TORONTO - Persons of Indian origin (PIOs) will now have to formally renounce their citizenship and surrender their Indian passport after acquiring foreign citizenship, according to new rules circulated by the Indian high commission here.
RIYADH - Work on a light rail project in Saudi Arabia resumed Friday following protests earlier in the week by at least 100 Chinese workers demanding higher wages, improved housing and better working conditions, Saudi newspapers reported.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has held that the proceedings against a person accused of contempt of court could not be initiated merely on speculation, assumptions and inference drawn from the fact and circumstances of the case, but only on "wilful disobedience" of the court's order.
Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, chairperson of the NGO General Women Union, was Friday named extraordinary goodwill ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
AHMEDABAD - Within a week of the Gujarat civic polls, a public suit challenging the "reliability and functionality" of electronic voting machines (EVMs) was Friday filed in the Gujarat High Court here.
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