Archive for the 'Diaspora' Category

Another Andhra student murdered in US

Hyderabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Yet another student from Andhra Pradesh has been found murdered in her apartment in Seattle in the US. Arpana Jinaga, 24, who was pursuing her MS degree, was killed by unidentified persons, her family members said here Tuesday.
She is the fifth Andhra student to be killed under mysterious circumstances in the […]

India lauds free and fair polls in Maldives

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Lauding the process of democratic transition underway in the Maldives, India Thursday praised the &#39peaceful and fair&#39 presidential election in the picturesque Indian Ocean nation comprising 1,190 islands.
&#39We are heartened by the peaceful and fair manner in which the first round of multi-party presidential elections in Maldives took place recently,&#39 […]

ICICI Bank raises NRI deposit rates

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) India&#39s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank announced late Monday evening an increase in its interest rates on its NRE and FCNR deposits by 50 basis points, effective Sep 17.
&#39The one-year NRE deposit rate has been increased by 50 bps to 3.7 percent. For FCNR(B) deposits denominated in US dollar, the […]

NRI arrested with five kg heroin in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Sep 9 (IANS) An NRI settled in Canada was arrested with five kg of heroin from this satellite town on the outskirts of the Indian capital, sources said Tuesday.
Indian Canadian Harish Joshi was arrested by the sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from DLF phase five of Gurgaon area Monday evening, the sources […]

Ravi launches PBD website

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Online registration for the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual conclave of the Indian diaspora, started Thursday, with Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi launching a website of the event.
The seventh PBD, to be held in Chennai Jan 7-9, is co-organised by the overseas Indian affairs ministry, the Tamil […]

Firm with novel brain clot buster seeks venture funds

Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) An Indian-American engineer is gearing up to make a mark in the lucrative medical equipment market with his blood clot busting device that can be used inside the human brain.
Chennai-born Vikram Janardhan, now based in the US, has designed the catheter device, which can be inserted into the thin brain blood […]

Two held with forged passports in Kerala

Kozhikode, Aug 19 (IANS) Two passengers with forged passports were arrested Tuesday by immigration officials at Kozhikode International Airport here.
Both passengers arrived by a RAK Airways flight from Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

&#39One of the arrested, Harif, is a native of Kasargod district in Kerala. He used the forged passport to return home […]

Ansari calls for more research on West Asia

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Underlining India&#39s multi-faceted economic and cultural engagement with West Asia, Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday called for more funds for focused research on the region, which is home to over 4.5 million-strong Indian diaspora.
In knowledge terms, West Asia ends up being a rain shadow area,&#39 Ansari said at the launch […]

Upen Patel to be grand marshal at LA Independence Day parade

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Britain-born actor Upen Patel is disappointed his voice was dubbed in the recent comedy &#39Money Hai Toh Honey Hai&#39, but he still has reason to cheer - he is all set to be grand marshal at India&#39s Independence Day parade in Los Angeles.
Asked about his voice being dubbed once again after […]

Tracing Bhojpuri roots in `Chini-Dad&#39 (Book Review)

Book: &#39Jahajin' Author: Peggy Mohan; Publisher: Harper Collins; Price: Rs.295.
About 130,000 Indians travelled to Trinidad as indentured migrants in the 19th and 20th centuries. The early migrants went from villages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and spoke variations of Bhojpuri, Khari Boli, Braj Bhasha, Bundelkhandi, Urdu and Hindi.

Many could not understand each other. But over […]