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Medical Tourism Revenue Takes A Hit After Govt Stops Visas For Bangladeshis

Medical Tourism Revenue Takes A Hit After Govt Stops Visas For Bangladeshis

Rediff.com18 Nov 2024

According to a recent CareEdge Ratings report, Bangladesh accounts for around 50-60 per cent of India's total medical tourism inflow

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must

Rediff.com8 Jan 2025

The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das.

BJP will implement UCC in J'khand, tribals excluded: Amit Shah

BJP will implement UCC in J'khand, tribals excluded: Amit Shah

Rediff.com3 Nov 2024

Shah, while releasing the saffron party's manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that a Displacement Commission would be formed to ensure rehabilitation of people displaced by industries and mines in the state.

Victimisation of Chinese woman may affect bilateral ties, says HC

Victimisation of Chinese woman may affect bilateral ties, says HC

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

Unnecessary victimisation may "reflect in the bilateral relations", the Bombay high court said on Thursday while ordering the authorities to issue exit permit to a Chinese woman who was acquitted in a gold smuggling case yet could not leave India.

245 Indians return from Bangladesh amid violence

245 Indians return from Bangladesh amid violence

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

The 15,000 Indians including 8,500 students are safe, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.

ED upgrades Look out Circular against Byju Raveendran

ED upgrades Look out Circular against Byju Raveendran

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

The Enforcement Directorate has upgraded its Look out Circular (LC) issued against Byju's founder and CEO Byju Raveendran in connection with a FEMA probe, seeking to stop him for going abroad. The earlier such alert meant that immigration authorities had to just intimate the agency about his movements through various ports. Official sources said that the over an year old LC was revised sometime back in light of investors' concerns and ongoing adjudication of a FEMA contravention case against Raveendran and some others.

65,960 Indians took American citizenship in 2022: Report

65,960 Indians took American citizenship in 2022: Report

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

An estimated 46 million foreign-born persons resided in the United States in 2022, approximately 14 per cent of the total US population of 333 million, according to American Community Survey data from the US Census Bureau.

Govt takes multiple steps to tackle festival-season rush at major airports

Govt takes multiple steps to tackle festival-season rush at major airports

Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

Deploying additional Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, providing real-time updates through social media, adding more immigration counters and ensuring 100 per cent manning of immigration counters - these are some of the steps that the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is now taking in coordination with other stakeholders to avoid congestion at major airports during the upcoming festival season. During the last year's festival and winter season, major airports in the country suffered from congestion due to lack of sufficient airport infrastructure, inadequate X-ray screening machines, bunching of flights at peak hours, as well as inadequate CISF and immigration personnel, the MoCA stated on Thursday. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, after last year's congestion issue, had asked major airports - including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai - to identify bottlenecks and augment capacity to meet the growing passenger demand.

CBI arrests gangster Chhota Rajan's aide Santosh Sawant from Mumbai airport

CBI arrests gangster Chhota Rajan's aide Santosh Sawant from Mumbai airport

Rediff.com19 Apr 2023

Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan's close aide Santosh Mahadeo Sawant was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation as he landed at Mumbai airport from Singapore, after being on the run for 18 years, officials said on Wednesday.

Headley's immigration client deported to India

Headley's immigration client deported to India

Rediff.com3 Dec 2009

An Indian who used the services of Mumbai-based immigration offices of terror suspects David Headley and Tahawwur Rana has been deported by US authorities to India after his documents were allegedly found to be false. The person (name withheld) hailing from Gujarat arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi early on Thursday morning, airport sources said.

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

More than 60 people from Gujarat on board the Nicaragua-bound plane, which was sent back from France over suspected human trafficking, had agreed to pay Rs 60 lakh to Rs 80 lakh to immigration agents, who promised to cross into the US illegally after reaching the Latin American country, officials said.

Immigration officer who asked Manipuri girl to prove 'Indian-ness' identified

Immigration officer who asked Manipuri girl to prove 'Indian-ness' identified

Rediff.com13 Jul 2016

The immigration officer has been identified by investigators after checking the CCTV footage of the immigration area in IGI airport in New Delhi.

HC stays Punjab ex-CM's arrest

HC stays Punjab ex-CM's arrest

Rediff.com5 Apr 2007

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is expected to return from London this week, today got some reprieve with the Punjab and Haryana high court staying his arrest till July 31 in a graft case

US girl posing as Indian did MBBS, HC asks to pay NRI fees for exit permit

US girl posing as Indian did MBBS, HC asks to pay NRI fees for exit permit

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

Coming to India on a tourist visa as a child, she had completed her education throughout claiming to be an Indian citizen.

Canadian action will impact ties: Ex-RAW chief

Canadian action will impact ties: Ex-RAW chief

Rediff.com19 Sep 2023

Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat Tuesday said Canada expelling an Indian diplomat after claiming that New Delhi was potentially linked to the killing of a Khalistani extremist will have a bearing on bilateral relations.

IGI airport immigration officer held for harassing woman flyer

IGI airport immigration officer held for harassing woman flyer

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

An immigration officer who had allegedly harassed a woman passenger at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi last month by asking her objectionable questions has been arrested by Delhi Police.

Look out circulars only under exceptional circumstances, says Cal HC

Look out circulars only under exceptional circumstances, says Cal HC

Rediff.com13 Jun 2023

Observing that a look out circular (LOC) restricts a person's free movement and the right to travel, the Calcutta high court has said it should be issued only in exceptional circumstances.

CBI to probe immigration racket involving army

CBI to probe immigration racket involving army

Rediff.com27 Nov 2007

Turning down the army's request for an internal inquiry into the alleged illegal immigration racket involving some of its top brass, the defence ministry has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a thorough probe into the scam.

HC allows journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad, questions look-out circular

HC allows journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad, questions look-out circular

Rediff.com4 Apr 2022

The Delhi high court on Monday allowed journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad while questioning the Enforcement Directorate over a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against her barring her from travelling abroad.

Nalini moves HC for husband's release from Tiruchi camp

Nalini moves HC for husband's release from Tiruchi camp

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

Nalini Sriharan, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and released from prison last year, on Thursday approached the Madras high court seeking to direct authorities concerned to release her husband from a special camp in Tiruchirapalli, to enable him to live with her in Chennai.

Aakar Patel stopped at airport again despite court order

Aakar Patel stopped at airport again despite court order

Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

The court on Thursday directed the CBI to withdraw a Look-Out Circular issued against Patel in a case of an alleged violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act and apologise to him.

CBI team in Manipur to probe killing of 2 students

CBI team in Manipur to probe killing of 2 students

Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, led by the agency's Special Director Ajay Bhatnagar, will reach Imphal in a special flight on Wednesday to investigate the 'kidnapping and killing' of two students who went missing in the northeastern state on July 6, sources said.

FCRA bribery case leads to overhaul of MHA's foreigners division

FCRA bribery case leads to overhaul of MHA's foreigners division

Rediff.com7 Jun 2022

Following the arrest of six ministry of home affairs officials in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) bribery case, the foreigners division of MHA has been overhauled to break the chain of deep-rooted network.

Delhi airport to get 1400 more security personnel to ease crowding

Delhi airport to get 1400 more security personnel to ease crowding

Rediff.com15 Dec 2022

An additional 1,400 CISF personnel have been sanctioned to secure the expanding terminal areas of the Delhi airport and also to meet the challenge of its growing passenger traffic, officials said on Thursday.

New immigration order next week to address concerns of court: Trump

New immigration order next week to address concerns of court: Trump

Rediff.com17 Feb 2017

"We've vetting very, very strongly. Very, very strongly. But we need help, and we need help by getting that executive order passed," he said.

An India-Pakistan love story, brought to you by PUBG

An India-Pakistan love story, brought to you by PUBG

Rediff.com5 Jul 2023

Seema Ghulam Haider and Sachin Meena got in touch while playing PUBG in 2019 as a dramatic love story unfolded between the two living more than 1,300 km apart, in countries not too friendly to each other.

Journalist-activist Aakar Patel stopped at airport from flying to US

Journalist-activist Aakar Patel stopped at airport from flying to US

Rediff.com6 Apr 2022

Patel said that he was prevented from travelling to the US despite a Gujarat court order granting him permission "specifically" for the said trip.

'Ukraine situation will very likely worsen'

'Ukraine situation will very likely worsen'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2022

'The Russian attack might be a wakeup call for Europe.'

Govt setting up high-tech platform under IB to track new age criminals

Govt setting up high-tech platform under IB to track new age criminals

Rediff.com8 Jun 2022

Security and intelligence agencies will soon be provided with a new platform which is technologically advanced, secure and helpful in dealing with new age criminals and anti-social elements, officials said on Wednesday.

Planned after Mumbai terror attack, Modi likely to launch NATGRID soon

Planned after Mumbai terror attack, Modi likely to launch NATGRID soon

Rediff.com12 Sep 2021

"Had corona (COVID-19) not been there, the prime minister would have dedicated NATGRID to the country. I am hopeful that the prime minister will dedicate NATGRID to the country in some time," Union home minister Amit Shah said during the 51st Foundation Day event of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) here on September 4.

SC shield for Editors Guild from Manipur FIRs till Monday

SC shield for Editors Guild from Manipur FIRs till Monday

Rediff.com6 Sep 2023

The Supreme Court on Wednesday protected four members of the Editors Guild of India against any coercive action till Monday in connection with two FIRs lodged against them in the state for offences, including promoting enmity between two communities.

3 suspected members of Sikh extremist group arrested in Philippines

3 suspected members of Sikh extremist group arrested in Philippines

Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

Three suspected members of a Sikh extremist group on Interpol's red notice watchlist were arrested during a joint operation by the Philippine government agencies this month, according to an official.

Caste-based discrimination is now banned in US city of Seattle

Caste-based discrimination is now banned in US city of Seattle

Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

Seattle is not only the first American city to ban caste discrimination but is the first jurisdiction at any level globally outside South Asia to do so.

Editors Guild team went to Manipur on Army's request, SC told

Editors Guild team went to Manipur on Army's request, SC told

Rediff.com11 Sep 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday extended till September 15 its order asking the Manipur police not to take any coercive steps against four members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) in connection with two FIRs lodged against them for alleged offences, including promoting enmity between two communities.

Court reserves order on Aakar Patel's plea to revoke LOC

Court reserves order on Aakar Patel's plea to revoke LOC

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

During the arguments, the CBI opposed the application saying there was likelihood of Patel fleeing from justice if he was allowed to leave the country.

SPG gets marginal increase of Rs 2.7 crore in Budget

SPG gets marginal increase of Rs 2.7 crore in Budget

Rediff.com1 Feb 2021

In the Union Budget for 2021-22 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, the force received Rs 429.05 crore, an increase of Rs 2.78 crore (or 0.65 per cent hike) from the last budget.

Bill in California Senate against caste-based discrimination

Bill in California Senate against caste-based discrimination

Rediff.com23 Mar 2023

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination has been introduced in the California Senate by a Democratic lawmaker, which, if passed, could make America's most populous state also the country's first to outlaw caste-based bias.

California senate panel passes bill to end caste bias

California senate panel passes bill to end caste bias

Rediff.com26 Apr 2023

Major Indian businesses and temples issued a joint statement opposing the proposed California Caste Bill SB 403.

Seattle first US city to ban caste discrimination but not everyone is happy

Seattle first US city to ban caste discrimination but not everyone is happy

Rediff.com22 Feb 2023

Seattle has become the first US city to outlaw caste discrimination after its local council passed a resolution, moved by an Indian-American politician and economist, to add caste to its non-discrimination policy.