In his petition, Karti contended that the July 18 circular had been issued arbitrarily and without jurisdiction by the Foreigner Regional Registration Officer and The Bureau of Immigration under the Union home ministry at the behest of different agencies to prevent him from travelling abroad.
Britain has become the biggest foreign investor in India with an investment of 560 million, according to a report on investment flows by the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC).
Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular on Monday made an open offer to the shareholders of Spice Communications for acquiring additional 20 per cent stake in the telecom services provider for about Rs 1,066.63 crore (Rs 10.66 billion).
Mary will be up against fellow Indian and Asian Championships bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen in a blockbuster semi-final as the duo confirmed two medals for India.
India is 'patiently' awaiting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's response to the invitation for swearing in of Narendra Modi as 'short duration bilateral meetings' are being set up with all the other South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders, who have decided to attend the ceremony on May 26.
Gulf carrier Emirates on Wednesday announced special fares for honeymooners from India, offering an up to 20 per cent discount on both business and economy class travel, to select destinations, including London and Paris.
An international tribunal has ruled that the Indian government had acted "unfairly" and "inequitably" in annulling a contract between Devas and ISRO's commercial arm Antrix.
OVL, the overseas arm of state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, and Oil India Limited agreed in June last year to jointly buy Videocon's 10 per cent interest in the Rovuma Area 1 for $2.475 billion.
Mauritius singled out India for being the fit candidate to become a permanent member while calling for expansion of the 15-member Council which currently has five permanent members -- the US, Britain, Russia, France and China -- and ten non-permanent ones who are elected by the 192-member General Assembly for a two-year term.
Essar group-owned Aegis BPO on Monday said it will acquire Philippines-based BPO, PeopleSupport, for $250 million (around Rs 1,050 crore) in an all-cash deal.
A company spokesperson said the operations in Queensland were small and not expected to make any significant impact in the company's performance.
Reserve Bank of India governor Y V Reddy defended his decision to keep the rates unchanged by saying that all stakeholders should pay an uncertainty premia during uncertain times.
India's boxers are remembered only during a big event, says Olympics medal hope Akhil Kumar. 'Before and after that no one cares.'
The Centre on Thursday cleared 14 Foreign Direct Investment proposals worth Rs 1,257 crore, including those of Mauritius-based Essar Telecom Holdings Ltd and US-based Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The proposals include induction of foreign equity worth Rs 500 crore by Essar Telecom Holdings and Rs 200 crore from GSAM. The investment proposals were cleared by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on the recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the plea of controversial godman Chandraswami alias Nemi Chand Jain, who is facing prosecution in twelve Foreign Exchange Regulation Act cases, to travel abroad. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea that the accused, if permitted to go abroad, may not come back to face trial in the country. Allowing Chandraswami's plea to visit the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Mauritius.
Angola and Kenya were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup finals after failing to make the cut in the African qualifiers.
Prime Minister's Office wants CBI and tax dept to identify the actual beneficiaries of the transactions made in India and abroad.
The recipients of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, presented by President Prathibha Patil at the valedictory function of the 6 th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, at Vigyna Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday.
In a rare order, the Securities Appellate Tribunal on Thursday asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India to bear the costs amounting to Rs 100,000 in a case involving Goldman Sachs. A division bench of Justice N K Sodhi, Arun Bhargava and Utpal Bhattacharya imposed the penalty on the capital market regulator and set aside the adjudication order of September 8, 2006.
I can't see what purpose can be served by an apology by a British government that cannot in any way be blamed for one sadistic man running amok 100 years ago, argues Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
The Nifty flirted around 4,000. Volumes high considering that most firangis are still in Mauritius, or wherever, recovering from hangovers.
In a major consolidation in the domestic IT industry, MindTree, a listed IT services company, will acquire Aztecsoft, another listed outsourcing product development firm. MindTree, which has bought four companies in the last eight years, will acquire 32.57 per cent stake in Aztecsoft from e4e Holdings, Mauritius, in an all cash deal for around Rs 117 crore (Rs 1.17 billion).
Last year, the London-headquartered bank had bought a 49 per cent stake in UTI Securities from the Securities Trading Corporation of India for Rs 147 crore. The bank retains the option to raise the stake to 74 per cent this year and the remaining shares by 2010.
The government on Wednesday approved ten foreign direct investment proposals with a total inflow of Rs 2,339 crore (Rs 23.39 billion), including investment banker Morgan Stanley's plan to pump in Rs 1,894 crore (Rs 18.94 billion) in the country.
Hyderabad-based ICSA (India) is divesting 14 per cent of its stake to Citigroup Venture Capital International Growth Partnership Mauritius for $30 million
Several airlines in Vancouver are planning to operate to more Indian destinations, subject to bilateral air traffic rights and their respective fleet strengths.
The largest private sector lender is also looking to open a full-fledged branch in China, where it already has a representative office, managing director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar said during the bank's 19th annual general meeting in Vadodara.
The Indian companies, however, invested a much lower $1.59 billion in overseas markets in the previous month May 2014.
SP leader Naresh Agrawal alleged that the government was 'deliberately sitting' over the names that have come to light in the leaked documents from the files of law firm Mossack Fonseca, based in the tax haven of Panama.
On the eighth day of CWG 2018, the 22-year-old from Hyderabad made everything look so easy as she clinched a comfortable 21-15, 21-9 win over Wendy Chen in a one-sided last-16 clash of the women's singles event that lasted 34 minutes at the Carrara Sports Arena.
These investments from strategic international partners would provide Indian commodity markets and MCX access to global know how and technology making them more efficient, competitive and transparent institutions globally.
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India's incredible hospitality and heritage has attracted global attention with the country's leading hotel chain, Oberoi Hotels and Resorts grabbing a position among the world's top 10, according to a latest survey.
Five years on, US company that won the auction for the aircraft is running pillar-to-post, unable to take possession as DGCA hasn't deregistered the jet
In January 2014, the country had received $2.18 billion FDI.
A senior NIA official claimed that one of the four terrorists involved in the attack on the army camp in Handwara managed to flee.
Declining urgent hearing, the top court observed that judges have more cases 'than they can handle'.
Bids for the issue, which opens on January 23 and closes on January 25, can be made for a minimum of 18 shares and in multiples of 18 thereafter.
Overall foreign inflows into the country grew by 8 per cent to $ 24.29 in the last fiscal as against $ 22.42 billion in 2012-13.
The shares - close to 30% of the total holding - are expected to list on rival National Stock Exchange on or around February 3.
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