Empty planes flying from India to Saudi Arabia to bring back stranded Indians: PuriLast month, Saudi Arabia suspended flights from various countries, including India, in the wake of a spurt in coronavirus cases. India susp...
02 Mar, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
Indians advised against travelling to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait via UAE amidst growing coronavirus cases"Due to COVID-related restrictions on incoming passengers, currently it is not possible for Indian nationals to transit via Dubai and Abu D...
10 Feb, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
Saudi Arabia halts entertainment as coronavirus surgesThe kingdom suspended "all events and parties" including weddings in banquet halls or hotels for 30 days, the interior ministry said in a s...
04 Feb, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
Elated Qataris stream into Saudi after border re-openedDrivers arrived at the Salwa border crossing in Saudi Arabia, 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the capital Riyadh, from the Qatari land c...
10 Jan, 2021, 05.27 PM IST
Saudi Arabia reopens borders closed due to coronavirusThe government ordered the lifting of "precautionary measures related to the spread of a new variant of coronavirus", the Ministry of the I...
03 Jan, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
Saudi suspends passenger flights by at least one weekSaudi Arabi will however allow flights in "exceptional cases", an interior ministry official said according to the official Saudi Press Age...
28 Dec, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Saudi Arabia economy contracts 4.2% in Q3 year-on-yearThe "flash estimates" for quarterly gross domestic product did not have a breakdown on how the oil and non-oil sectors performed in the thr...
10 Nov, 2020, 12.55 PM IST
Saudi Arabia has permitted outbound passenger flights to India: AI ExpressIn a circular issued on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said it was "suspending travel to and from the f...
24 Sep, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
Covid-19: Indian pilgrims will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020, says Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe decision was taken after Saudi Arabia's Haj and Umrah minister Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten telephoned last night and suggested not ...
23 Jun, 2020, 06.30 PM IST
Saudi to allow around 1,000 pilgrims to perform hajj: MinisterSaudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it anno...
23 Jun, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
Muslims from India undertaking Haj this year seems unlikely: SourcesA circular issued by the Haj Committee of India on Friday said only a few weeks are left for the preparatory work in India for Haj 2020, ye...
06 Jun, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
Crude reality: Price crash means oil firms must slash spendingThe main US benchmark, WTI, tumbled from nearly $54 to just over $20.
22 Mar, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
India important asset for global community in fight against coronavirus: Saudi Arabia"Saudi Arabia views India as an important strategic partner. India is an important asset to international and regional integrated efforts t...
20 Mar, 2020, 09.23 PM IST
Saudi Arabia empties Islam's holiest site for 'sterilisation'On Wednesday, the kingdom halted the umrah pilgrimage for its own citizens and residents. The move came after authorities last week suspend...
05 Mar, 2020, 10.47 PM IST
Saudi Arabia announces first case of coronavirusSaudi Arabia on Monday announced its first case of the new coronavirus, a Saudi national returning from Iran through Bahrain, the Health Mi...
02 Mar, 2020, 10.49 PM IST
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends entry of GCC citizens to Mecca and MedinaSaudi Arabia temporarily suspended entry of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizens to Mecca and Medina, the foreign ministry announced in ...
29 Feb, 2020, 08.01 AM IST
Saudi Arabia suspends entry for pilgrims of Umrah over coronavirusThe government is "suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily", the foreign min...
27 Feb, 2020, 01.03 PM IST