NRI News

'Cocktail of issues' behind attacks on Indians, says Australian MP

The disconnect between the 'established Indian order' and students was a matter of concern, says a prominent Australian parliamentarian who blames a 'cocktail of issues' for the recent attacks on Indian students in his country.

Karnataka laying out the red carpet for NRI invcstors

Karnataka will participate in the Global India Business meeting in Munich, Germany, next week to persuade non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in the state's industrial development, Industries Minister Murugesh R. Nirani said.10:30 AM on June 25

Situation improving for Indians in Australia: Vayalar Ravi

The situation of Indian students in Australia was improving with constant monitoring by authorities in both countries, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said Tuesday while an official from the southern continent stressed that her government had a 'zero tolerance policy on racism'.2:01 PM on June 24

High court stays NRIs' admission against reserved seats

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the admissions of Non-Residential Indians (NRIs)to private engineering colleges of the state against reserved seats on a 'first come first serve' basis, a petitioner said Thursday.8:32 PM on June 18

India signs labour deal with Bahrain

India Wednesday signed a labour agreement with Bahrain that will facilitate better worker mobilisation between the two countries.9:01 PM on June 17

Australia still hot spot for students from Punjab

Regardless of the racial attacks on Indian students in Australia, Down Under continues to be a hot spot for Punjabi students.12:30 PM on June 15

Vinai Thummalapally's appointment as US envoy thrills his Indian family

Indian American businessman Vinai Thummalapally's parents and other family members in the Andhra Pradesh capital are elated over his appointment as US President Barack Obama's envoy to the central American nation of Belize.11:30 AM on June 13

Centre should chip in to help diaspora: Achuthanandan

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday lashed out at the central government for only making announcements and not doing anything to help the diaspora and those who have returned from abroad.3:00 PM on June 12

Australia has assured action on racial attacks: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd had assured him that racial attacks on Indians in that country would be 'strongly dealt with'.1:31 PM on June 09

'Indian minister should visit Australia over racial attacks'

The editor of a magazine for Indian students in Australia has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi to send a delegation comprising a federal minister to Australia in the wake of alleged racist attacks on Indians there.1:02 PM on June 09

TV Southasia beaming news to Pakistan

TV Southasia has become the first Indian current affairs television channel to be beamed directly to Pakistani homes, a company official said here Tuesday.12:01 PM on June 09

Racist Australians? No, Indians students are blamed

Indian students in Australia are to be blamed for getting attacked - this seems to be the belief of many Indians prospering in Australia. In a flurry of e-mails from Down Under, it is made out that the Indian students invite these vicious attacks upon themselves.8:30 AM on June 09

Send young MPs to Australia to reassure Indians: BJP

With incidents of assault on Indians in Australia continuing, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Monday said a delegation of young MPs should be sent to that country to reassure Indian students that the Indian government cares for them.8:30 PM on June 08

NRI socialite Sheetal Mafatlal sent to jail till June 12

Socialite Sheetal Mafatlal, president of Mafatlal Luxury, was remanded to judicial custody till June 12 by a court here Monday, a day after she was arrested for carrying diamond and gold jewellery whose true value she allegedly didn't disclose to customs officials to evade duty of around Rs.3 million.7:33 PM on June 08

Goa diaspora remitted Rs.800 crore in 2008

Goa received nearly Rs.800 crore (Rs.8 billion) in remittances last year from 56,000 emigrants settled abroad, a official study on Goan diaspora has revealed.5:32 PM on June 06