Overseas Malayali Insurance
Scheme Inaugurated Chief Minister, NORKA Minister
Reiterate support for Gulf Returnees
US Anti-Terror War
Violates Human Rights: Report
The United States undermines those principles
when it overlooks human rights abuses by anti-terror allies such
as Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia and Afghan warlords, Human Rights
Watch said in its annual survey of human rights around the world. More
Commerical Banks to give Rs.8912
crores loan to Kerala sectors; No need to worry about River Water,
Jacob-Film and TV Acting Course
India-Iran cooperation in training, management of skilled
manpower
New Delhi -Minister for Labour, Dr. Sahib
Singh visited the Labour Camp in Dubai and heard the problems
faced by Indian labourers in Dubai. More
Striking Construction Workers on the Street
Protest against Salalry Default..Black Cats Prevent Demonstrations...More
IRAQ: Blix Warns Of War; Blair Says
Another U.N. Text Is Unnecessary More International
News
Saudi Plan to Impose Income Tax on Expatriates Rejected
in Al Shura
1000 Radio Stations in Educational institutions
New Delhi - January 13, 2003 About 1000 radio
stations are likely to be set up this year in the country by
the educational institutions like the Universities, IITs, IIMs
and residential schools. More
Pravasi Insurance Scheme Inauguration
Today; Nurses Vacancy in the UAE More News
Imaginations, a Dubai Media City based computer
game development company, today announced the launch of "Legend
of Zord," the first-ever computer game of international
quality to be totally created, written, animated
and produced in the Middle East. More
M.M.Hassan urges control on fake
recruiting agents, reduction in airfare for NRKs
Indian Diaspora urged to maintain
media, entertainment links
Drawing attention to the need to ensure that
our films, TV, newspapers and magazines do not respond to commercial
signals alone, Smt. Swaraj expressed confidence that ‘our
cultural identity can never be lost or swept away’ and culture
has to be viewed in a dynamic and not a static context.
More
Qatari Sisters Return To India
Case related to Internet Love
Two pregnant Qatari sisters forced by family
members to travel to Egypt for abortions departed for India yesterday
under protection of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner
for Refugees. The two Qatari women married
the Indian men they had met over the Internet
More
Kuwait Indian School Scandal
Why former Kuwait Ambassador Prabhu
Dayal was asked to leave within 10 days notice when he tried
to recover the school fund. Why did Abhayankar force him to leave
Kuwait in a hurry..Watch this space?
KM Receives Money from Islamic
Organisations?
An anonymous writer accused
KM of supporting Islamic Groups..Like Oommen Kuruvila of Times
of Oman, who is accused of taking money from the Vatican, it
is accused that KM also started getting money from Islamic groups
for running the portal without any Advertisement, says the wild
allegations made by an anonymous RSS ideologue!..
The Reason? Publishing Mukundan
Menon's Public Appeal Against Matha Amruthananthamayi followers
cyber attack against journalist writer Zakharia...By calling
Mukundan Menon a human rights activist you have stooped too low.Menon
is notorious errand boy for
PDP and its leader Madani. So whoever oppose the perverted religious
bigots is a terrorist and ISI Agent? "I know very well that
to
make easy money in the Gulf it is best to support extremist religious
organisations that you are doing
with vigour", adds the writer. Watch this space.
Sinha announces new package
to facilitate NRI investment
New Delhi - January
10, 2002 The Union Minister of Finance and Company Affairs, Jaswant
Singh has announced a series of measures to facilitate greater
participation by Non Resident Indians in the economic growth
of the country. Speaking on the occasion of the Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas celebrations in New Delhi, today, the Minister announced
the following relaxations on capital account transactions for
a period of six months beginning from January 10, 2003. More
NRI is Pravasi Bharathiya Tomorrow: Vajpayee
Pravasi Day Photos
The NRI of today is the Pravasi Bharatiya
of tomorrow. The welfare of NRIs in the Gulf region is of utmost
concern to us. A compulsory insurance scheme for Indian workers
migrating to this region will be unveiled shortly. Parliament
is already considering a bill to establish a welfare fund for
the overseas Indian workers. More
Dual citizenship for People
of Indian Origin
The Prime Minister of India today announced
granting of “Dual Citizenship” for the People of Indian
Origin from certain countries. Full
Report
UNHCR
Seeks To Aid Pregnant Qatari Sisters
The U.N. High Commissioner
for Refugees said yesterday that it is seeking to help two Qatari
sisters, both currently four months pregnant, whose parents tried
to make them have abortions against their will. More
Two Men Jailed For Selling Illegal Software
The Court of First Instance finds two men
guilty of copyright infringement
and sentences them to a month in jail each under the new copyright
law More
Defence Minister
Calls for More Thrust on Exports and More
Chandy is Innocent, Ambassador, Daniel
played dirty Tricks.
Kuwait city -- The former Ambassador and School
Secretary created all problems, accuse a section of Kuwait Malayalis.
Chandy is innocent and is, only asked to give one year guarantee
for a transaction. Daniel and Chandy had business rivalry and
ego clashes which resulted in the Indian School controversy,
it is alleged. The accused can appeal in Kuwait higher courts
before reaching the higher authority, they added. More
34 Million Civilians Would Be Imperiled
byUS Invasion of Iraq: UN Report
Kuwait Indian School Scandal
- Why the former Indian
Ambassador to Kuwait was recalled in a hurry ?
It is learned from Indian
School sources that a former Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, who
tried to recover part of the School fund from the accused was
called back under the influence of a senior officer in the Ministry
of External Affairs. The same diplomat has been playing a dubious
role in Indian school matters. More
Professional Hijacking
of Asianet by K.P.Mohan and others Details
of the Kuwait School fraud Strong
Political Patronage in Kerala to protect scam masters
R.M.Parikh, Venkataraman have
nothing to do with Indian School Board, Ramesh Mathur
Chartered Accountants asked to strive
for reforms -UAE Arabic Daily Blasts Turkish
Government for dual policy on Iraq -Emirates Businesswoman Award
to encourage women -ZU signs pact with Tejari -ZCCF releases
book on e-tech. in trade war, wars -50,000 nationals in job mart
every year -DDF posts 23 per cent sales
growth -Exports of agrochemiicals exceed Rs.1350 Crore
IRAQ: U.N. Inspectors Step Up
Work With Helicopters, Branch Office
With U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection
Commission chief Hans Blix set to report to the U.N. Security
Council twice this month on Iraq weapons of mass destruction
inspections, the U.N. inspectors in Iraq have stepped up their
activity by assembling a fleet of six helicopters and planning
to open a branch office Saturday about 240 miles from Baghdad,
More
Saudi Arabia has 500,000
jobless expats
New Security Council Members may not support
War on Iraq
Talks on Iraq's weapons will now be influenced
by the presence of Germany, which will take the council presidency
next month and whose chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, recently
ran a successful electoral campaign by focusing on his opposition
to a war with Iraq. Germany has indicated it will commit no troops
to such a war.More
Building plan
delayed due to unfavourable lease agreement
Indian Embassy is
keen to construct its own building or shift the chancery to an
economically viable place and save huge monthly rent payment
-- RO 6000 per month. About 30 per cent of the rented building
remains vacant..
Watch this space.
Govt considers welfare fund for Indian
maids in Saudi Arabia
New Delhi, December 4: Government is considering
creating a welfare fund in Saudi Arabia for Indian women serving
as maidservants, Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay
Singh said More
Kelkar report slap on our role in
Indian economy: NRIs
Dubai, January 2: A Gulf-based organisation
of Indians has strongly opposed a proposal of Kelkar committee
on tax reforms to do away with the Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR),
saying it will deter NRI investments in India and also persuade
them to park their funds abroad..More
30 employees
including 18 sub registrars suspended in vigilance raids in Kerala
More news
Excise Duty Exception on Ethanol
blended petrol
Ethanol blended petrol will carry an excise
duty concession of 30 paise per litre. The additional excise
duty on petrol has been reduced from the normal rate of Rs. 6
per litre to Rs. 5.70 per litre for petrol to be sold after blending
with ethanol. More News
Special
Subcommittee to study Keralites arriving through UAE Amnesty
scheme Kamala Surayya Receives Award Special
Hajj Cell in Karippur Airport, 20 years leave from government
service for joining family abroad and More News
British Territory Must Not Be Used for TorturingAl
Qaeda suspects
(London) — The British government must
ensure that the United States does not torture suspected al-Qaeda
detainees held on the island of Diego Garcia, part of British
Indian Ocean Territory, More
Ayodhya Inquiry Commission
Tenure Extended
- Happy New Year
from Goa
"I have come to
Goa to see the sun set on 2002 and to welcome the first morning
of 2003. I had come here more than four decades ago to participate
in the Goa Liberation Struggle, which saw the sun set on this
last enclave of colonial rule in India, More
Kalam's
New Year wishes
HAPPY NEWS YEAR..2003 Click here
Muscat Indian Embassy Staff
dies in Kerala
Now the Sad news.. Punnoose, an Indian Embassy staff died
in Kerala following some illness. More
Law commission on arrest laws
The Law Commission of India, in its 177th
Report on Law Relating to Arrest, has suggested far reaching
changes in the criminal laws to maintain a balance between the
liberty of the citizen and the societal interest in maintenance
of peace, law and order. It has also suggested measures for making
police accountable for their omission and commission.
More
Saudi Airlines to fly to Kochi, Oman Air
to increase frequency
JEDDAH/KOCHI, 31 December 2002 — Saudi
Airlines will start the lucrative Kochi service. According to
an agreement reached between a Saudi delegation, led by Presidency
of Civil Aviation Ali A.R. Khalaf, and an Indian delegation,
led by Ministry of Civil Aviation Secretary K. Roy Paul, in Jeddah
yesterday, there will be an increase of 900 passengers per week
by each other’s national carriers..More
Garment Factory Workers facing Difficulty--More
Oman Air t start Kozhikkodu, Hydrabad
services
Absconding Indian businessmen leaves hundreds of garment
workers in trouble.200 Srilankan women face uncertain future..Watch
this space.
Omantel slashes Telephone Charges-
Saudization is a priority: Al-Namlah- 3 American doctors shot
dead in Yemen
Interview with Cedric Prakash
on Gujarat Carnage
Some dalits and some tribals
were involved in attacks on Muslims in the recent Gujarat carnage.
What the Sangh Parivar was cashing in on was on the unemployment
factor, along with recent droughts in the rural areas, to get
some dalit and tribal youth to loot Muslim shops. The real tragedy
will begin when they start attacking the real exploiters in the
rural areas -- who are not Muslims.More
Tax on NRI Income will Damage
Kerala Economy, NORKA Minister; New Minimum Wages for Rubber
Industry; New Study on Aleppey Sand project
Former deputy governor of Nigeria
arrested for minister's murder
LAGOS, 30 December (IRIN) - A former deputy
governor of southwest Nigeria's Osun State has been arrested
for the murder last year of the country's then minister of justice,
police said .
Dubai e-Government
to add advanced offerings in 2003
Kenya : Kibaki sworn in as new
president RS. 150 Crore for
pharmaceutical research in India. Live
storage position of 70 Important reservoirs in India -etnow.com Launches Mid East portal
on back of Palme
School Board Meeting
agrees to stop future hijacking by members
Members vow to solve
internal problems within the community - 2 new lady members.
MUSCAT - December 29, 2002 After a gap of
eight months the first meeting of the Board of Indian schools
was held here on 28th December under the chairmanship of Sandeep
Arora, whose appointment was earlier disputed by many powerful
members of the Indian community using their influence and money
power. Contrary to misleading reports, Sandeep Arora will continue
to remain the board chairman for the full term of his appointment.
Full Report
Guantanamo Bay Returnee Seeks
to Sue U.S.
ISLAMABAD, December 28 (IslamOnline) - The
only Pakistani prisoner to return home from U.S. detention center
at Guantanamo Bay Cuba is seeking legal advice to sue the U.S.
government for compensation against his “illegal and unlawful”
detention at the U.S. facility for almost one year. More
- Business Software Alliance
Enhances Pan Regional Focus Dubai Desert Hosts "Inmarsat
Mission Global - Dubai 2002" Takreer installs state-of-the-art
application servers, storage and backup solutions Housewares
& Hometech 2003 exhibition geared to showcase diversified
range of household products
Revamp Higher Education,
rename UGC: Vajpayee
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
today called for extensive reforms in higher education to make
it qualitatively superior and able to meet the present and future
challenges. He suggested that the fee structure should help the
poor and not subsidise the rich, the governance of educational
institutions should shed anti-excellence culture, and teachers
should show greater degree of disciplineFull
Report
Golden Prizes for National
Saving Schemes and More Malayalam News
Automatic clearance of Export and
Import Consignments from March 31 and More News
Click website to provide tailored information
for Arab Net surfers
United States: Reports of Torture of Al-Qaeda
Suspects
(New York, December 28, 2002) — The Bush
administration must promptly
investigate and address allegations of torture of suspected al-Qaeda
detainees or risk criminal prosecution, Human Rights Watch said
today. In a letter to President George W. Bush, Human Rights
Watch said it was “deeply concerned” by allegations
made in the Washington Post that detainees had been subjected
to torture or other forms of mistreatmentwhile in U.S. custody
in Afghanistan or while held by U.S. allies. More
Malecon’s Salsa Congress
sweeps Dubai off its feet
Abu Dhabi TV's
top-rated Arabic IT show Click to return with more attractive
features in 2003
Mohammad Amin, Producer of "Click,"
said: "The new version of Click will be more interactive
and viewer-centric with a series of competitions to which audiences
can respond either directly by SMS or online through the website.
Click prides itself on devising interactive competitions that
mix education with fun, and in a format that is exciting to watch.
In addition, we offer great prizes to the participants and viewers.
These competitions will add interest and dynamism to the program
which will also highlight select news and coverage of exhibitions
and conferences in the region and other parts of the globe, to
highlight the latest developments in the world of IT and communications,"
Amin added. More
Crucial Indian School
board meeting tomorrow after 8 month gap
- MUSCAT -After a
long gap of eight months, Indian School Board of Directors will
meet on December 28 here. While three prominent figures - former
board chairman R.N.Parekh who was sacked several months back,
Venktaraman, a banker and Ameer Ahmed, a leading business tycoon
will not attend the last board meeting in 2002, some new members
including a lady will take crucial decisions on Indian schools
Israel woos Indian students
with scholarship programme and more Malayalam News
Drinking Water
Problem to be solved
The Prime Minister i Atal Bihari
Vajpayee has called for solving the rural drinking water problem
in a time bound manner. He was speaking after launching a new
initiative in rural drinking water, Swajaldhara, here today.More
Gulf based Newspapers
publish only one side of Hindutva, alleges Namboodiri.
Patriotisn doesn;t mean Hindutva. Many
years ago in Kerala any one asking for an increase in pay was
dismissed and attacked as a communist. To say that the crook
and turncoat Vaghela is a charismatic leader of gujarat is really
fantasic! I do not support the Togadia-Madani-John Daniel type
of religious fanaticism.The credibility of newspaers published
in the Gulf has never been good. If you
really want to have a meaningfull debate on any issue give due
respect to every opinion. ..Watch this space.
HUDCO Shareholding in Kochi Airport
to be discussed with Central Govt; KFC to issue Bonds
Website usability critical to
the success of portals: says UAE e-governance expert -NEC Introduces new Intel Desktop PC
Delhi Metrol Rail Service Inaugurated
Poverty driving rural Zimbabweans
to desperate measures Poverty
driving rural Zimbabweans to desperate measures India,
Saudi Arabia to improve economic cooperation
-Islamic
Trade Fair Sharjah - a step to increase OIC Trade by $8 billion
In a bid to boost connected trading
opportunities between members of the 57-strong Organisation of
Islamic
Conference (OIC), Malaysian technology joint venture OICnetworks
Sdn Bhd
announced the launch of the ‘OICtrade’ trade facilitation
platform. More
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