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Telangana DyCM seeks Swaraj's help in return of workers stranded in S Arabia

Of the total of 9,000 stranded Indian employees, 30 per cent are from rural Telangana

Saudi Arabia agrees to help thousands of stranded Indians

Saudi govt has also agreed to allow transfer of Indian employees, who have lost their jobs, to any other company within the country

Indians stranded in Saudi: V K Singh to reach Jeddah today

Minister's agenda to include finalizing modalities to bring back Indians; set to return on Friday

Indian mission collecting details of 7,700 stranded workers in Saudi

Thousands of Indian workers have lost their jobs due to slowdown in Saudi economy, triggered by low oil prices

87% Indian-worker exploitation complaints from Gulf nations

Nearly half of 55,000-odd complaints are from Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Jobless Indians in Saudi: V K Singh to assess difficulties

Indian Mission has provided food to the Indians who cannot even buy food

Hundreds of Keralites in dire straits in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

The workers who continue to be employed by the Group, directly or indirectly, have not been paid their salaries

Indians stranded in Saudi Arabia: All you need to know about the issue

A primer on what is happening in Saudi and how the Indian government is reacting to it

V K Singh to leave for Saudi Arabia

Visit comes in the wake of food crisis faced by Indian workers laid off by Saudi companies

Consulate provides food to Indians facing job crisis in Saudi Arabia

Sushma Swaraj appealed to 30 lakh Indians in Saudi to help them, asserting there is nothing 'mightier' than collective will of Indian nation

Govt vows to bring back workers facing 'food crisis' in Saudi Arabian firm

Due to low oil prices, companies laid off more than 10,000 foreign workers, leaving many with no money for food

Saudi executions exceed 100 this year

Amnesty International says the Saudi rate of executions this year is 'higher than at the same point last year'

US: 'Imminent threat' against Americans in Saudi's Jeddah

Earlier this month there were three bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia including one in Jeddah

Saudi executions reach 99 this year

Amnesty International says the kingdom carried out at least 158 death sentences last year

Saudi trial in Mecca crane collapse to begin soon: Report

It's yet unclear who will be charged and how many facing trial will include government officials and executives and engineers from the Binladin Group

Suicide blast near mosque in Saudi

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Monday, without causing any other injuries, residents said "Suicide bomber for sure. I can see the body" torn apart, said a witness to the attack in the Shiite-populated city of Qatif. Nasima al-Sada, another resident, told AFP that "one bomber blew himself up near the mosque", frequented by Shiites in downtown Qatif, on the Gulf coast. No bystanders were hurt, she said. The blast was the second suicide bombing on Monday in the predominantly Sunni kingdom. Another bomber blew himself up earlier near the US consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, injuring two security officers.

Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile from Yemen: Coalition

Fighting has continued despite a formal ceasefire in conjunction with the peace talks

Suicide attack carried out near US diplomatic site in Saudi, two injured

Okaz news website said the bomber died in the attack, and that no other deaths were immediately reported

Saudi post-oil plan weighs income tax on expat workers

Economists said the proposal is unlikely to see the light soon because it could hamper the kingdom's ability to attract the foreign investment it needs to revive growth hit by the oil slump

Saudi Arabia reform plan approved by top economic council

It is expected to flesh out sector-by-sector details of the implementation of National Transformation Plan