Taking a leaf from Punjab, Kerala is readying to put together its own NRI Commission. The commission is intended to handle commercial and labour disputes of the state diaspora that fortifies the state’s GDP with annual remittances to the tune of Rs 72,680 crore. The state cabinet, which met in Thiruvananthapuram, has decided that the commission should be a quasi-judicial body. A retired high court judge will be chairman, and the members will comprise a…

A 62-year-old wheelchair-bound NRI from Malaysia, who landed at the IGI airport from Canada in October, has alleged that $1,100 (over Rs 73,000) and a few blank cheques of Royal Bank of Canada were stolen from her handbag at the airport. The woman, Amajit Kaur Bhan Singh, said she landed at the airport on the night of October 13. She was waiting at the baggage carousel number 14 along with her 71-year-old husband, Uttam Singh…

The India story is shining bright and clear. In last one year, FDI equity inflows shot up by 39 per cent from $20.7 billion to $28.8 billion. The primary push factor comprises the extensive corporate restructuring which took place in the United States and other developed nations after the recent financial crisis. While many of the developed nations witnessed negative growth and double dip recessions, the Asian market showed remarkable resilience with India maintaining an…

With the arrest of two persons, the city police have cracked the blind murder case of 60-year-old France-based NRI Jagjit Singh, whose brutally stabbed body was found in his ancestral house at Shimlapuri on September 29. The accused have been identified as Kushal Kumar, alias Mintu, and his sister-in-law Vina Rani. Efforts are on to nab the third accused identified as Manoj Kumar, who is on the run. Mintu, who was working as an accountant…