Dubai, July 25 : New visit visa regulations introduced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government will affect job seekers coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal and the Philippines the most.

The Gulf News quoted Umesh Awadramani, Business Development Manager, Careerline recruitment agency, as saying that these nationalities would be particularly affected by the new rules, and warned of labour shortages.

"People coming to look for a job in the UAE from India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Philippines and Bangladesh now won''t be able to come - there will be less people from these countries coming to the UAE to look for work,” he said.

New Delhi, July 25 : US President George W Bush had a telephonic talk with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh last night, and expressed a desire to quickly move forward on Indo-US nuclear deal. Manmohan is also learnt to have responded with the same wish.

In a statement, US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said, "Both leaders expressed their desire to see the US-India civil nuclear issue move forward as expeditiously as possible."

Srinagar, India - Three people were killed and at least seven injured in a grenade attack by suspected Islamic militants at a bus stand in the heart of the capital of the northern Indian sate Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar on Thursday, police said.

Police said there could be more people injured but were waiting for further details.

Militants stepped up their activities in Jammu and Kashmir recently, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 40 in various incidents since Sunday.

New Delhi, July 24 : An 800-year-old footprint has been unearthed at one of Canada’s top archaeological sites in the western Manitoba Province.

Jammu, July 24: Authorities in Jammu today imposed night curfew at the border belt of Jammu District as they said there was an apprehension of weapons being smuggled to subversives.

New Delhi, July 24 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee at his residence early this morning.

The meeting held a day after the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) expelled him from the party for refusing to follow the party''s advice regarding resignation from the Speaker''s post.

The discussion between the two is still unknown.

Jayanti Natarajan, a Congress spokesperson said that Chatterjee''s expulsion would have no bearing on his continuation as Speaker.