Bangalore | 1 year ago
Eight IIM-B graduates awarded gold medals
Bangalore, March 30 - Eight bright students of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore - were Friday awarded gold medals for their outstanding performance in the post-graduate programme - courses at the B-school's 37th annual convocation in this tech hub.Of the 371 graduates passing out from the reputed institute in management course, gold medallists Ritesh Ritollia bagged first rank and Shra ... read more

Stockholm | 2 years ago
Swedish ceremony remembers 137 journalists killed in 2009
Stockholm, May 30 - A memorial service was held in the Swedish capital to remember 137 journalists, including four Indians, from 33 countries who died performing their professional duties in 2009.The Stockholm Journalists Memorial has been held annually May 26 since 2003 by the Professional Foreign Correspondents Association of Sweden - with the participation of the Lutheran, Catholic and Orthodox ... read more

4 years ago
India's Bahrain mission plans new move to protect workers' rights
Dubai, Sep 27 - The Indian embassy in Bahrain has decided to ask the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs - to ensure that employers in the Gulf nation get a consent letter signed by their Indian employees before they hand over their passports. The Bahrain mission's proposal comes in the wake of a series of complaints from Indian workers who allege that their employers demand money for the return ... read more

4 years ago
Strict action against recruiters who mislead: diplomat
Dubai, Sep 21 - Strict action will be taken against recruiting agents in India who mislead workers planning to come to Bahrain with false promises of jobs and salaries, said Balkrishna Shetty, India's ambassador to that Gulf nation. The ambassador issued the warning following a series of complaints by Indian workers regarding irregularities in wage payments and job profiles at a monthly open hou ... read more

4 years ago
Bahrain labour camps unsafe: India, Pakistan diplomats
Dubai, Aug 22 - A major tragedy is in the offing in Bahrain if current conditions in several labour accommodation camps there are anything to go by, Indian and Pakistani diplomats have warned. India's Ambassador to Bahrain Balkrishna Shetty and the Pakistan embassy community welfare attache Habib-ur-Rehman Gilani made these comments after meeting around 150 Indian and Pakistani workers in Manama ... read more

4 years ago
Indians in Gulf celebrate I-Day with array of programmes
Dubai, Aug 16 - The over 4.8 million strong expatriate Indian community across the six Gulf Cooperation Council - countries celebrated the 62nd anniversary of India's independence with a wide array of programmes. The celebrations, which started with official flag hoisting ceremonies in various Gulf cities Friday morning, culminated with colourful cultural programmes late at night. In the United ... read more

4 years ago
Indians in Gulf plan elaborate I-Day celebrations
Dubai, Aug 14 - Indian missions and expatriate Indian organisations across the Gulf are making elaborate preparations to mark the 61st anniversary of India's independence this Friday. In Abu Dhabi, Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates - Talmiz Ahmad will hoist the tricolour Friday morning and read out extracts from President Pratibha Patil's speech. In Dubai, Indian Consul General Venu ... read more

5 years ago
India can't be blamed for Bahrain workers' strike: envoy
Dubai, Feb 14 - India cannot be blamed for the ongoing strike of around 1,800 overseas workers of a Bahraini construction company who are demanding better wages, India's Ambassador to Bahrain Balkrishna Shetty has said. 'It is wrong to say India should be blamed for this. This is strictly a matter between the company and its workers,' Shetty told IANS over phone from Manama Thursday. Around 1,30 ... read more

5 years ago
Bahrain firm denies it will deport striking workers
Dubai, Feb 14 - A Bahraini construction company has dismissed as untrue allegations that it will start deporting around 1,800 overseas workers who have been on strike for nearly a week now demanding better wages. The G.P. Zachariades Contracting Com told the Gulf Daily News that neither was it going to deport the striking workers nor were its officials trying to drag the strikers back to work. A ... read more

5 years ago
India calls for minimum wage for its workers in UAE
Dubai, Feb 12 - India is taking a comprehensive and consensual approach to fixing a minimum wage limit for its workers in the United Arab Emirates -. 'We are taking a comprehensive and consensual approach to the minimum wage limit issue in consultation with the local and Indian authorities,' India's Ambassador to UAE Talmiz Ahmad told IANS by phone from Abu Dhabi Tuesday. India has called for a ... read more