India

Riyadh, Feb 5: Saudis and expatriates have welcomed the proposed change to Saudi law that would see a 40-hour week and two days off. “This would be a highly commendable change in Saudi labor law because it will encourage employees to work better and efficiently, said senior systems engineer at Tawuniya Saleh Bucay. “Giving them more spare time with their loved ones, more vacation days to relax and

New Delhi: Feb 5: A five-member team from the Ministry of External Affairs, including the High Commissioner of Tanzania, will arrive in Bengaluru on Friday to reassure the African students in the wake of Sunday’s incident in which a Tanzanian woman was stripped and assaulted by a mob. “The team will meet and assure the African students who are our guests. There are more than 5,000 African students

New Delhi, Feb 5: Ten soldiers buried in an avalanche at the Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas are presumed to be dead, as per reports on Thursday. The soldiers were on duty at an Army post on a glacier at an altitude of 5,900 metres (19,600 feet) when it was hit by a massive avalanche early Wednesday. Those martyred are a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and nine other ranks of Madras

Jammu, Feb 4: All the 10 Army personnel including a JCO trapped under a mass of snow after a massive avalanche struck their high-altitude military post yesterday in Siachen Glacier were today feared dead. Even as the rescue operations continued for the second day today, a Defence spokesman said chances of finding any survivors were "very remote" after the deadly avalanche hit an army post that was

New Delhi, Feb 4: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today moved the Supreme Court challenging the December 7 last year Delhi High Court order refusing to quash summons issued to them in the National Herald case. Besides Gandhis, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda have also approached the apex court against the High Court verdict. The High Court had on December 7, 2015 not only refused to

Panaji, Feb 4: The son of a retired Army officer, who was arrested by Goa Police after he was found loitering suspiciously at the Vasco Railway Station, had been gathering information about bomb blasts which have taken place across the country in the past, a senior police official said today. However, police have not been able to link him to any terror plot as per the investigations that have

Bengaluru: Feb 4: The Centre on Wednesday offered a helping hand to the State government to solve the vexed traffic problem in Bengaluru. Speaking at the Invest Karnataka meet which began here on Wednesday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the Centre was ready to take up long-pending infrastructure projects, such as peripheral ring roads if the State government

New Delhi, Feb 4: Indian Air Force has issued shoot- at-sight orders against anyone attempting to scale the walls of the bases under sensitive Western Air Command in the backdrop of the terror attack on Pathankot air base in Punjab. "All bases in the Western Air Command have been put on high alert. Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued against anyone attempting to enter the base by scaling the

New Delhi, Feb 3: In a security breach, a woman was detained on Wednesday for allegedly hurling a flower pot at PM Narendra Modi's convoy in Delhi. The incident happened when Modi's convoy was passing through Vijay Chowk in central Delhi. Sources said that the woman wanted to meet meet Modi at his office, but was stopped by the security personnel. Following this, the woman got into an argument

New Delhi, Feb 3: The security agencies' worst fears could soon come true, with the NIA intensifying its probe into possible role of an insider element in the Pathankot attack. A key lead being worked upon is the concertina wire atop the 10-feet boundary wall of the airbase was possibly cut from inside and not outside. This is borne by the position/condition in which the snipped wire was found