassy in Saudi to process 12,000 more exit papersThe verification and delivery process for a third batch of 12,000 applications for Emergency Certificates will start at India's Embassy in ...
30 May, 2013, 08.51 PM IST
No exodus of Indians from Saudi Arabia: OfficialsThe number of Indians who have come to Saudi Arabia in the past three months have risen significantly according to Saudi authorities.
25 May, 2013, 05.40 PM IST
Nitaqat law: 75,000 set to return from Saudi Arabia, India scramble to make situation 'manageable'The 'Nitaqat' programme, which is meant to regularise foreign workers, makes it mandatory for local cos to hire one Saudi for every 10 migr...
24 May, 2013, 11.03 PM IST
Salman Khurshid leaves for Saudi ArabiaExternal Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today left on an official visit to Saudi Arabia for talks on a range of issues.
24 May, 2013, 12.40 PM IST
Indians in Saudi Arabia asked to regularise papers or leave: EnvoyIndian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia has appealed to the Indian community to utilise 3-mth grace period to either regularise their stay or ret...
07 May, 2013, 08.56 PM IST
Legally working Indians in Saudi Arabia to be regularisedIndian workers who have travelled to Saudi Arabia legally will be allowed to regularise their visa status, get new jobs or to return home i...
04 May, 2013, 03.24 PM IST
India, Saudi Arabia set up joint group to resolve labour issuesThe decision to form the joint working group was taken during the meeting held between the Indian delegation, led by Minister of Overseas I...
29 Apr, 2013, 07.40 PM IST
India conveys concern to Saudi Arabia over Nitaqat lawIndia today conveyed its concerns to Saudi Arabia over possible job loss to a large number of Indians in the Kingdom due to its new labour ...
28 Apr, 2013, 08.53 PM IST
New law to regulate foreign labour in Gulf countriesThe new law being mulled by the GCC would include returning 'marginal' and unskilled foreign workers to their home countries.
18 Apr, 2013, 03.48 PM IST
Banks jittery over dip in flows from Gulf, NitaqatFew hundred workers have come back from Saudi Arabia and only 81 have registered with Non Resident Keralites’ Affairs help desk in the Kozh...
06 Apr, 2013, 05.14 PM IST
India hopes to stall Saudi Arabia labour lawThe Centre has decided to send a ministerial delegation headed by overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi to hold talks with the Saud...
03 Apr, 2013, 03.35 AM IST