Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also raised limits on foreign investment in defence and insurance ventures to 49 per cent from 26 per cent.
Ali Salman, the leader of opposition group al-Wefaq, was summoned after he met with visiting US official Tom Malinowski.
A Qatari newspaper reported earlier this week that UAE authorities had detained three Qatari citizens who were on holiday.
Sheikh Ali Salman from al Wefaq and his political assistant were summoned by authorities after they met visiting US official Tomasz Malinowski.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Tomasz Malinowski, was accused of “intervening” in Bahrain’s internal affairs.
The four, one of whom was sentenced in absentia, were given prison sentences of two years to five years and six months.
The court ordered Musallam al-Barrak to be freed on payment of a KD5,000 bail and delayed his case until September.
The official was killed “when mortar rounds fell” in the Ibrahim Bin Ali area, a military spokesman said.
An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences of seven to 10 years to three journalists last month.
Prominent opposition politician Musallam al-Barrak has been detained for questioning over allegations that he insulted the judiciary.
The explosion occurred near the village of East Eker, south of the capital Manama.
The government accused demonstrators of setting fire to tyres and garbage containers and destroying a restaurant last week.
Support for violent tactics such as suicide bombing has fallen in many countries but significant minorities still approve of them, a survey showed.
Al Arabiya said that it had obtained a video showing Iraqi soldiers in Karabala after they quit their positions on the border.
U.S President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah agreed to consult closely on regional developments, the White House said.
Prince Khaled bin Bandar served as both deputy defence minister and governor of Riyadh last year.
Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz was removed from his post less than two months after his appointment.
The remarks came days after the king ordered all necessary measures to protect Saudi against potential “terrorist threats” from Iraq.
Saudi Arabia had previously been unwilling to support the formation of a new government unless Iraqi PM Nour al-Maliki stepped aside.
The agency said the monarch ordered the unspecified measures after he chaired a meeting of the country’s national security council .
The emir urged Kuwaitis not to publicly discuss an investigation into reports of a recording of people discussing an alleged plot against the governing system.
The U.S. Secretary of State will most likely meet the Saudi monarch in Jeddah.
Khalil al-Marzouq, deputy leader of the al-Wefaq party, was charged with inciting terrorism.
Egypt was widely criticised by rights groups and Western governments after it sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to prison for seven years.
Kuwait said that it would reinstate its ambassador in Iraq once the political situation stabilises.
Al Jazeera English managing director said that the ruling “defies logic, sense, and any semblance of justice”.
The three journalists who were sentenced include Australian Peter Greste, Al Jazeera’s Kenya-based correspondent, and Canadian-Egyptian national Mohamed Fahmy.
All three have been held at Egypt’s notorious Tora Prison for six months, in a case that has drawn criticism from Western governments and human rights groups.
Khamenei added in remarks to judiciary officials that Washington aimed to keep Iraq under its control and place its own stooges in power.
Turkey and Qatar both have supported the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement which has been declared a “terrorist” organisation by Egypt and Gulf countries.