NRI News

British play on Sikh religion showcased in Chandigarh

'Guru Manyo Granth', a British play based on the history of the Sikh religion and highlighting its ideologies, was performed here to a packed house.1:33 PM on January 20

Visually challenged Indo-Canadian teenager rocks Punjabi music

He lost his eyes to cancer when he was just six months old, but his love for music and sheer determination has made 14-year-old Indo-Canadian Jugpreet Bajwa aka Juggy Jag a top name in Punjabi music in Canada.2:00 PM on January 18

Remittances to Kerala set to fall

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac Saturday said the state is soon going to feel the heat of the economic slowdown as remittances from abroad are certain to fall in the coming months.4:31 PM on January 17

Chinese have more clout than Indians in Canada: Dosanjh

Despite the presence of more Indian origin members in the Canadian parliament compared to the Chinese, the Indians hold less clout, feels Punjab-born MP Ujjal Dosanjh.4:31 PM on January 17

Achuthanandan to launch welfare fund for diaspora in Dubai

Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Thursday announced that he would travel to Dubai February end to inaugurate the collection to a welfare fund being set up for the diaspora.8:33 PM on January 15

Satyam's Raju spent first night in jail like ordinary prisoner

Once in the list of the richest Indians, disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju spent Saturday night in the Chanchalguda jail and slept on the floor along with 26 other prisoners accused of petty crimes like theft.12:01 PM on January 11

Once in same jail as Gandhi, Naidoo gets Pravasi Award

Two years ago, Parmanathan 'Prema' Naidoo stood in the doorway of the cell at the Fort in Johannesburg, now the premises of the Constitutional Court in a democratic South Africa, and recalled the torture he had undergone as an apartheid-era prisoner in the same jail where young lawyer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had been imprisoned almost a century earlier and later Nelson Mandela as well.2:03 PM on January 10

Pratibha Patil calls for restructuring IMF, World Bank

President Pratibha Patil has called for restructuring the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on a broad basis as, she said, the global economy is integrated.9:01 PM on January 09

Prahlad, Sardjoe among Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awardees

Thirteen eminent overseas Indians, including noted management guru C.K. Prahlad and Suriname Vice President Ramdien Sarjdoe, were Friday conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman at the conclusion of India's three-day annual convention to connect with its diaspora.8:00 PM on January 09

Indian workers in Gulf air problems at diaspora meet

Complaints of ill treatment of migrant workers by Indian immigration officials and by officials of Indian embassies abroad, the lack of higher education facilities for children of Indian workers and lack of legal assistance for jailed workers abroad were some of the issues brought to the notice of Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi by the people from the Gulf region here Friday.7:33 PM on January 09

Highlights of 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The following are some of the highlights of the seventh edition of the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas that concluded here Friday:7:33 PM on January 09

Diaspora meet may have to wait to break even

The overseas Indian affairs ministry may have to wait some years before seeing surplus from its prestigious annual event, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD).10:02 PM on January 08

Trehan as Shah Rukh among Indian doctors

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has had a heated exchange of arguments with Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan over 'on-screen smoking'. But the politician considers him numero uno all the same.10:02 PM on January 08

Heard at security check

Heavy security at the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attack need not mean tension as a light-hearted exchange here revelaed.10:02 PM on January 08

Chandigarh police to upgrade capabilities in 2009

The Chandigarh police is all geared up to enhance its capabilities and to go hi-tech in the year 2009.7:31 PM on January 08