Kuwait fire: Indian migrants' final journey homeAn uneasy silence enveloped the import cargo terminal at Cochin International Airport on Friday morning as preparations were made to receiv...
14 Jun, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Congress criticises Centre's denial of permission to Kerala minister to visit KuwaitThe opposition Congress in Kerala criticizes the Centre for denying permission to state Health Minister Veena George to travel to Kuwait to...
14 Jun, 2024, 11.00 AM IST
India plans to examine contracts of 40 workers who died in Kuwait fireA devastating fire on Wednesday in a multi-storey building housing foreign workers in southern Kuwait's Mangaf area killed 49 people, mostl...
14 Jun, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
Kerala man makes daring escape from Kuwait fire tragedyFollowing a tragic fire in Kuwait where 40 Indians perished, a man from Kerala, Nalinakshan, showed bravery by jumping onto a water tank to...
13 Jun, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
Kuwait fire tragedy: Father identifies son's body through tattoo on handPradeep, father of Srihari, identified his son's remains by a tattoo on his hand after a fire in Kuwait killed 49, mostly Indians. Srihari ...
13 Jun, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Kuwait fire tragedy: Families of suspected deceased Keralites await official confirmationFamilies of suspected deceased persons from Kerala are mourning the loss of their loved ones in the Kuwait fire incident, with many yet to ...
13 Jun, 2024, 10.52 AM IST
Kuwait fire: Shashi Tharoor demands bill to ensure decent work conditions for Indian migrant workersIn the wake of the Kuwait fire tragedy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday called on the government to draft a bill in consultation wi...
12 Jun, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Summer means suffering: How workers survive intense Gulf heatWorkers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are ubiquitous in the oil-rich Gulf countries, providing cheap labour and fil...
26 Jun, 2022, 09.49 AM IST
Kuwait to deport expatriates who protested over remarks against ProphetOn June 10, after the Friday prayers, 40-50 migrants had launched protests in Kuwait's Fahaheel area and raised slogans.
14 Jun, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1stUnlike other Gulf Arab states that have administered doses to masses of foreign workers in a race to reach herd immunity, Kuwait has come u...
06 Apr, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Kuwait wants to bring down migrant population from 70% to 30%Kuwait wants to slash the migrant proportion of its population from 70% to 30%.
05 Jun, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
UAE topples Saudi Arabia as top draw for Indian job seekers in GulfOman came a close third with 30,413 migrants, which is 16.5% of the total Gulf migration. In 2016, Kuwait was the third most popular destin...
02 Sep, 2017, 11.08 PM IST
20% of Indian migrants reside in UAE: ReportMigration flow between 1995 and 2015 has been computed by OECD by taking the difference between the number of migrants in each of these two...
09 Jan, 2017, 09.34 AM IST
India received $11 billion in remittances from US: Pew ResearchIndia ranks third after Mexico (USD 24 billion) and China (USD 16 billion) in remittances from the US in 2015, Pew Research Centre said in ...
02 Sep, 2016, 05.13 AM IST
Kerala voices concern over deportations from KuwaitIt was the illegal migrants who faced problems in Saudi Arabia but in Kuwait even those having valid visas were facing deportation, Chandy ...
14 Jun, 2013, 02.28 PM IST
After Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to crack down on illegal workersAfter Saudi Arabia’s decision to implement the restrictive labour law, Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to implement a policy of reducing expat...
03 Jun, 2013, 04.59 AM 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