Jeddah

Kerala Man Aboard Saudi Flight Unzips In Front Of Woman Crew, Detained

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 27, 2019

A 24-year-old man from Kerala on board a Saudi Airlines flight from Jeddah to New Delhi unzipped his pants on being stopped by a lady cabin staff from lighting a cigarette.

Saudi Arabia Says Oil Stations Attacked By Armed Drones

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that attacks on two of its oil tankers and a major pipeline targeted not only its own security but that of the world's supplies.

2020 Dakar Rally Route Details In Saudi Arabia Announced

Sameer Contractor | Monday April 29, 2019

The Dakar Rally will be moving to Saudi Arabia in 2020 in a massive move for the motorsport series, having spent a decade in the dunes and mountains of South America. While the announcement to move the Dakar Rally arrived earlier this month, organisers ASO have now presented the route for the 2020 Dakar that takes place for the first time in Asia. ...

Indian Man Flies Back Home From Saudi After Travel Ban Over Loan Lifted

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2019

An Indian man in Saudi Arabia, who was barred from travelling over a car loan, has left the country after the community workers and the Consulate General of India in Jeddah helped lift his travel ban.

"Totally New One For Us": Woman Forgets Baby At Terminal, Flight Returns

World News | ANI | Tuesday March 12, 2019

Just a few minutes after takeoff, Saudia's flight number SV832 was forced to return to King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, after a mother forgot her child in the waiting area of the terminal.

SpiceJet To Launch Hyderabad-Jeddah Flight Service From March

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 5, 2019

Budget airlines SpiceJet on Monday said it will launch a daily non-stop flight service between Hyderabad and Saudi Arabia's Jeddah from March 25.

Pakistan International Airlines Bans Music On Flights To Jeddah, Madina

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 17, 2019

The Pakistan International Airlines has banned in-flight entertainment for pilgrims travelling to Jeddah and Madina and will only play Quranic verses and naats for them, an official of the national carrier said today.

International Indian School Of Jeddah Crisis Resolved, Classes To Resume Soon

Education | NDTV Education Team | Wednesday October 10, 2018

In a tweet, the office of the Consulate General of India, Jeddah, has also said the classed in the Boys Section of IISJ will resume soon.

Students, Parents Demand Government Intervention To Stop Closure Of CBSE School In Jeddah

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Tuesday October 9, 2018

Several students, using social media, have also written to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and requested their intervention.

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic To Play Exhibition Match In Saudi Arabia

Agence France-Presse | Monday October 8, 2018

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 52 times against each other with the Serb leading their head-to-head 27-25.

Saudi Jet Makes Emergency Landing; On Video, Trail Of Flame Along Runway

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 22, 2018

The Saudia aircraft was travelling from the Muslim holy city of Medina to Dhaka with 151 people on board, but had to be diverted to Jeddah late Monday after it suffered a malfunction in the hydraulic system, the kingdom's Aviation Investigation Bureau said.

Watch: Children Were Allowed Into A Lion's Cage. Then, A Girl Was Attacked

Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant | Friday March 9, 2018

Shocking mobile phone footage shows a lion cub attacking a young girl in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah. Fortunately, she escaped with just a few cuts and bruises. However, what's most shocking is that the lion was part of a bizarre activity organised as part of the Jeddah Spring Festival, where children were allowed to run around and play with the six-mont...

Saudi Women-Only Showroom Opens In Jeddah

Reuters | Friday January 12, 2018

The showroom was opened in a shopping mall in the western Red Sea port city of Jeddah to allow women the freedom to choose their own cars before they hit the road.

Saudi Arabia Allows India To Ferry Haj Pilgrims By Sea: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 8, 2018

Saudi Arabia has given its nod to India's plan to revive the option of ferrying Haj pilgrims via sea route to Jeddah, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement today.

Fatal Flood Leaves Saudis Asking When Their Prince Will Deliver

World News | Vivian Nereim, Bloomberg | Thursday December 7, 2017

When the rain came at dawn, Aamir Farouk was prepared for the worst. He set off in his red jeep to join a volunteer rescue effort, knowing that Jeddah could soon be underwater. He was right: 15 minutes from home, he found about a dozen cars already stranded by the rising flood