Hostages: As deadline nears, colleagues tense

The colleagues of the seven drivers, including three Indians, taken hostage in Iraq are tense. The abductors have threatened to kill one Indian hostage if their demands are not met by 8:30pm......

Hostages: 'Only god knows what will happen'

The attack took place on the afternoon of April 10, 2004, 12 days after he arrived in Iraq from Kuwait.Aroop Singh, a truck driver who is "around 30 years old" and is working for RIC (Coolex) in......

'He wanted to return to India. Is that a crime?'

When Mariappan approached the Indian embassy in Kuwait to get back his passport after deciding to leave his employer, he ended up in jail.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports. Kaduvetti, a small......

'Indians fare better than Pakistanis in Iraq'

Two youth, who returned from Iraq, are surprised that Indians have been taken hostage in the strife-torn country because they were usually 'soft' on Indians.Harminder Singh and Amarjit Singh went......

Rupee worst performer globally during 1-month period

Amid re-ignited concerns over the macro-economic scenario in India and abroad, the rupee has again slipped below the 55-level against dollar, the largest fall among its major peers globally in the......

Jazeera Air to fly to Mumbai, Delhi

Kuwait's new budget carrier Jazeera Airways on Monday launched flights to Mumbai and Delhi, planning to increase the number of destinations in the country in the near future. Jazeera, which is the......

Kuwait sets minimum wage for pvt sector

Kuwait has decided to set a minimum wage of 60 Kuwait dinars (Rs 9,191.53) for workers in the private sector, the country's social affairs and labour minister has said. "The decision states that......

BSNL puts Zain plans on hold

The state-run telecom major BSNL has put on hold its proposed plan to acquire a stake in the Kuwaiti telecom major Zain, said its CMD Kuldeep Goyal on Wednesday. BSNL and MTNL had been approached......