November 14th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Nov 14 (IANS) Eleven Indian workers in Bahrain had a miraculous escape when an elevator they were asked to test in a newly constructed building fell 45 floors to the ground.The ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Nov 6 (IANS) The Gulf reacted expectedly with a definite sense of optimism, but tinged with caution, as America elected its first African American president, Barack Hussein Obama, to the White ...
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October 28th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 28 (IANS) Two Indians were among three workers killed in a construction site mishap in Bahrain, reports said Tuesday.Indians Anil Kumar and Badala Raju, both 33, and Bangladeshi worker Kamal ...
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October 27th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 27 (IANS) Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) International has for the first time started selling policies to non-Indians in Bahrain, where it posted a growth of 46 percent in ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 21 (IANS) A fake job scam has come to light involving a travel agency in Kerala that was trying to recruit people for non-existent jobs in a Bahrain-based firm.Flyway Tours ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 13 (IANS) An Indian woman in Bahrain has not been home for 13 years because of her fear of flying.The aerophobic 43-year-old woman, who has not been named, told the ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 11 (IANS) A company’s failure to properly update its employee records has led to the wrong identification of an Indian killed in a worksite accident in Bahrain.Vijay Kumar, 33, woke ...
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October 10th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Oct 10 (IANS) A 33-year-old Indian worker was killed in a construction site accident in Bahrain, media reports said Friday.Vijay Kumar was trying to get into his excavator’s loader when he ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Sep 14 (IANS) An Indian worker was buried alive and two were injured in a construction site mishap in Bahrain, media reports said Sunday.M. Devendra, 27, was laying water pipes, along ...
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August 24th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Aug 24 (IANS) Gulf-based journalist Soman Baby has been elected global chairman of the World Malayalee Council (WMC).Baby, associate editor of Bahrain's Gulf Daily News, was elected to the post at ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Aug 14 (IANS) Bahrain will seek India's help in setting up micro-finance schemes when its Minister for Social Development Fatima Al Balooshi visits India from Sunday. "India has a vast experience ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, Aug 10 (IANS) An Indian worker in Bahrain has committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of an office building in the capital Manama. Kakkassery Varghese, 26, died Saturday after ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, July 23 (IANS) Four Indians have been killed in two accidents in the Gulf. Three Indians, a Pakistani and a Nepali were killed when the pick-up van they were travelling in ...
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July 5th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, July 5 (IANS) The number of expatriate Indians working and living in Bahrain has risen to a record 290,000, according to Indian Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty. During the course of the embassy ...
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July 4th, 2008 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, July 4 (IANS) An Indian worker died of a heart attack as he prepared to visit India on his first holiday in two years while another committed suicide in Bahrain. Murugan ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, July 2 (IANS) Hundreds of workers of a Bahraini contracting and construction company have returned to work after the company assured them it would investigate the cause of the death of ...
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June 30th, 2008 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, June 30 (IANS) Around 2,000 workers in a Bahraini contracting and construction company have threatened to go on strike following the reported suicide of an Indian worker. Vinod Kumar, 32, committed ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Dubai, June 17 (IANS) Bahrain is going to set up a human rights body, which will be an independent entity overseeing human rights practices in that Gulf nation. The new body, to ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 7:27 am ICT by IANS
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Dubai, June 16 (IANS) Nearly 32,000 Indian workers have registered with Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) over the weekend at a labour enrolment festival. Indians, at 31,734, topped the list of ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
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By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, June 9 (IANS) Indians topped the list of expatriate workers registering with Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) over the weekend at a labour enrolment festival being held in ...
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May 24th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 24 (IANS) In order to provide respite to construction workers from the searing Gulf sun and humidity, Bahrain is to reintroduce a ban on outdoor work during the hottest hours ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 22 (IANS) Bahraini telecom operator Batelco plans to enter the Indian market in the course of its $4-billion overseas acquisition plans. "India is expensive, but gives you potential for significant ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by admin
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By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, April 9 (IANS) The Indian mission in Bahrain has resolved a dispute involving Indian workers who had filed a complaint of physical abuse against their local sponsors. "Eleven Indian ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, March 20 (IANS) Leading Indian public sector bank, Bank of Baroda, will return to Bahrain this Sunday after a 15-year absence. The new wholesale branch of India's fifth largest bank will ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, March 20 (IANS) A nine-year-old Indian schoolboy in Bahrain has scored the highest marks worldwide in two subjects in an international examination. Alexandre Mariano D'Souza, a grade five student of the ...
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March 9th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, March 9 (IANS) Around 1,300 workers, both locals and expatriates, of a leading Bahraini construction firm have gone on strike to demand better wages - the 11th such strike to hit ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, Feb 27 (IANS) Bahrain has threatened an organization raising funds for an Indian political activist with legal action if it continued with its activities. The Anvarul Islam Cultural Forum (AICF) Bahrain ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by admin
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By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, Feb 28 (IANS) Bahrain will immediately deport foreign workers who go on strike and the employer will be issued new visas to replace the visas of those deported. "A ...
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February 27th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, Feb 27 (IANS) Bahrain has threatened an organization raising funds for an Indian political activist with legal action if it continued with its activities. The Anvarul Islam Cultural Forum (AICF) Bahrain ...
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February 24th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) A new grievances cell will be set up in Bahrain to address complaints from expatriate workers in the country's construction industry. The new cell will be set up ...
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