UAE introduces new multiple entry visa

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Dubai, Jul 11 (PTI) The U.A.E. has introduced a new multiple entry visa regime, making it mandatory for applicants to have a health insurance and deposit Rs 11,000 as afinancial guarantee.

82 'terrorists' detained in China before Olympics: report

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Beijing, July 11 (PTI) With the detention of 82 suspected militants this year in the Muslim-populated restive northwest region, China Thursday claimed it had smashed five terrorgroups who had targe

China to close down 4,000 small coal mines

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Beijing, Jul 11 (PTI) China will shut down more than 4,000 small coal mines and slash their number to below 10,000 by 2010, to bring down deaths in mine-related accidents,officials have said.

Commemorative note to mark Beijing Olympic a sellout

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Beijing, July 11 (PTI) Scores of Chinese queued up for hours, many spending the night in the open before banks to buy a special 10 Yuan (USD 1.46) currency note bereft of the imgae of patriarch Mao

Terror attacks prompt UK to shift Pak visa office to Dubai

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Islamabad, July 11 (PTI) The British High Commission in the Pakistan capital is planning to move its visa office to Dubai apparently due to security concerns following a stringof terror attacks her

Indian gets highest honour in American business journalism

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New York, Jul 11 (PTI) A journalist working with Canada-based news website NowPublic, has become the first Indian to win the prestigious Loeb Award -- one of the highesthonours in American business

Six-party talks on NKorea resume after nine-month break

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Beijing, July 11 (PTI) The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament resumed here Thursday after a nine-month break with negotiators focussing on verifyingPyongyang's dossier of its nucl

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