The ministry has issued a decision allowing domestics, holding Article 20, to transfer their residence to Article 18 and work in companies in the private sector. However, they must transfer their residencies to the same sponsor or any of his/her first degree relative, reports local daily.

Daily reports that the decision, which has been issued by Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Sector Mansour Al- Mansour, will take effect on May 29, 2011 and last until Aug 31, 2011. He maintains that the move is going to reorganize the labor market for the non-governmental sector and resolve the problem of shortage of laborers inside the labor market.

The decision stipulates that the laborer must have had valid residence before May 1, 2011 and should be ready to transfer to the same sponsor or any of his first degree relatives, sources stressed

This two-day exhibition has over 30 leading developers exhibiting prime properties from all across India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), Goa, Hyderabad, Kerala, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mangalore, Mysore & Pune.

At HDFC’s ‘India Homes Fair’, the many projects on display will include varying options like flats, villas, penthouses, plots, etc. Customers can choose from a wide range of properties starting with INR 20 lakh to premium properties up to INR 10 crores with sizes ranging between 400 sq. ft. to 6,000 sq. ft. In addition, one can get exclusive offers and value-added benefits during these two days of the exhibition.

HDFC has been serving the NRI community in the Middle East Region for over 15 years and are proud to be organizing events such as this that showcase developers projects from across India.

Winds are expected to pickup and transform into northern and northwestern dust-spewing gales in the coming hours, an authority warned yesterday. Meteorologist Issa Ramdhan said in a statement that the winds speed would increase to 20-60 km/h shortly and peak to 70 km/h in the evening. Simultaneously, the horizontal visibility will ebb to less than 100 meters, and, probably, less than that level in the desert and farming areas, including Abdali.

He warned the goers to the desert and the sea to be cautious, also cautioning that waves at the sea may reach 4-8 feet. As to today's weather, he predicted turbulent conditions. Peak temperature forecast at 45-46 degrees in the coming days and humidity at 20 percent. He urged citizens to follow up on weather bulletins. --- KUNA