News for 'nri'

Sensex at 50k: 'Want to invest 10 lakh in MFs'

Sensex at 50k: 'Want to invest 10 lakh in MFs'

Rediff.com18 Feb 2021

Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

'There's no actor with a 100% track record'

'There's no actor with a 100% track record'

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

'I was getting paid great money.' 'I was a part of some wonderful films, which I loved making, but I was becoming very complacent with my approach to my work.' 'And I did not want that.'

NRI moves to drive global sales of Indian snacks

NRI moves to drive global sales of Indian snacks

Rediff.com10 Jul 2008

Nainesh Patel, managing director of Farsan in Leicester, has started constructing the factory near Baroda to make inroads into Indian, American, Chinese and Australian markets. The Gujarat factory would allow Patel to supply two markets: quality British-made and mass-produced lower-cost.

NRI working on new logic chip at MIT

NRI working on new logic chip at MIT

Rediff.com18 Nov 2004

An Indian American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working on a project aimed at making hand-held computing "as easy as breathing."

Ease rules for NRI film investors: Suniel Shetty

Ease rules for NRI film investors: Suniel Shetty

Rediff.com27 Oct 2004

Actor Suniel Shetty has sought government help to simplify procedures and create a single-window clearance system for foreign investors.

The Chirping Economist

The Chirping Economist

Rediff.com27 Aug 2021

'These people jump up and down, excitedly waving their arms about to catch the attention of one political party or the other.' 'This mutant can be very dangerous,' observes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.

NRI held in Rs 700 crore fraud case

NRI held in Rs 700 crore fraud case

Rediff.com10 Sep 2004

Gaya Gayithrinathan alias Subramanya, 59, was running a travel agency in Bangalore.

RBI hikes rates to attract foreign currency deposits

RBI hikes rates to attract foreign currency deposits

Rediff.com4 May 2012

The Reserve Bank on Friday raised the interest rate ceiling on NRI deposits in foreign currencies by up to 3 per cent, To attract inflows in view of falling rupee.

Nuke secrets: NRI still being quizzed in Mumbai

Nuke secrets: NRI still being quizzed in Mumbai

Rediff.com14 Jun 2004

Sources said authorities have not made much headway in efforts to corroborate the allegations made by the Dubai police.

NRI held in Dubai for selling nuclear secrets

NRI held in Dubai for selling nuclear secrets

Rediff.com13 Jun 2004

Dubai police Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said UAE resident Akhtar Hussain Qutbuddin Ahmed 'had attempted to sell nuclear secrets to the diplomatic missions of a number of brotherly countries in the UAE'.

Kids' custody hearing: Indian officials head to Norway

Kids' custody hearing: Indian officials head to Norway

Rediff.com19 Mar 2012

Ahead of the hearing on the custody row involving two NRI children in Norway, two senior Indian officials are leaving for the country.

NRI can't pay for Salman Khan's trophy

NRI can't pay for Salman Khan's trophy

Rediff.com29 Feb 2004

A 26-year-old Dubai-based jeweller had bid over Rs 50 lakh for a gold trophy that Salman Khan auctioned at the Zee Cine Awards.

NRI Om Malik among world's top 25 Web celebrities

NRI Om Malik among world's top 25 Web celebrities

Rediff.com27 Dec 2007

Blogging might be a leisure activity for many famous personalities but it has brought fame to people like India-born Om Malik who has been named as one of the global web celebrities by American magazine Forbes.

In UK, NRI men too are victims of forced marriage

In UK, NRI men too are victims of forced marriage

Rediff.com1 Jul 2010

Britain has set up a Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) that deals with cases of British citizens being forcibly taken to the Indian sub-continent and married against their will for cultural, immigration or family reasons.

Give them a big hug from me: Mother of NRI children

Give them a big hug from me: Mother of NRI children

Rediff.com25 Apr 2012

Sagarika Bhattacharya, the mother of the two Non-Resident Indian children who arrived in India after a Norwegian court granted their custody to their uncle, on Wednesday posted a message on Facebook saying 'give them a big hug from me'.

Budget should reduce income tax rates, invest in infrastructure: CEOs to FM

Budget should reduce income tax rates, invest in infrastructure: CEOs to FM

Rediff.com18 Jan 2021

Besides low interest rates, a reduction in active Covid cases and strong high-frequency macro data have lifted the sentiment of both corporate India and the stock markets.

Search for life on Mars: NRI spearheads NASA study

Search for life on Mars: NRI spearheads NASA study

Rediff.com30 Aug 2007

A team of scientists, led by non resident Indian Dr Kasturi Venkateswaran, is spearheading a study that will advance the search for possible life on Mars.

SBI told to modify new NRI deposit scheme

SBI told to modify new NRI deposit scheme

Rediff.com24 Jul 2003

The Reserve Bank of India has asked the State Bank of India to rework its special non-resident Indian deposit scheme, which was slated to be offered as an option to the investors of Resurgent India Bonds to park their proceeds.

NHRC seeks report on missing NRI in UP

NHRC seeks report on missing NRI in UP

Rediff.com11 Jun 2003

Shyama Nair said her father disappeared from a train near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh while travelling to Delhi from Varanasi with the family.

NRI donates $100,000 for restoring Ram Mohan tomb

NRI donates $100,000 for restoring Ram Mohan tomb

Rediff.com12 Jun 2007

Aditya K Poddar, chairman of Wellside International Pte Ltd, handed over a cheque for $100,000 to India's Acting High Commissioner Asoke Mukherji at India House in London.

Want to buy stocks in India? PINS a must

Want to buy stocks in India? PINS a must

Rediff.com20 Feb 2008

PINS -- or Portfolio Investment Scheme -- is the permission that a Non-Resident Indian requires to trade in the Indian stock market. Normally, the bank obtains this for you. An NRI can have only one PINS account current at one time.

Punjab: Captain's impact marginal, AAP may surprise

Punjab: Captain's impact marginal, AAP may surprise

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

A recent pre-election survey suggests that AAP may win 53 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly and reduce the Congress to just 43.

US to seek extradition of NRI charged with murder

US to seek extradition of NRI charged with murder

Rediff.com10 Apr 2007

Grewal was arrested at Delhi airport and is in judicial custody in India now.

SC rejects cancellation of NBW plea by NRI husband

SC rejects cancellation of NBW plea by NRI husband

Rediff.com16 Feb 2007

Rejecting the husband's claim that the sole intention of his wife was to somehow get him arrested, the Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of an non resident Indian for cancellation of a NBW issued against him in a matrimonial dispute.

Court directs NRI mom to return to US with son

Court directs NRI mom to return to US with son

Rediff.com17 Nov 2009

A bench of justices Tarun Chatterji, R M Lodha and B S Chauhan ruled that if Vijaysree fails to comply with the direction, the husband would be entitled to the custody of the child after the 15-day period and can take him to the US on his own

5 types of annoying cousins every Indian has

5 types of annoying cousins every Indian has

Rediff.com12 Mar 2016

'I love my cousin'-- Do you? Perhaps, you don't mean it!

NRI doctor moots tax sops for the healthy in UK

NRI doctor moots tax sops for the healthy in UK

Rediff.com23 Sep 2009

Slim, healthy people and mothers who breastfeed should be given tax credits to encourage a healthier lifestyle, an Indian-born doctor based in the United Kingdom has said.

NRI doctor gets one year jail term for forgery

NRI doctor gets one year jail term for forgery

Rediff.com13 Nov 2006

she was found guilty of forging time sheets to claim more than 41,000 pounds from the National Health Service.

Banks lure NRIs with rupee deposits

Banks lure NRIs with rupee deposits

Rediff.com11 Dec 2007

The rising rupee and the cap on interest rates has hit the flow of non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits into the country. Banks such as ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank are promoting the repatriable non-resident ordinary (NRO) rupee deposits in an attempt to attract NRI depositors.

The Hero of the Battle of Longewala

The Hero of the Battle of Longewala

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest medal for gallantry for leading a small company of men against a massive Pakistani attack.

Parents suing NRI doctor for wrongful death of s

Parents suing NRI doctor for "wrongful" death of s

Rediff.com5 Apr 2006

Apparently during surgery the kid's small bowel was punctured leading to leakage and infection.

Flesh review

Flesh review

Rediff.com24 Aug 2020

Swara Bhasker and Akshay Oberoi shine in this gripping revenge drama about human trafficking, applauds Namrata Thakker.

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.

NRI sues bank for £800 mn over sex bias

NRI sues bank for £800 mn over sex bias

Rediff.com12 Jan 2006

Six women employees including a non-resident Indian are suing their company, investment banking major Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, for sexual discrimination to the extent of £800 million.

NRI in US net for embezzling 9/11 fund

NRI in US net for embezzling 9/11 fund

Rediff.com10 Dec 2005

Prosecutors alleged that about $5.5 million had been transferred to bank accounts in India at the instance of Natarajan R Venkataram, a former administrator in the New York city medical examiner's office.

Of NRIs, investments & tax

Of NRIs, investments & tax

Rediff.com2 Aug 2007

Resident individuals can acquire and hold immovable property or shares or any other asset outside India without prior approval of the RBI.

10 ICONIC MOMENTS from DDLJ

10 ICONIC MOMENTS from DDLJ

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

Joginder Tuteja offers a fresh recap of its 10 most iconic moments.

Gay love in the movies

Gay love in the movies

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

Where a few film-makers are sensitive in their treatment as noted in the depiction of lesbian love in Hindi movies, a significant number is prone to poking fun for cheap laughs.