NRI News

'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

Andhra minister gets additional NRI portfolio

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Higher Education D. Sridhar Babu was Friday given the additional portfolio of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) issues in the wake of attacks on youths from the state in Australia and the US.8:01 PM on June 05

Modi wants meeting between worried parents, Australian High Commission

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has suggested that Australian High Commission officials in New Delhi should talk to the worried parents to reassure the safety of their wards in that country in the wake of alleged racist attacks on Indian students there.5:01 PM on June 04

India will deepen ties with its diaspora: President

India will deepen its ties with its 25-million diaspora in 130 countries that has emerged as an important force in respective countries of domicile, President Pratibha Patil said Thursday.2:00 PM on June 04

Kerala nurse cremated in Britain, relatives cry foul

The relatives of Malayali nurse Mini Francis, who died in Britain in March, Wednesday raised doubts about the cause of her death after her husband cremated her there, despite a court order to bring her body back to India.8:00 PM on June 03

Punjabi by nature: students lay out red carpet for foreigners

Practising racial tolerance and treating foreign students to some good old Punjabi hospitality - that's how the students of Panjab University (PU) are setting an example amid reports of alleged racist attacks on Indians in Australia.7:02 PM on June 03

Parents of students in Australia hold protest march in Punjab

Worried parents of students studying in Australia Tuesday held a march here to protest against a series of racist attacks on Indian students in that country and demanded a delegation be sent to get full information.9:00 PM on June 02

Indian High Commission told to transport Kerala nurse's body

The Kerala High Court Tuesday directed the Indian High Commission in Britain to ensure that all arrangements are made to bring back the body of Malayali nurse Mini Francis, who died there in March.7:31 PM on June 02

Racist attacks: Faleiro says convert adversity into opportunity

The racial attacks on Indian students in Australia should prompt the Indian government to increase the number of higher learning institutions in this country, says Goa NRI Commissioner Eduardo Faleiro.4:31 PM on June 02

India to keep records of students abroad: Vayalar Ravi

Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Tuesday said his ministry will prepare and maintain a register of all Indians studying abroad and streamline campus placements to foreign universities following a spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia.4:31 PM on June 02