Indians accused of confining 19 Filipinas women employees in villa
Dubai: Three Indians have been accused of confining 19 Filipinas hotel workers inside a villa for over a month, not allowing them to go out even during their free time or holidays. The three men -- 41-year-old electrician SS, 61-year-old supervisor KM and 54-year-old cook KA -- who were identified with their initials only, were said to have unlawfully locked up the Filipinas from sunset to sunrise daily in the employees' residence in Al Mutainah.
Fresh drive to help illegal Indian workers in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: India has launched fresh efforts to help those who could not avail a seven-month amnesty for illegal foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, whose new labour law has resulted in nearly 1.35 lakh Indians leaving the Kingdom. The number of Indians who
Muscat church pays tribute to Indian-origin teacher
Muscat: A catholic church organised a mass in Oman capital Muscat to pay tribute to the Indian-origin trainee teacher Tarun Asthana, who died of his injuries Monday in New Zealand. The Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ruwi on Monday paid trib
Indian on the run after fleecing Haj pilgrims
Dubai: An Indian national, who fleeced some 500 pilgrims through a fake Haj campaign in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, is on the run. The man told the group of 500 expatriates in mid-September that they will have tents in Mina and receive free foo
Indian killed as lift collapses in Sharjah
Sharjah: An Indian worker died after a lift collapsed on him during a routine maintenance work in a building here, a media report said. The deceased worker was identified as Shaijjo S, from Kerala. He was an authorised lift mechanic with a private co
Three Indians killed in Oman road accident
Dubai: Three Indians have been killed while another Indian and an Omani national were seriously injured in a road mishap in Oman, a media report on Sunday said. The Indians, hailing from Kerala were killed while they were travelling to Muscat from Su
Dubai court upholds death sentence for Indian
Dubai: A Dubai court has upheld the death sentence awarded to an Indian national for killing a woman, from whom he had bought a washing machine, by slitting her throat. The 28-year-old Indian man, identified by the initials of his name AM, admitt
A dream ends, illegals rush to leave Saudi El Dorado
Riyadh: Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires on Sunday as they risk being fined or even jailed. Nearly a million Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Indians, Nepalis, Pa
Indian woman stabbed to death nd in Dubai
Dubai: An Indian woman bus conductor was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband, who later tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrist, a media report said. Sonia, who was in her 30's, hailed from Kerala, was stabbed five times on the chest and o
