NRI News

'Ramchand Pakistani', a unique India-Pakistan co-production

'Ramchand Pakistani', the latest India-Pakistan collaborative film venture, is unique because its protagonists belong to the minority Hindu community in Pakistan, says producer Javed Jabbar.8:00 AM on May 21

Netaji's Jhansi 'warrior' looks back

Eighty-three-year-old Indian National Army (INA) veteran Capt Janaky Devar has only one wish - that her leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's sacrifices are given due recognition by his country.11:02 AM on May 20

Telugu student's body to arrive from Britain by Wednesday

The body of an Indian girl student, who was murdered in Britain, is likely to be brought to her home town of Vijayawada by Wednesday, the family said here Sunday.5:01 PM on May 18

Parents in Karnataka celebrate son's release in Afghanistan

Sweets were distributed and prayers offered Sunday at the house of Sarang Mohammed Nayeem in Mangalore as the news of his release, after nearly a month in captivity in Afghanistan, reached his hometown.4:00 PM on May 18

Abducted Indian worker released in Afghanistan

Indian national Mohammed Nayeem, who was kidnapped from Afghanistan's Herat province last month, has been released by his captors, the ministry of external affairs said here Sunday.11:00 AM on May 18

Kerala to start new company to attract NRI investment

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Saturday announced that the government would soon start a new company in which non-resident Indians from Kerala can invest.5:31 PM on May 17

Booklet on Sikhs aims to promote racial harmony

Strongly condemning an incident in the US earlier this month when an American student set a Sikh teenager's `patka' (small turban) on fire, the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC) is publishing a booklet to generate awareness about the Sikh way of life there.6:03 PM on May 15

Middle East schools do well in Kerala Class 12 exams

Students from Middle East schools, who took the Class 12 examination of the Kerala state board, have done well with five of the 10 schools recording 100 percent pass percentage.4:00 PM on May 15

Murdered student's family drops plans to visit Britain

The family members of the Indian student murdered near Birmingham last week have dropped their plans to leave for Britain after they were told her body would be flown home sooner.7:01 PM on May 14

Delhi University's foreign students: on guard yet carefree

Meneka Bogollagama, a 20-year-old Sri Lankan studying in Delhi University (DU), believes the gruesome death of an Indian American student in the campus earlier this week has created a stir, but it doesn't make her feel unsafe.4:16 PM on May 14

'South Indians lead in migration to the West'

South Indians now lead the rest of the country in migrating to Canada and Australia and with a new set of rules coming out in these countries migration is going to go up by another 30 percent, said an official of an immigration consultancy firm Wednesday.4:05 PM on May 14

No headway yet in Indian American student's death probe

With autopsy report awaited, Delhi Police Tuesday failed to make any headway in the investigation into the kiling of an American Indian student in Mukherjee Nagar, area near Delhi University, a day earlier.8:00 PM on May 13

Black money: Indians and NRIs partners in crime

Despite condemning black money, non-resident Indians have only helped to increase it. According to Aman Agarwal, professor of finance at the Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi, the total amount of black money globally is estimated between $2.1 and 2.5 trillion. This is roughly about seven percent of the world's GDP.11:31 AM on May 13

Parents of Jyothirmayee, Kumar to leave for Britain

The parents of an Indian girl student who was murdered near Birmingham last week and the parents of her murder-accused roommate are to leave for Britain.10:32 PM on May 12

Indian American student found killed in Delhi

An Indian American student was found dead Monday with head injuries and stab wounds on the neck in his rented room in north Delhi near the Delhi University.9:00 PM on May 12