New York City Immigrant Affairs chief: I was in tears

'This is not the country certainly that my parents came to -- right? -- that they have made their home.''Many of the people who were detained for hours on end were people like my family,......

One-third of Indians in Libya to be evacuated

Nearly a third of 18,000 Indians, stuck in strife-torn Libya, would have been evacuated byTuesday through air and sea. While two special Air India flights - AI 800 (Airbus 330) and AI 171 (Boeing......

Libya bound warships are only escorts, says Ravi

Vyalar Ravi, minister for civil aviation and overseas Indians toldrediff.com that the Indian Navy's warships are going to Libya onlyto escort the hired ships that would be bringing back Indian......

How India should look after its NRIs

Unless the ministry for external affairs and the ministry for overseas Indian affairs work together, not to speak of the ministry of home affairs, many of the problems facing the Diaspora cannot be......

'There is more to India than just Slumdog Millionaire'

Two students of Indian origin, one from Chile and the other from the United States of America, would go back to their respective countries with cherished memories and cleansed of all the prejudices......

Europe destination next for Indian professionals

With the government pushing for a bilateral labour mobility agreement, Indian professionals and workers may soon be headed for destinations in Eastern European countries, as 13 million job......

Indian language TV ads warn Gulf job aspirants

In a bid to spread awareness and warn job aspirants of illegal recruiting agents, the Indian government has released a series of TV advertisements in Dubai.Over the last one month, several......