JALANDHAR: An appellate court of Dubai has not only confirmed the death sentence of an already convicted Punjabi man in the case of murder of two men from Kerala in 2009 but also awarded capital punishment to another Punjabi, who was earlier awarded life imprisonment by the trial court.
Cheered on by construction workers from all over the Emirates, Jatin Khatri reclaimed the title of Dubai Idol with a slow Bollywood number. The electrician from Gujrat, India, who was accompanied by Chandrama Shah, lit up the glittering stage at Al Nasr Leisureland for the fifth Western Union Camp Ka Champ (Champ of the Camp) on Friday.
New Delhi: Vimukthi Jayasundara is a Sri Lanka based filmmaker, whose new film ‘Chatrak’ (Mushroom) has been selected for several prestigious film festivals, including Cannes and ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
DEOBAND: “Are women allowed to do a full body wax?” Just an everyday question for the “fatwa” desk at Darululoom Deoband, a famed cradle of conservative Islamic thought in north India.
India and China have more wealthy families than European countries, according to market research firm TNS. According to the firm’s ‘Global Affluent Investor’ study, India, China and Brazil have overtaken many European countries in this measure of consumer wealth.
We’re number one! India may not win many gold medals. It may not be so hot on Transparency International’s list of corrupt countries or developmental indicators like maternal mortality, either.
Osama bin Laden may be dead, and the rest of Al Qaeda on the run. But when it comes to India’s enemies in Pakistan, well, they don’t even need to hide out. Occasionally sighted attending cricket matches and other public events in and around Karachi, one-time Mumbai crime boss Dawood Ibrahim is happy, healthy and living an unfettered life in Karachi, even if authorities in Islamabad refuse to accept it, according to his brother and an “associate.”
Kochi – This is going to be a tough code of conduct. You can be imprisoned for impregnating your own wife. Worst, you could be branded as a `legally disqualified person’.This will be a reality if the Kerala Women’s Code Bill 2011, submitted to the chief minister by a 12-member committee with Justice V R Krishna Iyer in the chair, is implemented in its letter and spirit.
The set of tax and regulatory implications for properties received by NRIs as gift are vastly different from those received as inheritances. In this article, we see what those implications are.
UAE-based money transfer companies have seen a sharp increase in remittances being sent to India as expatriates look to capitalise on the declining value of the rupee against the dirham.
Buying a property in India is a decision that most NRIs can take after weighing the pros and cons of various tax and regulatory implications. But getting a property as inheritance is often not a choice, especially for first generation NRIs or PIOs whose parents bequeath to them, property situated in India. In such cases, NRIs must know how to deal with such inheritances.
Related: NRI’s guide to selling property in India
Benefits NRIs get by buying property in India
DUBAI: Indian families struggling financially have been urged not to fall prey to ruthless loan sharks known as the blade mafia. The illegal moneylending gangs demand signed blank cheques and hold passports as security for loans.
The 17 men imprisoned in Sharjah since January 2009 following the murder of a Pakistani man will be walking free soon. The Sharjah Appeals Court on Monday delivered its verdict by sentencing the men to two years imprisonment, following the pardon letter issued by the family members of Misri Nazir Khan.
NEW DELHI: In a desperate bid to woo paying passengers, Air India is thinking of imposing an age limit of 40 or 45 for cabin crew. Flight attendants on Air India could soon stop reminding you of the elderly and portly headmistress who rarely ever smiled at you in school. And they could be more nattily dressed too.
Emirates Airlines in Dubai said it will not be able to comment on an incident of smoke reported to have caused the delay of its flight to Dubai from Kolkata airport yesterday morning.
New Delhi: When rumors of Amazon.com’s pending entrance into the Indian market began circulating earlier this summer, insiders from India’s e-commerce industry weren’t surprised.
Snaking for hundreds of miles across the earth’s surface, this spectacular picture shows one of the planet’s land borders like never before.The dramatic picture shows a bright orange line jutting across the earth, indicating the border between India and Pakistan.
Trivandrum – The Syro-Malabar Church in the state has a checkered history over the years of leading its flock in search of greener pastures and empowering them as a formidable force in society.
We all know how dismal Indian cricket team’s performance has been on the tour of England. To motivate them, model Poonam Pandey has stripped and promises to repeat her act soon.
Mumbai – Its security befitted a spy agency, its charges were more than a starred hotel’s, and the operations were straight out of a James Bond thriller. The Sun-n-Sheel, an inconspicuous hotel in Andheri, was busted last month for running a prostitution racket and dance bars. It was not, however, the catch that left the raiding party astonished but the management’s sophisticated functioning.
It would take another 10 hours for the airport to be fully operational. However, smaller ATR aircrafts can land, airport director A.C.K. Nair said. The Gulf Air aircraft with 137 passengers and six crew members on board that landed at the CIAL here on Monday shot off the runway and got stuck in the slush.
Last time , we saw the basic rules and regulations with respect to NRIs buying property in India. This time around, we take a look at what happens when you sell property in India. We will only look at properties purchased by a person either before or after he becomes an NRI. The rules regarding sale of properties acquired as gift or inheritance, will be covered in the next column.
Delhi: People are coming out with their own ways of showing solidarity with Anna. Delhi-based actor and model Salina Wali Khan too has joined the fray. Salina has said that she will dance naked if the government doesn’t pass the Jan Lokpal Bill proposed by Anna Hazare and his team.
Dubai: With multiple projects underway across the Middle East, Indian IT outsourcing company Tech Mahindra said its penetration levels in the GCC exceeded 100 per cent. Tech Mahindra, which posted a 15.4 per cent year-on-year growth to $289.8 million in global revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2011-2012, said it plans to focus on expanding its footprint in Saudi Arabia and would step up investments to further bolster its regional foothold.
NEW DELHI: Emboldened by the swelling crowds at Ramlila Maidan, Gandhian anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare upped the ante within hours of emerging from Tihar Jail on Friday. He set a three-week deadline for Parliament to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill, pending which he wouldn’t budge from the ground.
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