June 9, 2013
RIYADH: Some 180,000 illegal foreign workers have left Saudi Arabia since April 1 under an amnesty that allowed them to try to sort out their papers or leave without paying a penalty, a report said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia is aiming to create job opportunities for its unemployed nationals through cutting the number of foreign workers.
June 9, 2013
PARIS: Rafael Nadal defied David Ferrer as well as a worrying security breach to become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times on Sunday with victory in the French Open final.
June 9, 2013
NEW DELHI: A report in a UK newspaper claims that India is among the top five countries most extensively monitored by the National Security Agency (NSA), a US government agency tasked with foreign surveillance.
June 8, 2013
PARIS: Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in a brief, but high-quality final.
Serena Williams holds the winner's cup after defeating Maria Sharapova in women's final match of the French Open in Paris.
June 8, 2013
PANAJI: Amid reports of a rift within the BJP, especially after LK Advani's decision to skip the national executive meeting, party president Rajnath Singh said the conclave would end on a positive note and everyone will go back "happy".
June 8, 2013
LONDON: Indians could soon see a repeat of the US scandal of the National Security Agency snooping into phone conversations and social networking accounts, play out in domestic shores.
June 7, 2013
LONDON: Some 165 million children worldwide are stunted by malnutrition as babies and face a future of ill health, poor education, low earnings and poverty, the head of the United Nations children's fund said on Friday.
UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake.
June 7, 2013
PARIS: Defending champion Rafael Nadal moved closer to an historic eighth French Open title on Friday when he defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 9-7 in a titanic semifinal.
Unstoppable Nadal edges Djokovic to reach eighth Paris final
June 7, 2013
Congress party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed remarked that the Modi group has chased away the Advani group within the BJP.
June 7, 2013
MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya on Friday told his agitating employees, who began a hunger strike, that he did not have money to clear their salary dues.
