NAM Summit : Hamid Ansari meets Iranian President
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari held a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)...
Category : Western Asia
East-West confluence, blue sea and belly dances turn Istanbul into travellers’ delight (Travelogue)
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By Aparajita Gupta Istanbul, Sep 13 (IANS) The scintillating blue water of the Bosphorus strait and the high boundary walls of the erstwhile Byzantine civilisation strewn...
Turkish Airlines plans to expand operations in India
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By Aparajita Gupta Istanbul, Sep 6 (IANS) Describing India as a favoured market, Turkish Airlines’ Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Ilker Ayci said...
Modi invites more Saudi investment in India’s infrastructure
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Hangzhou (China), Sep 5 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday invited Saudi Arabia to invest more in India’s infrastructure, particularly in the railways, during a...
India, Iran, Afghanistan discuss terrorism
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New Delhi, Sep 2 India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed cooperation in the fight against terrorism in the region in a trilateral meeting held in Tehran,...
India dismisses Iranian news report on Sushma
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New Delhi, Sep 1 The External Affairs Ministry on Thursday described as “totally false” a report carried by an Iranian news website which, citing an...
Cabinet nod to protocol with Cyprus for avoiding double-taxation
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New Delhi, Aug 25 The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for signing an agreement and protocol between India and Cyprus for avoidance of...
First batch of retrenched Indian workers return from Saudi Arabia
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New Delhi/Jeddah, Aug 11 (IANS) As the first batch of 26 retrenched Indian workers were on their way back home from Jeddah on Thursday, India...
Pending dues will be given, V.K. Singh assures stranded Indian workers in Jeddah
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By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah, Aug 5 (IANS) All Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia due to the closure of a leading construction company will...
Saudi King assisting stranded Indian workers, says Sushma
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New Delhi, Aug 4 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the King of Saudi Arabia has given instructions to help the thousands of...
Saudi Arabia steps in to aid Indian workers as V.K. Singh arrives in Riyadh
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Riyadh/New Delhi, Aug 4 The Saudi Arabian government has “taken serious note” of violation of labour laws by a construction company resulting in financial crisis...
V.K. Singh to leave for Saudi Arabia
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New Delhi, Aug 2 In the wake of the food crisis facing Indian workers laid off by Saudi companies, Minister of State for External Affairs...
India to bring back 10,000 workers from Saudi Arabia : Sushma Swaraj
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New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The government is making all efforts to bring back the 10,000 Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia and is...
India to bring back 10,000 workers from Saudi Arabia: Sushma
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New Delhi, Aug 1 The government is making all efforts to bring back the 10,000 Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia and is also...
Turkish president declares three-month state of emergency
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Ankara, July 21 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared state of emergency for three months following a failed coup attempt on July 15. “In...
12 new sites added to World Heritage List
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Istanbul, July 18 The World Heritage Committee on Sunday evening agreed to put 12 new sites on the World Heritage List before ending its 40th...
India to tax investments from Cyprus starting next fiscal
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New Delhi, July 2 India and Cyprus have agreed to revise their bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) whereby capital gains tax will apply on...
Indo-Israeli missile test-fired off Odisha coast
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Bhubaneswar, June 30 India successfully test-fired an Indo-Israeli medium range surface-to-air missile off the coast of Odisha on Thursday, officials confirmed. The ballistic missile was test-fired...
Istanbul airport blasts: 36 killed; Turkish PM blames IS
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Istanbul, June 29 Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Wednesday blamed the Islamic State (IS) for the bombing attacks that killed 36 people and injured 60...