Thiruvananthapuram, May 25: The Centre for Development Studies here has started the ground work for the seventh round of the comprehensive study on international and internal emigration from the state, says the study head. S. Irudayarajan, chief of the migration unit of the autonomous research institute, told IANS that the next round ...

Singapore, May 17: An Indian national has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for drunk driving a lorry which rammed into three pedestrians - all his fellow countrymen, last year, killing one of them. The lorry driver, Mutukrishnan Gunasekaran, 39, was also banned from driving for six years by a ...

Auckland, May 17: Hindu Council of New Zealand (HCNZ) held the fourth National Hindu Conference on May 12-13 here. Honourable Judith Collins, Minister of Ethnic Affairs, and Honourable David Shearer, Leader of Opposition in NZ Parliament, along with Parliamentarians Kanwaljeet Bakshi, Su’a William Sio and Melissa Lee were present at the conference. Dr ...

Dubai, May 17: An Indian couple from Kerala, who came on a visit visa to the UAE and later entered Oman illegally, was arrested during a raid and deported to the Emirates, police said. The couple had reached Buraimi area of Oman through the Rowdha-Madham-Mahala route to visit their relatives and was ...

Kuala Lumpur, May 11: A 25-year-old Indian maid was found dead with 90 per cent burns on her body in Malaysia's Penang state in what appeared to be a suicide case. Ratwinder Kaur from Punjab was found dead in a shared storeroom of an apartment block, a few metres from the 18th ...

RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA  The people of Indian origin gracefully covered the itinerary at their footholds It is not enough to state that Indian sojourners in search of jobs arrived African, Pacific, South American and Caribbean countries; Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. The more important thing is to know ...

Kuala Lumpur, May 9: Malaysian police have arrested five persons, including a woman, in connection with the kidnapping of a 12-year-old Indian-origin boy, who was freed last week after his parents paid ransom to the kidnappers. The five suspects were picked up by a special police task force set up to ...

New Delhi, May 3: The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday said it will seek a detailed discussion in both houses of parliament on the plight of Hindu minorities in Pakistan. Talking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, party spokesperson Sayed Shahnawaz Hussain said notices in both houses will be given to take ...

New Delhi, May 2: There is demand for Indian workers of various skill sets such as housemaids and home nurses abroad, including in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, Singapore and in some European nations, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi said Wednesday. Replying to questions in Lok Sabha, Ravi said the recruitment of ...

Kuala Lumpur, May 3: Twelve-year-old Indian-origin Nayati Moodliar, who was abducted last week while walking down to his neighbourhood school here, was today rescued by a Malaysian police task force from an undisclosed location. City police chief Mohmad Salleh confirmed that Nayati has been found and reunited with family but declined ...