JALANDHAR: Five persons were booked for allegedly raping and threatening two sisters at their residence in Nakodar area of the district.The incident came to light when two sisters in their complaint to police on Sunday said that on Saturday evening they along with their mother were taken to an NRI’s residence for preparing food, by Charanjit Singh, driver of the NRI Jasbir Singh. The complainant alleged...
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MUMBAI: The Indian diaspora has made a comeback in a big way to park its savings with local banks. Emigrants have more than doubled the money parked with various Indian banks during April-September ’09. Indian banks have mobilised $2.7 billion during April-September’09 from non-resident Indians (NRIs) against inflows worth $1.1 bn in the year-ago period, Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest data released...
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the Global Goans convention spending a justified move, in the time when many retrenched Goans are suffering and fighting a battle of their own? And is the NRI Goa cell really reaching out to the NRI Goans in the true sense of the termFORMER FEDERAL minister of state for foreign affairs Eduardo Faleiro’s entourage will dock in Oman for two days for the Global Goans convention in the first week of this...
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India!Chandigarh - The Punjab Government will host an international Punjabi NRI sammelan at Chandigarh and Jalandhar on January 5 and 6, respectively, next year.A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here today.A committee had also been constituted to identify prominent NRIs to be honoured at the function. The NRI Sabha,...
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Indian diaspora has made a comeback in a big way to park its savings withlocal banks. Emigrants have more than doubled the money parked with variousIndian banks during April-September ’09.Indian banks havemobilised $2.7 billion during April-September’09 from non-resident Indians(NRIs) against inflows worth $1.1 bn in the year-ago period, Reserve Bank ofIndia’s (RBI) latest data released on Thursday...
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Kapurthala, Nov 14 : A state commission for NRI's would be set up soon in the state, Punjab Advocate General H S Matewal said here today.Interacting with the media, he said a proposal for setting up the commission to redress the problems and grievances of NRIs had been sent to the government for approval.He was here in connection with a ceremony organised at Sainik School to honor its old students...
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illegal migration of people from the country is a major cause of concern, Eduardo Faleiro, Commissioner of NRI affairs in Goa and former minister of state, external affairs said today."There is lot of illegal migration. People go to various countries on tourist visas and later start working there," Faleiro told reporters here. He said that it is not only the Gulf countries where the people migrate...
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Goa Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro said here on Wednesday that the annual convention of Global Goans would be held at Melbourne in Australia under the auspices of the Australian Goan Association.There were 22,000 Goans living in Melbourne, said Mr. Faleiro, former External Affairs Minister.The NRI Affairs Commission, headed by him, will constitute a committee to deal with the issues pertaining...
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HINDU newspaper will get this year's K R Narayanan award instituted by K R Narayanan Foundation in memory of the Late President and another prestigious award of the Foundation named Pravasi Ratna will go to M A Yousaf Ali, a prominent NRI businessman, according to office beasrers of the Foundation.Talking to newspersons here today, the Award Committe Chairman Justice K Narayanakurup said, Mr Ram was...
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Punjab government was actively considering to form fast track judicial courts to expedite the hearing of cases of NRIs, Punjab NRI Affairs, Public Relations and Defence Welfare Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan said here today.''The government was fully aware of the agonies of the NRIs fighting protracted legal battles for their own properties grabbed by their relations and others, '' Mr Sekhwas said adding...
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