NRI News
UK scraps contentious visa bond plan to check overstay
Tuesday, 05/11/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131105/main1.htm
The British Government has decided to abandon a controversial plan requiring visitors from India and some other countries to pay a £3,000 (Rs 2.9 lakh) bond before obtaining a visa to enter the UK.
UK boarding schools woo Indian students with scholarships
Sunday, 03/11/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
MUMBAI: Armed with scholarships and admission guarantees to top universities, Britain’s leading boarding schools are coming to India to enrol high school students here.
UK claims small growth in number of Indian students
Sunday, 03/11/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
LONDON: Indian student numbers in the UK increased slightly this year after visa restrictions imposed by the David Cameron government led to a 30% drop in the last two years.
NRIs can evict tenants under new law
Wednesday, 30/10/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131030/punjab.htm#3
Chandigarh: In a major relief to NRIs and defence personnel, the House today passed a landmark Bill that will allow them to evict tenants/caretakers from their ancestral property as well as property acquired for more than five years.
Ex-Canadian MP to help victims of fraud marriages
Wednesday, 30/10/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
NEW DELHI: Indian-origin former Canadian parliamentarian Ruby Dhalla will open a campaign to help and support women victims of fraud marriages in Punjab.
NRI Sabha president in soup over violating rules
Monday, 28/10/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
JALANDHAR: The state government will look into the functioning of the NRI (non-resident Indian) Sabha, as its president, Jasbir Singh Gill, is alleged to have spent beyond limit and hired people without the chairman’s mandatory sanction.
Cop who framed NRI denied bail
Sunday, 27/10/2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: In one of the many cases of police’s laying false criminal charges on non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Punjab and Haryana to extort money, the high court of the two states has denied bail to a Haryana sub-inspector notorious for it.
UK Sikh woman accused of theft let off
Sunday, 27/10/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131027/punjab.htm#7
London : The case against a British Sikh bank worker accused of stealing over 175,000 pounds from customers in Scotland has collapsed after a paperwork error.
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