October 2006 News

India
calling: PIO varsity coming up in SEZ
Sunday , October 29, 2006 : For NRI children,
visiting India may no longer be an annual event any more. Now, they
can look forward to longer stays as the first PIO university is
finally taking shape.

Govt
to raise cap on NRI remittances
Friday, October 27, 2006 : Chances are
likely to widen for NRIs to send in more money to their home town,
with the Centre’s plan to double the amount per transaction allowed
through money transfer operators (MTO) like post offices.

NRI
investors will soon need PAN
Thursday, October 26, 2006 : The income
tax department will insist on representatives of NRIs and foreign
investors using PAN numbers to file returns on their behalf, reports
Economic Times.

Bee
brain researcher wins big
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 : Australian-Indian
Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan has been awarded the 2006 Prime Minister’s
Prize for Science for his unique resarch that has revealed the working
of a bee’s mind, and helped redefine robotics research.

NRI
delegation to visit Bangalore
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 : NRI delegation
is expected to visit Bangalore soon to explore possibilities of
investments in state, said Dy M Yediyurappa.

NRI
lawyer quits over Indian doc issue
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 : Queensland
Attorney General Linda Lavarch has resigned due to depression after
being embroiled in a controversy surrounding a failed deal to return
India born surgeon Jayant Patel.

NRI
marriages: India to take tips from Pak
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 : India could
be taking tips from Pakistan soon.

NRI
pleads guilty of credit card fraud in Britain
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 : An IT expert
of Indian origin who used his skills to purchase goods and services
worth thousands of pounds on someone else’s credit card has escaped
prison because it would cost authorities more than putting him up
in a four-star hotel.

NRI
tries to score big in US election
Sunday, October 15, 2006 : Illegal immigration
and border security is not exactly the unnoticed elephant in the
room in the upcoming US election.

Four
NRI firms among Britain’s top 250 middle-market cos
Sunday, October 15, 2006 : A private company
owned by a husband-wife team and three other NRI firms are among
Britain’s 250 top middle-market companies that are helping to keep
the economy vibrant, a survey indicated today.

Admission
row in NRI quota
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 : Medical
admission in Maharashtra is under a cloud again this time over admissions
into NRI quota.

NRI
lawyer jailed in Solomon Islands
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 : An Indian
origin lawyer wanted by Australian authorities over an alleged sex
offence in 1997, was remanded in custody by a court in Honiara,
the capital of Solomon Islands.