Egypt's largest Indian colour festival Holi kicked off on Friday, introducing fun and joy for lovers of Indian culture in the North African country.


Holi festival kicks off in Egypt


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The UN is honouring M.S. Subbulakshmi by issuing a stamp on Independence Day to mark the birth centenary of the "Queen of Music".


UN stamp, A.R. Rahman concert to honour Subbulakshmi 


Their "Gulf dream" in tatters and facing an uncertain future, the first batch of 25 crisis-hit Indian workers left for New Delhi from the King Abdulaziz International Airport here on Thursday morning.


First batch of 25 crisis-hit workers head home from Jeddah


In a major swoop ahead of Independence Day, security agencies and the Punjab Police have busted a Khalistani terror module with links to NRIs and Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) .


Terror module linked to NRIs busted in Punjab before I-Day


Braj B. Kachru, an authority on English as a global language who passed away recently, championed the cause of Indian English as "vibrant expressions of distinct cultural identities" during an academic career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that lasted almost half-a-century.


Kachru, champion of Indian English, passes away 


Economics professor turned Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac, into his second spell in the job, hopes to raise Rs 25,000 crore ($3.7 billion) from the state's diaspora in two years -- and is also looking foward to the Rs 4,000 crore that will accrue annually once the GST (goods and services tax) regime is in place.


Kerala FM Issac hopes to raise Rs 25,000 cr from NRKs through chit fund


In a ray of hope for hundreds of distressed Indians and workers of other nationalities rendered jobless, Saudi Arabian King Salman has issued a series of directives to address their problems, and also earmarked Saudi Riyal 100 million ($26 million) for the workers.


Saudi King issues directives to address woes of Indian workers (Special to IANS)


Around 300 passengers in the Singapore-Chennai Scoot Airlines were asked to disembark from the plane on Sunday night, nearly one hour after they boarded the plane, owing to technical problems and were waiting for hours without food and water.


Chennai-bound Scoot Airlines Plane fails to scoot from Singapore


A Delhi court on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW)against Vijay Mallya in a 2012 dud cheque case, saying the liquor baron be produced in court on November 4.


Court issues NBW against Vijay Mallya


For want of a systematic study of the crisis facing the Indian diaspora in the Middle East, the government has little information, even on basic things like how many Indians have returned home, an expert has said.


We're groping in dark on issues facing Indians in Middle East: Expert


All Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia due to the closure of a leading construction company will be able to receive their pending arrears, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh assured the distressed workers on Friday.


Pending dues will be given, V.K. Singh assures stranded Indian workers in Jeddah (Special to IANS)


An Indian prisoner was injured after being attacked by a Pakistani prisoner in a Pakistani jail, a media report said on Friday.


Indian attacked twice in Pakistani jail


An Indian American entrepreneur has begun a countdown for launching a moon lander next year after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has approved his company's venture.


Indian American's company approved for moon landing


The Saudi Arabian government has "taken serious note" of violation of labour laws by a construction company resulting in financial crisis for thousands of Indian workers, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said on Wednesday.


Saudi Arabia steps in to aid Indian workers as V.K. Singh arrives in Riyadh


An Emirates plane flying from Kerala with 275 people on board caught fire after landing here on Wednesday, leaving the passengers and crew shaken and many injured, witnesses and officials said.


Emirates flight from India catches fire in Dubai


In all, 7,700 Indian workers of four companies in Saudi Arabia, affected by financial crisis, have been given shelter in 20 camps, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said on Tuesday.


7,700 Indian workers affected in Saudi Arabia: MEA


As India said it will try to bring back over 10,000 Indians rendered jobless in the Gulf, the Indian diplomatic mission in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is working on a mechanism to retrieve the pending arrears of the retrenched Indian workers from their Saudi employers.


Indian mission in Jeddah working to get back pending arrears of workers (Special to IANS)


Nearly 3,000 migrants from Andhra Pradesh were among the Indians left jobless and stranded in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.


3,000 from Andhra stranded in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait


In Trinidadian slang "Bazodee" refers to a state of dizziness or confusion in love. London-born actress Natalie Perera was in a somewhat similar state of mind as she prepared to portray an Indian girl in her first Bollywood musical with a difference.


Bazodee: Bollywood musical with Caribbean flavour


Indian workers in a large Saudi Arabian construction company in Jeddah were not paid their salaries for the last seven months leading to a starvation-like crisis.


Indian workers in Saudi Arabian firm unpaid for seven months


Director Anupam Sharma of the upcoming film "UnIndian" says that he spotted a hungry and restless artist in cricketer-turned-actor Brett Lee, who was keen for some good acting.

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