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Foreign returned Indians generally come back better educated!


As you dream to marry a foreign returned ‘desi’, there is a high probability that your spouse would ...

Indians won’t need to fill up landing forms on arrival in India


Immigration authorities in India has decided to do away with disembarkation or landing forms for Ind...

Gulf Indians warned not to carry home more than Rs 7500


The statement said there is misconception that NRIs are allowed to carry Indian currency back to In...

Indian govt asked to increase limit of duty free gold for NRIs


An Indian American organisation has asked the Indian government to increase the limit of duty free g...

NRIs in UK demand severe punishment for gang-rape accused


A group of 50 NRIs held a candle light vigil in Central London today, demanding severe punishment fo...

'Rupee depreciation helping UAE NRIs buy properties in India'


The decline in value of rupee over the last one year is luring NRIs living in the UAE to buy propert...

Remittances from NRIs likely to exceed $75 bn in FY13: Study


NRIs remittances jumped 19 percent to USD 66 billion in the last fiscal compared to the previous fin...

Raj Govt launches scheme to woo NRIs


Rajasthan govt launched a scheme aimed at making the young NRIs familiarise with the culture and tra...

UAE NRIs rush to buy property in India as rupee depreciates further


The pre-launch bookings by NRIs have risen by 80 percent in recent months.

NRIs to face trial for trafficking Indian for sex?


A Ghana millionaire of Indian origin, who is said to have threatened to bury an Indian woman traffic...

Ask NRIs to increase remittances: Assocham


Increasing internal demand and motivating expatriates to send home more remittances may solve the In...

FII holding in BoB falls below threshold limit, says RBI


Reserve Bank on Monday said aggregate shareholding of foreign institutional investors (FIIs), NRIs a...

NRIs fear DTC taxing properties in India: SICCI


Non-Resident Indian (NRI) industrialists here have expressed apprehensions about the proposed Direct...

Jewellery industry seeks cut in gold import by NRIs


The gems and jewellery industry has sought substantial reduction in the quantity of gold that NRIs a...

Jewellery industry seeks cut in gold import by NRIs


The gems and jewellery industry has sought substantial reduction in the quantity of gold that NRIs a...

NRIs flay pay limit for UK settlement


The new measure is scheduled to take effect from 2016 and is likely to reduce the number of Indian a...

Goan NRIs campaign against illegal mining


The Goan diaspora is spearheading a campaign to shame the state and central authorities into reining...

Gehlot asks GenX NRIs to stay connected with roots


Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the new generation of NRIs should visit India or they sh...

India needs to fully tap potential of NRIs, PIOs: Pranab


Citing example of China, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that India too needs to fu...

Gehlot calls for Raj Foundation unit in Nepal


Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday urged NRIs from the state living in Nepal to open a chapter...

Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in Jaipur from today


The 10th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas, a convention for NRIs, is all set to begin here from Saturday.

`NRIs` response on voting rights not encouraging`


Union Minister Vayalar Ravi on Thursday admitted that response from Non-Resident Indians on voting r...

Three lakh NRIs may return; Karnataka top choice


Amid uncertain job market conditions overseas, as many as 3,00,000 Indian engineering professionals ...

NRIs can hold accounts in any currency now: RBI


Earlier, FCNR (B) account holders were allowed to hold accounts in only certain currencies such as t...

Federal Bank, Oriental launch spl health cover for NRIs


Federal Bank has partnered with Oriental Insurance Company to launch a mediclaim policy for the NRI ...

Passports of 59 NRIs seized for harassing spouse


In a bid to help Indian women being cheated and harassed by their NRI husbands abroad, Regional Pa...

Job growth to slow down in non-IT sectors, NRIs coming back


Growing economic uncertainty may slow down hiring activities in a host of sectors, but the IT space ...

NRIs demand representation in Indian Parliament


India must make constitutional provisions for nominating a representative of NRI to Parliament, pres...

RBI allows residents to pay housing loans of NRI relatives


The Reserve Bank has allowed resident individuals to repay housing loans in rupee on behalf of their...

British media, NRIs welcome Hazare`s achievement


Anna Hazare`s crusade against corruption has attracted a great deal of attention in the British medi...

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas to be held in Jaipur


Established in 2003, `Pravasi Bharatiya Divas` is sponsored by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affai...

US rejects Indian-Americans' plea on disclosing offshore accounts


The US Treasury Department has turned down the Indian-American community's plea to extend the deadli...

Indians world over celebrate I-Day with gusto


Indians across the globe donned patriotic colours on Monday as they gathered to celebrate the 65th...

Long term visas for Goans settled abroad


The Union Home Ministry has advised Indian missions abroad to extend long-term visas to Goans sett...

MHA removes names of 142 Sikh NRIs from Black List


The Centre has deleted names of 142 Sikh NRIs from the black list after a detailed review while th...

NRIs in Canada throw weight behind Anna Hazare


Non-resident Indians in Canada have come out in support of Gandhian leader Anna Hazare for his fast ...

Four NRIs appointed Queen`s Counsels


A leading London-based barrister Kalyani Kaul and three others of Indian origin have been appointed ...

Voting opportunities to NRIs in poll-bound states


Grant of voting rights has been a long standing demand of nearly 11 million NRIs.

NRIs can now vote back home


Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can now cast votes in their home constituencies as the government has ...

Using RTI difficult for us, say Indians abroad


Living overseas for education, employment or other reasons, Indians abroad find it difficult to use ...

Not reaching out to NRIs for money: Ahluwalia


The Indian government is not reaching out to NRIs for their money but wants them to take more intere...

NRIs on electoral rolls soon, single card for diaspora: PM


India will soon register NRIs in the electoral rolls to help them exercise their franchise.

NRIs will be on India`s electoral rolls soon: PM


India will merge the two visa facilitation cards that are issued to people of Indian origin and soon...

Voting rights for NRIs run into EC hurdle


The Election Commission`s insistence on physical verification of millions of NRIs wishing to get vot...

Edu Min appeals NRIs to contribute for improving schools


In a bid to improve rural education and upgrade infrastructure in government schools in Punjab, th...

NRIs give mixed response to voting rights to them


India`s move to allow millions of NRIs to exercise their voting rights has evoked mixed reaction fro...

NRIs can now vote, Centre issues notification


A longstanding wish of millions of NRIs for voting right in India has come true with the Centre issu...

Bill to provide voting rights to NRIs passed


Non-resident Indians (NRIs) will now have a right to vote in elections, with Parliament today pass...

Rajya Sabha approves bill enabling NRIs to vote


Non-Resident Indians can hope to cast votes in their home country as the Rajya Sabha today passed ...

Bill to provide voting rights to NRIs tabled in RS


A bill to provide voting rights to Indians living abroad was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Saturday.