For about 21 months, Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal held Administrative Reforms dept which did not existPunjab Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was informed that his Administrative Reforms portfolio did not exist. He only retains the NR...
22 Feb, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
Punjab launches WhatsApp number for NRIs to lodge complaintsThe Punjab government has introduced a WhatsApp number for NRIs in distress to facilitate quick redressal of grievances. Complaints will be...
09 Feb, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
Govt's NRI cell got over 400 complaints including domestic violence, dowry demands in 2022: ReportThe report highlighted that the NRI cell, which handles cases related to NRI marriages from women both in India and abroad, saw several ser...
29 Sep, 2024, 02.08 PM IST
Punjab CM launches new website for NRIsLaunching the website, the Chief Minister described it as a path-breaking initiative aimed at ensuring the well-being of the NRIs on one ha...
30 Dec, 2023, 11.53 AM IST
Punjab Govt to provide free legal help to 700 Indian students facing deportation from CanadaThe Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation after the authorities in Canada found “admission offer letters” to educatio...
09 Jun, 2023, 10.39 AM IST
More fast track courts for NRIs to be set up: Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh DhaliwalDhaliwal, who is the NRI affairs minister in the Punjab government, said he will meet the chief justice shortly to work out the modalities ...
12 Jan, 2023, 06.41 PM IST
Make Aadhaar mandatory for NRI marriages: expert panel to MEAThe NCW report commissioned in 2011, titled Laws Relating to NRI Marriages and their Impact on Women, lists the problems faced by women in ...
13 Sep, 2017, 05.06 PM IST
Telangana to get its own 'foreign ministry'The new ministry will add to the portfolios of KTR, who has the highest number of ministries, including plum portfolios like IT and industr...
12 Jul, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
Government woos non-resident Goans for infrastructure investmentGoa Government has invited non- resident Goans, including those living abroad, to invest in creation of infrastructure facilities at villag...
16 Jan, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Police to protect NRI properties in PunjabThe Punjab government has directed police to chart out a scheme to protect properties of NRIs in the state.
23 Nov, 2012, 09.02 PM IST
- Punjab government to launch unique card for NRIs of Punjab origin
The NRI Affairs department has been told to immediately work out details of the proposal and implement it at the earliest.
30 Jul, 2012, 09.42 PM IST
NRIs may lose special benefits on investmentsIt has been proposed that NRIs should be allowed to invest only under the repatriable route, same as other foreign investors.
02 Jan, 2012, 05.15 PM IST
- Talks on to formulate guidelines on NRI bride's issue
The Ministry of Women and Child Development was in talks with other Government departments to formulate guidelines in order to address the ...
18 Sep, 2008, 08.51 PM IST
- Techie faces deportation for dowry harassment
US immigration service has served a deportation notice on Raju, a software engineer.
13 Jul, 2006, 11.23 AM IST
- Cabinet to decide on PIO funds in aviation
In a bid to improve the investment climate for the aviation industry, the civil aviation ministry is planning to approach the Cabinet for a...
28 Jul, 2005, 02.07 AM IST
- Turf war over Investment Commission
A turf war-of-sorts is brewing in the government over the control of the Investment Commission, proposed in the '04-05 Union Budget, which ...
09 Aug, 2004, 01.45 AM IST
- Punjab now looks for a greenback revolution
Punjab will soon have special courts to look into NRI property disputes. The state government will shortly request the chief justice of Pun...
26 Jul, 2002, 01.28 AM IST