Tag: Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Crown Prince is likely to visit the country on November 14 while on his way to the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), reports quoting sources said.

Officials said that Saudi Arabia's first such flight was operated last week, completing a short domestic journey and crossing a milestone for women's empowerment. The flight was operated by flyadeal Airlines, a budget subsidiary of Saudia, the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia.

The Directorate emphasised that the validity of the passport of Saudis who intend to travel to non-Arab countries must be more than six months.

They will be trained by officials from HCI, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation, Disaster Management agencies, doctors, airlines, customs and immigration professionals.

The package includes doubling of the oil financing facility, additional money either through deposits or Sukuks and rolling over of the existing $4.2 billion facilities, according to a report published in The News.

Subhakant, son of Prahallad Pradhan of Lathipada Nuasahi in Nayagarh district, had gone to Saudi Arabia in search of work in September last year.

Experts are also questioning the high interest rate being charged by Saudi Arabia, unlike previous loans which were almost interest free.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia has recently intensified cross-border missile and drone attacks.

Addressing a community meeting at the International Indian School in Al Jubail, Sayeed said the embassy is working to set up a NEET-UG 2021 examination centre in Saudi Arabia to cater to the academic needs of Indian students.

The Deputy Minister of Haj and Umrah, Abdulfattah bin Sulaiman Mashat said the authorities determine the countries from which Umrah performers come, and their numbers on a periodic basis

Bhubaneswar: Former MP Baijayant Jay Panda has sought intervention of the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmad Javed to bring back the body of an Odia labourer, who died in a road accident in the middle-eastern country. In a letter to Javed on Tuesday, Panda urged the diplomat to take appropriate action to bring back […]

Cuttack/New Delhi: After being interrogated by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for four days over his suspected terror links, Akhtar Hussein Khan returned to Odisha today. After returning home Hussein said that instead of terror links he was questioned over few of his monetary transactions with Saudi Arabia. The NIA released him after he answered […]

Cuttack: Ministry of External Affairs has initiated the process of bringing back the body of an Odia youth from Saudi Arabia following minister Sushma Swaraj’s intervention in the matter after a tweet from a friend of the deceased. The deceased, identified as Sudarshan Pradhan of Bainchua under Tangi police limits of Cuttack district, had left […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to protect people from Odisha falling victims to  ‘fraudulent recruitment agencies’  and individuals outside the country, State CID, Crime Branch has come up with a new Circular. As per the notification, the role of such recruiters who are sending people without necessary valid authorisation would now be penalised. Senior police officials […]

Bhubaneswar: After the travails of 12 Odia labourers trapped in Saudi Arabia and struggling to come home was reported by OTV on June 24 for the second time in its series on the issue, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik again took to Twitter showing their alertness on the issue. Responding […]