On Saturday, the government hiked petrol price by Rs 2 a litre, the second increase in rates in June alone. ...
10:05 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday expressed concern over the influx of people with "doubtful citizenship" in Meghalaya. "Meghalaya has been facing the problem of influx of people with doubtful citizenship from the neighbouring states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal," Sangma said at the conference of Chief Ministers on internal security in New Delhi. Stressing that the influx poses a threat to the demographic structure of the...
02:06 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Washington: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in US immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate in June 2013. By a vote of 13-5, the panel approved the nearly 900-page bill that would put 11 million illegal residents on a 13-year path to citizenship while further strengthening security along the southwestern border with Mexico,...
06:51 AM, May 22, 2013
Guwahati: The Assam government might take up the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) throughout the state, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday. Meeting a delegation of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), which made the request, Gogoi said this will be considered subject to approval from the central government. The AASU delegation had also sought the updating be completed before the Lok Sabha elections in...
05:30 AM, May 17, 2013
Washington: The Overseas Citizens of India card holders, while travelling to India, must carry the OCI booklet and their passport having 'U' visa sticker, the Indian Embassy has said. While the OCI card provides its holder a multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, in many cases its holders are required to apply for its re-issuance, including re-issuance of new passport for those below 20 and above 50. "For...
09:22 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Washington: For the first time after 2008, a computerised draw of lots is going to decide on successful H-1B applicants, as a federal US agency has announced that it has received more petitions than the Congressional mandated quota on the most sought after work visas for IT professionals. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced that it would no longer accept applications for the H-1B visas for...
12:00 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: The visa-on-arrival facility for senior citizens of Pakistan, which was put on hold by India following heightened tensions along the Line of Control (LoC), has been restarted from March 31. The facility was put on hold hours before its operationalisation on January 15 after an Indian soldier was allegedly beheaded and another was brutally murdered by Pakistani army. The Wagah border is also now open for Pakistani senior...
07:02 PM, Apr 05, 2013
The much sought H-1B visas could be decided through lottery in 2013, industry experts and officials feel, based on initial feedback from companies, as the US starts accepting applications from Monday. ...
12:53 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Claiming that H-1B visas lead to outsourcing of US jobs, an American professional body of engineers has opposed the move of expanding the most popular working visa among IT professionals. "The H-1B programme shouldn't be used to facilitate the transfer of high-paying jobs to other countries. If Congress wants a full US economic recovery, it shouldn't even think about expanding it," IEEE-USA President Marc Apter said. ...
08:32 AM, Mar 30, 2013
French troops patrolling the international airport in the capital of the Central African Republic killed two Indian citizens when three vehicles tried to enter the facility, France's defence ministry said on Monday. ...
09:34 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi would after all speak to audiences in North America courtesy the Overseas Friends of BJP, following the cancellation of an invitation from the Wharton India Economic Forum. ...
07:02 AM, Mar 10, 2013
The Budget is just around the corner and in 'Axe the tax' CNN-IBN met some senior citizens who want the government to stop levying tax on their bank interests and rental income. ...
09:26 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The winger is all set make his India debut against Palestine in a friendly tie in New Delhi on Wednesday. ...
10:00 PM, Feb 04, 2013
This is the fourth edition of Diamond States Awards and we look at the major problems facing the Indian states. ...
10:51 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Just over a week into his second term, President Barack Obama took his fight for immigration reform to the West on Tuesday and pushed Congress to quickly find a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents. But as Obama praised a bipartisan immigration plan during a speech in Las Vegas, disagreement emerged between the White House and Republicans that underscored the difficulty of resolving an emotive issue that has...
08:30 PM, Jan 30, 2013
US President Barack Obama has come out with his much-awaited comprehensive immigration reforms that, among other things, will pave way for legalisation of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. ...
11:24 AM, Jan 30, 2013
Who is William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton or the Beatles ? If you don't know the answers, you may not get British citizenship. Immigrants who wish to settle in the UK will now have to learn key facts about British history to pass their citizenship test. ...
03:40 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Despite the tension at the Line of Control, India is continuing with its visa liberalisation to Pakistanis allowing senior citizens, to get visas on arrival at the Wagah Border. But it has been a no-show so far as no Pakistani senior citizen has crossed over from the Wagah Border. ...
02:29 PM, Jan 15, 2013
India will go ahead with it's visa liberalization policy with Pakistan and starting from Tuesday all Pakistani senior citizens will now be given a visa on arrival. ...
06:42 AM, Jan 15, 2013
The visa-on-arrival facility at the Attari-Wagah check post to Pakistani nationals over 65 years of age will begin from January 15, but they would not be able to stay in Punjab, Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir. "From January 15, people from Pakistan above 65 years of age can avail the visa-on-arrival on reaching the Attari Integrated Check Post (ICP)," a government official said. ...
08:54 PM, Jan 09, 2013
