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Indians overstaying visa in Saudi to face action under Nitaqat law, alerts Embassy
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has warned its citizens not to overstay their visa in Saudi Arabia and leave the country immidiately once they have obtained Emergency Certificates to avoid penal action over Nitaqat law.
Ethiopia crush South Africa's hopes of qualifying for Brazil
The Ethiopians join Algeria, Egypt, the Ivory Coast and Tunisia through to the third and final phase of the African preliminaries.
Czech PM Petr Necas says he will step down amid graft scandal
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has said he would step down, amid a massive corruption scandal in which his top aide was indicted for bribery. "I will step down as Prime Minister on Monday. I am aware of my political responsibility," Necas told reporters...
Turkey protests continue as PM addresses rally of supporters a few kilometres away
Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Turkey's Prime Minister addressed hundreds of thou...
As rains play havoc, Andhra CM requests Uttarakhand govt to help stranded pilgrims
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday directed senior officials of protocol department to contact Uttarakhand government for providing relief to pilgrims from the state who were stranded near Uttarkashi due to heavy rains in that sta...
Haryana achieves 97 pc target to provide free water
A sum of Rs 465 crore has been spent on the implementation of the scheme upto March, 2013.
BSP MP booked for threating man at marriage function
An FIR was registered on Sunday against BSP MP Dhananjay Singh at city police station in Jaunpur for allegedly threatening a person, police said. "The case was lodged on complaint of Indra Bahadur Singh of Tarapur Colony under Section 506 (Criminal intimi...
Gurudas Kamat thanks Congress for being appointed as general secretary
Mumbai: Former union minister Gurudas Kamat thanked the party leadership on Sunday for their confidence in him while being appointed as General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
It's too early to feel like a star: Varun Dhawan
He sailed into Bollywood riding on the hit movie SOTY, but the success of his first film has not influenced Varun Dhawan.
Indian women thrashed 1-7 by Germany in FIH World League
India suffered a humiliating 1-7 thrashing at the hands of Germany to end their pool engagements on a disappointing.
Strongly-worded resolution to end BJP-JD(U) alliance: Sources
The resolution will be read out at 3 pm, after the meeting of top JD(U) leader ends, said party sources.
I am a fighter first then an actor: Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is set to take his passion for martial arts a step further by making a full-fledged movie based on it.
My son has done no wrong, says Aditya Pancholi
Aditya Pancholi says his son is not guilty and that the jail experience will make him stronger.
Rupee fall doubles losses for FIIs in India stocks
A free-fall in rupee, which touched a historic low of 58.98 against the US dollar last week, is resulting in a collateral damage for the foreign investors putting their money in Indian stocks.
CERC to take up Reliance Power's tariff revision plea by July-end
Electricity Regulator CERC will hear the petition filed by Reliance Power for revision of tariff from its Krishnapatnam project in Andhra Pradesh by July end. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has directed Coastal Andhra Power Ltd (CAPL...
North Korea proposes high-level talks with US
North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea.
