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Riyadh, Aug 20: Saudi employers, whose foreign workers want to transfer their sponsorship, will be given an opportunity to lodge their objections within five days from their date of application, a senior official from the Ministry of Labor has announced. Labor Ministry spokesman Tayseer Al-Mufarrej said that the new arrangement was aimed at protecting the interests of both sponsors and workers

Jeddah, Aug 20: Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh says that extremism and the ideologies of groups like the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda are Islam's No. 1 enemy and that Muslims have been their first victims. He also said in his public statement that terrorism has no place in Islam. “The ideas of extremism, radicalism and terrorism... have nothing to do with Islam and (their proponents)

Jeddah, Aug 20: The Indian Haj mission has introduced several high-tech measures to facilitate the pilgrimage of 136,000 Indians coming for Haj this year. “We will make use of every form of new-age technology, from Google Maps and smartphone applications, to Facebook, YouTube clips and text messages, to make the journey of our pilgrims as comfortable as possible,” said Indian Consul General B.S

Mangalore, Aug 19: Well-known Kannada writer, translator and journalist P Noor Muhammad breathed his last on Tuesday night after a fatal motorbike accident at his hometown Uppinangady, on the outskirts of the city. The tragedy took place on National Highway-75, when the 72-year-old Islamic activist was returning home on his Honda Activa after offering Isha prayers at Masjidul Huda. A speeding

Mangalore, Aug 19: A leopard spotted near Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday. However, it disappeared in a bush nearby. It did not enter the runway, said Airport Director Radhakrishna. The leopard which appeared near Kinnigoli, Bajpe and surrounding areas last week kept the airport officials on toes throughout the day. It may be recalled that in 2012, runway inspectors spotted a bison at

New Delhi, Aug 19: UAE's populous city Dubai has topped the list of most preferred overseas destination for Indian travellers in first half of 2014 in Hotels.com's Hotel Price Index (HPI) survey. According to the recent survey, Dubai has topped the chart moving ahead of Bangkok, which ranked number one consecutively for two years being the preferred overseas destination in the first half of the

Bangalore, Aug 19: Accusing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of making "absurd" remarks on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary row, the Shiv Sena today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to "respond in equal measure" to the comments. Siddaramaiah had said that "there is no border dispute as the Belgaum issue was resolved long ago with the Mahajan Commission giving its

Kasargod, Aug 19: A team of Kasargod police led by DySP T P Ranjith have arrested two more persons in connection with the shootout case on contractor M T Mohammed Kunhi's residence in Bevinje. The arrested are B Umar (50) from Cherangai and Aboobaker (45) from Kunnangula in Bekal. The two were said to be acting on the behest of Puttu alias Abdulla Hameed, Manish Shetty and Munnali, accomplices of

Kaup, Aug 19: Based on definite information, police on Monday arrested a person accused of several thefts in the surroundings of Kaup. The accused has been identified as Ganesh Poojary (33), resident of Ankudru in Udyavara. The police have recovered valuables and gold jewellery worth Rs 3.10 lakhs from his possession, along with few electronic appliances. After procuring accurate information on

Mumbai, Aug 19: She wanted to be like Kareena Kapoor, and “could not wait to act in a movie”. In her last year of college, she “got offers from casting directors who would scout for faces in campuses and on Facebook”. But her “well-to-do” Mumbai-based Kashmiri Muslim family would not allow her to take up any film job unless it was offered by Yash Chopra's YRF (Yash Raj Films). That was in 2012