New Delhi, February 1: Over 12,000 visitors from 11 countries used the tourist visa on arrival facility in 2011, with the maximum numbers coming from New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday. "During 2011, a total number of 12,761 Visa on Arrivals were issued," according to a statement ...

New Delhi, January 25: Ten people of Indian origin and foreigners have been awarded India's prestigious Padma awards announced Wednesday. While seven have got the Padma Bhushan, three are listed for the Padma Shri. Amongst the eminent NRIs getting the Padma Bhushan are sculptor Anish Kapoor (Britain) and judge P.C. Rao (Germany). ...

Jaipur, January 11: Health, education and skill development are key priorities in the strategy of inclusive development and constitute the focus areas in the 12th Plan said Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India in her Valedictory speech at the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) organized jointly by Ministry of Overseas India Affairs ...

Port of Spain/New Delhi, January 4: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will be in India on a 10-day state visit beginning Thursday, during which she will be the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) diaspora conclave in Jaipur Jan 7-9. This is the first visit by Trinidad ...

Port of Spain, January 1: Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Indian-origin prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, will be going to India Jan 2 on a state visit, where she will meet President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also be the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya ...

Patna, December 30: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose ancestors migrated from Bihar to the Caribbean islands in the 19th century, will visit the state's Bhelupur village in January to trace her roots, officials said Friday. An official in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office said that Persad-Bissessar will visit Bhelupur ...

New Delhi, December 30: 2011 was an eventful year for Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with several Labour and Social Security agreements signed with foreign countries for protection and betterment of Indian workers and professionals. An equally large number of initiatives were taken for constructive and mutually beneficial engagement with ...

Kuala Lumpur, December 23: Around 6.7 percent of Malaysia's total population of 27.5 million are people of Indian origin, according to the country's latest census report. The decennial census report was released by the statistics department Thursday, Xinhua reported. Ten years ago, Malaysia's population was 22.2 million. Of the 27.5 million people counted ...

India has asked its nationals to leave Yemen at the earliest following mounting violence between security forces and those ranged against long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh."Keeping in view the evolving situation and the increase in violent incidents in Yemen, all Indian nationals living in the country are advised to exit ...

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