Mahajan's wife Anita was arrested last week on charges of overbilling millions of dollars on her state contract to provide drug screenings to clients of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Under the scheme titled Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children, 100 admission-cum-scholarships will be offered each year for undergraduate courses.
A senior cabinet minister in the Punjab government and his delegation came under attack in New York as hundreds of Sikhs protesting his visit allegedly threw stones and hurled a shoe at the leaders, following which the police took two youths into custody.
Paul Singh, a non resident Indian from Punjab, has been jailed, and a clergyman who joined hands with him in conducting sham marriages to hoodwink Britain's immigration department has been given a two-year suspended sentence.
Four visits annually, 14-day stays on average, high spends...any wonder the tourism ministry is taking cognizance of them.
Chauhan pointed out that Madhya Pradesh has made major strides in development in various spheres in recent years.
NRI demand would help offset the liquidity problem, which is presently affecting realty sales.
Milestone Metals, the 44-year old's company could rake in $80 million in revenue this year and is ranked by Inc magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in the US
The cost of remittances across various modes has come down significantly.
An exorbitant rate is defined in the lawsuit as 'in excess of 10 per cent of the average price for those goods and services.'
The steady increase in Indian interest rates is making bank deposits a popular investment option among the Gulf-based Non-Resident Indians.\n\n
With real estate -- NRIs's favourite investment vehicle in the past -- unlikely to do well in the near future, there is a strong case for NRIs to shift to equity and debt mutual funds, says Prateek Mehta.
A top court in the UK has ruled in favour of an Indian businessman that he can continue his claim of damages for $330 million against HSBC, which had refused to transfer money in his account to another bank on suspicion of money laundering.
ICICI Bank on Thursday hiked interest rates on deposits of Non-Resident Indians.
Stanford University medical professor Abraham Verghese is getting ready for another bout of book tours, this time for his bestselling novel Cutting for Stone's paperback edition.
Harprit Shari, 27, was working in ICICI's Coventry branch when the illegal transfers of money occurred.
Because of a new notification, any retirement planning done by non-resident Indians through PPF will go for a toss, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
After a marginal increase in home loan rates, prime lending rate and domestic deposit rates, the largest bank of the country State Bank of India on Wednesday revised upwards the interest rates on non resident Indian deposits.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
'Politics is in a mess. Good people have to join to clean it up.'
Sipra complained about the "highhandedness" of Indian officials and the Assamese government in dealing with the case.
The Bush administration will have an Indian-origin to advice the President as White House announcing its intension to nominate Santanu K Baruah as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab polls on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75 per cent reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state, an unemployment allowance, 35 per cent reservation for women in government jobs and massive infrastructure development.
Unless you are very knowledgeable, seek expert advice before making such a high-ticket investment, cautions Sarbajeet K Sen.
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