Iran has urged the Indian government to relax its visa norms and extend the facility of visa-on-arrival for its citizens who are visiting India, a senior diplomat said on Friday. Hassan Nourian, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad, said currently over 10,000 Iranian students are pursuing studies in various educational institutions in India.
Police officers had to intervene in the arguments between some Indo-Canadians, who were marching in the Independence Day parade on August 10 in downtown Toronto, and a handful of pro-Khalistani demonstrators. The parade was organised by the Indian Consulate-General and Panorama India, a community organisation.
India's Consul General in New York, Randhir Jaiswal hoisted the Indian flag during a special commemoration of the Independence Day at Times Square, organised by the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), the leading umbrella diaspora organisation in the US.
India on Sunday said it is seriously concerned over escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran, and called for immediate de-escalation of the situation.
Inviting Canadian entrepreneurs, India has said the country is fast emerging as an attractive destination for investors in various sectors especially in energy, information technology and biotechnology.
Mir Kazim Ali Khan, the 20-year-old student from Hyderabad who was assaulted in Melbourne on Monday, told the Consul General of India in Melbourne that the two offenders who punched him in the face made no verbal abuse and neither were there any kind of racist remarks.
Canada and India's relationship has been marked with friendship and strong ties, said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, chief guest at the Indian Independence Day celebrations hosted by Indian Consul General Preeti Saran.
A robust economy, a growing reservoir of professional manpower and a predominantly young population are among factors that have made India the next economic powerhouse, on its way to become one of the top three economies, Indian Consul General here said.
The Republic Day celebration was about India's Constitution, but the protests also argued for protecting the values of equality and secularism enshrined in it.
Very few know of his scintillating mind, the outpouring of fresh ideas, the attention to detail in every endeavour, the extraordinary administrative and organisational skills, and a limitless stamina and energy with which he pursues every interest and commitment, notes Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad.
Cox & Kings Global Services (formerly known as Quoprro Global Services) was incorporated in 2008.
In bodycam footage released by the Seattle Police Department, Officer Daniel Auderer laughed about the deadly crash and dismissed any implication Dave might be at fault or that a criminal investigation was necessary.
India will remain on top in Japan's ODA list and is expected to strengthen its relations with Japan.
'I would like to thank everyone who believed in my father's skills and ability, and would love to share this happiness with them.'
The Vivekananda Yoga University was jointly launched on Tuesday by minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan and chairperson of the standing committee on external affairs P P Chaudhary during a virtual event held at the Consulate General of India in New York.
Nearly two months after her The Inheritance of Loss won the Man Booker Prize, the Indian community in New York finally celebrated Kiran Desai's awesome achievement.
Consul General in San Francisco Susmita Gongulee Thomas, during her visit to Santa Fe in New Mexico in February, reportedly discussed the possibility of exporting nuclear fuel to India with Governor Bill Richardson.An article in the Santa Fe Reporter quoted a local Indian community leader as saying that seeking enriched uranium and uranium ore for the country's nuclear plants was on Thomas's agenda.
Along with India's Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay.
The bodies of six Indians, who were killed in a road accident in Pennyslvania on Saturday last, will be flown back after completion of certain formalities which is expected to be over by Wednesday. Indian Embassy and the Consulate General in New York are extending all possible assistance for completion of the formalities.
Trade volume between the two emerging economies shrank in 2012 as India's exports to China fell 16 per cent.
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A globe spanning, 15-year investigation has led to the repatriation of 307 antiquities by the United States that were stolen and trafficked from India and valued at nearly four million dollars, the majority seized from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor.
Consul General of India in New York Neelam Deo outlined a series of steps taken by the Government of India to promote investment and competitive entrepreneurship in India. Deo touched on several sectors, and cited the Nano car, introduced by the Tata group, as an example of how Indian entrepreneurship is introducing efficiency in production to reduce the cost.
A battle for a glass of red wine ends happily when an Air India traveller magnanimously accepts whiskey instead, reports B S Prakash.
The then Australian deputy prime minister Julia Gillard's visit to India in 2009 during a spate of racial attacks on Indian students in Australia was a 'wasted opportunity' as it failed to quell the rising tide of anger in the country over the assaults, whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has revealed.Diplomatic cables unveiled by WikiLeaks disclose that Gillard's India visit secured only 'vague commitments' on the burning issue in the country.
Asha Damle's Marathi translation of American Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's ground-breaking novel, Beloved.
Mohanbir Sawhney, Raghuram G Rajan, Raju G C Thomas and Darsh Wasan will receive the award for academic leadership.
Indian authorities have requested the US State Department to address the concerns of an Indian couple, who have been given limited access to their one-year-old son after he underwent surgery for brain injury and are facing criminal probe for failing to take proper care of him.
The centres, managed by VF Services (Canada), would become operational from May 22. From May 22, when the centres become functional, the Consulate would stop receiving applications for consular services including visas, passports, PIO and OCI cards.
India hoped the US authorities will "treat well" and provide "adequate opportunity" to hundreds of Indian students, affected after a California-based University was shut down by authorities on charges of illegal immigration, to clarify their position.
The ISI was taking no chances and wanted no repeat of Pulwama; it wanted to make it clear at a political level it was not involved with the revenge attack being planned, but was only giving India a friendly tip-off. A stunning excerpt from Ambassador Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan.
The Centre told the Delhi high court on Friday that American journalist Angad Singh has been blacklisted despite being an OCI cardholder for misrepresenting facts in his application for obtaining a journalistic visa and violating certain norms.
With large scale lay-offs in the Gulf triggered by shelving of mega construction projects touching off panic among Indian workforce, a top diplomat here said they were monitoring the situation closely.
Chaitanya was working in Cognizant Technologies on a Southeast Airlines project.
Suri is currently serving as Indian High Commissioner in Canberra.
Counsel for journalist Angad Singh told the court that they got to know about the "blacklisting" only after the Centre filed its response to his plea challenging the entry refusal.
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