Saudi Arabia finances 800-bed King Salman Hospital costing $135 million in Zambia    Maximum fine of SR100000 for intentionally blocking or obstructing public road    Saudi Arabia arrests 23,194 illegal residents in a week    Lulu opens its first store in Makkah    Kremlin denies plans for Ukrainian peace talks    UN official warns of freezing deaths among Gaza children    Germany to open first anti-Muslim racism reporting center    Al-Hamddan's heroics send Saudi Arabia into Gulf Cup semi-finals    Saudi Arabia strongly condemns burning of Gaza hospital by Israeli forces    Saudi-Turkish Military Committee discusses ways to enhance defense cooperation    Kuwait advances to semi-finals after thrilling draw with Qatar    Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race    Lulu Retail expands in Saudi Arabia with two new stores    Saudi Arabia to host Gulf Cup 27 in Riyadh in 2026    Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91    RCU launches women's football development project    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Shams Ahsan
Yusuf Khan is dead, long live Dilip Kumar
The contours of his face changed. With the eyebrows curled into wrinkles, he looked at me with squinted eyes. "Please don't repeat in front of anyone else what you just told me." This was the reaction of one of my colleagues to my admission that I (...)

07 - 07 - 2021
Join efforts to fight terror, King Salman urges Muslim leaders
Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman opened the 14th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) here ‪on Friday evening urging Muslim leaders to combine efforts to combat terrorism and its financiers. The (...)

01 - 06 - 2019
Arab, Gulf leaders stand in solidarity with Saudi Arabia Continuous Houthi attacks appear to escalate the already tense situation in the Gulf region: Al-Assaf
Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Arab and Gulf leaders gathered in the vicinity of Makkah late Thursday night called for intensifying diplomatic efforts between Arab and regional countries and international organizations to shed light on Iran's policies and (...)

31 - 05 - 2019
Houthi militias a threat to the region: Maliki
Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Arab Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki documented in details the violations being committed by Houthi militias who as a proxy of Iran threaten the existence of Yemen and are dangerous for the security of the (...)

31 - 05 - 2019
KSRelief provides SR12.21bn aid to 44 countries
Makkah -- Since its inception in May 2015 till 2019 the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has provided aid worth SR12.21 billion in 44 countries, KSrelief supervisor general Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said here on (...)

30 - 05 - 2019
Makkah ready to host 3 key summits Muslim leaders to join hands against sectarian, divisive forces
Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — As Muslims seek the Night of Power in the last 10 nights of the holy month of Ramadan, their leaders will display the power of unity against sectarian and divisive forces when they gather in the vicinity of the Holy Kaaba on (...)

28 - 05 - 2019
New beginning: Change on the horizon as Saudi Gazette goes totally digital
Saudi Gazette Jeddah — In April 1976, Saudi Gazette hit the newsstands as a 10-page business daily. Over the years the newspaper expanded into a comprehensive broadsheet covering all aspects of news. Soon it gained popularity and became a must-read (...)

30 - 04 - 2019
Monte-Carlo SBM woos Saudi tourists
Saudi Gazette Monte-Carlo SBM, a home for luxury tourism in Europe, is wooing Saudi tourists with exclusive offers such as art of living, privacy, fine dining and organic food. Gulf countries rank fourth in terms of tourists visiting Monte-Carlo (...)

11 - 04 - 2019
Vision 2030 focus on diversification to help SMEs: ITC executive director
Saudi Gazette Jeddah — The focus of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 on diversification will help the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector, according to Executive Director of the International Trade Center (ITC) Arancha Gonzalez. "SMEs in Saudi (...)

07 - 05 - 2017
Modi's tsunami drowns political opponents in India
Jeddah — "It's a victory for positive politics." This is how the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, described his party's massive victory in India's largest state Uttar Pradesh (UP) and its neighboring (...)

12 - 03 - 2017
Mega sale draws huge crowds to hypermarket in Jeddah
JEDDAH — It appeared as if the store had been robbed. Everything was in disarray and the shelves were completely empty. This was the scene Tuesday evening at many of the outlets of a famous hypermarket chain in Jeddah after it announced a mega sale (...)

01 - 12 - 2016
‘SR2,000 visa fee won't affect most Indian pilgrims'
Jeddah — The new Haj and Umrah visa fees will not affect most Indian pilgrims, according to the chairman of the Haj Committee of India. "Visa fee is not in our control. But we are not too badly affected because 90 percent of those who come for Haj (...)

23 - 11 - 2016
Vibrant Gujarat Summit attracts Saudi investors
Jeddah — Saudi investors have shown keen interest in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS 2017) scheduled to take place in the western Indian state from Jan. 10 to 13, a senior state government official visiting the Kingdom to promote the 8th (...)

05 - 10 - 2016
15-year-old Saudi girl proposes headscarf emoji
JEDDAH — If the efforts of a 15-year-old Saudi girl studying in Germany bear fruit, Muslim women will have a headscarf emoji. Rayouf Alhumedhi on Tuesday submitted an initial proposal to design a headscarf emoji to the Unicode Consortium, which (...)

15 - 09 - 2016
Employers ready to recruit laid off Indian workers
JEDDAH — Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development branch in Makkah Abdullah Al-Olayan addressed on Monday the representatives of a number of companies willing to employ Indian workers rendered jobless. The meeting was (...)

09 - 08 - 2016
Mission accomplished: Indian minister returns home contented
Jeddah — It is always gratifying to put a smile on the face of a person in distress. This is how India's Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (Rtd.) V. K. Singh humbly summed up his latest successful humanitarian mission. When Saudi Gazette (...)

07 - 08 - 2016
Four-pronged solution to Indian workers' problems
JEDDAH — Indian Consulate and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development have come up with a four-pronged solution to the crisis being faced by hundreds of workers rendered jobless by massive downsizing by Saudi Oger and other companies. Indian (...)

03 - 08 - 2016
Workers' issues: Indian mission in touch with Saudi authorities
JEDDAH — Indian mission here is talking to the Saudi authorities to intervene to sort out the crisis being faced by hundreds of workers who have been rendered jobless following a massive downsizing by a leading Riyadh-based construction (...)

01 - 08 - 2016
Indian minister to visit KSA to address workers' issues
JEDDAH — India is sending a minister to address the issues being faced by Indian workers who are stranded in Saudi Arabia after losing their jobs. Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj announced in a series of tweets on Saturday that her (...)

31 - 07 - 2016
Energizing Relations
GERMANY can help the Kingdom in areas like renewable energy, industry and vocational training, according to German Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Boris Ruge. "We are already talking to our Saudi friends in the area of renewable energy," Ruge, who is (...)

15 - 07 - 2016
Mauritius applies for OIC observer status
Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Mauritius has officially applied for an observer status in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), according to a senior minister of the island nation. "OIC is expected to take up this issue in its next meeting," (...)

03 - 07 - 2016
Streamlining Haj affairs my priority: Indian panel chairman
Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The newly appointed chairman of the Haj Committee of India has said that streamlining the Haj affairs will be his priority. Talking to Saudi Gazette on the phone from India on Sunday after his election, Mehboob Ali Kaiser said (...)

27 - 06 - 2016
‘Open bid for Haj air transport to cut cost for Indian pilgrims'
Jeddah — A philanthropist and former bureaucrat has suggested that the government of India should open bids to all international airlines for Haj transportation so as to bring down the cost of the pilgrimage and do away with the much-criticized Haj (...)

29 - 05 - 2016
Bihar has shown the way forward to Indian Muslims
Jeddah — He is the most prominent Muslim face in the political landscape of Bihar. A close friend of Bihar's mass leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, he has deep roots in politics. Like most politicians in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, he too is a (...)

19 - 05 - 2016
Bihar has huge investment potential: Minister
Jeddah — Bihar, which has emerged as the fastest growing state in terms of gross state domestic product, is ensuring security and all facilities to investors, a visiting minister from India's eastern state told Saudi Gazette here on Tuesday. "Bihar (...)

18 - 05 - 2016
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