New NPS account closure rules: PFRDA issues rules to close NPS accounts for these accountholdersPFRDA has introduced new directives for NPS subscribers who renounce Indian citizenship without obtaining an OCI card. These individuals mu...
23 Apr, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
Rights of OCI cardholder can't be curtailed arbitrarily: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that the rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder cannot be curtailed arbitrarily and that due pr...
01 Apr, 2025, 07.37 PM IST
India proposes to cancel OCI cards of Khalistani terrorists in Canada, US, UKThe Indian government has instructed the investigative agencies to identify Khalistani terrorists across the US, UK, Canada and Australia a...
24 Sep, 2023, 02.21 PM IST
Can Indians have dual citizenship? Here's the fine printYou may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign countr...
22 May, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
NRI Helpdesk: Traveling to the US? What Green Card holders, students, and visitors must knowFor our NRI readers, we have started an immigration helpdesk. Write to us at nri.economictimes@gmail.com and our team of experts will addre...
26 Jun, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Foreigners married to Indians cannot enjoy OCI status after divorce, Centre tells HCThe woman has challenged in the high court a provision of the Citizenship Act - section 7D(f) - under which a foreign spouse of an Indian n...
09 Apr, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
Tablighis from foreign nations can’t ask to be deported as matter of right: Govt to SCSome 227 foreign nationals had left India before a lookout circular could be issued against them, the court was told. No foreign Tablighi J...
02 Jul, 2020, 11.20 PM IST
NRC must to identify non-citizens: Govt to SCPreparation of a NRC was a necessary exercise for any sovereign country for mere identification of citizens from non-citizens, it contended...
17 Mar, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: Indians pack their bags for homePeople studying overseas and those on short trips abroad are returning to India ahead of time. Airlines aren’t sure about the impact of the...
13 Mar, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
India urged to extend renewal date of OCI card till Dec 31In December, the Ministry of Home Affairs' Foreigners Division issued an office memorandum directing the relevant government agencies and a...
15 Feb, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
16 Indian-Americans briefly stranded at JFK airport for not carrying old cancelled passportsAt least 16 Indian-Americans with valid OCI cards headed to New Delhi from the US experienced some anxious moments at the John F Kennedy ai...
23 Dec, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
CAB ready to be tabled next week; non-Muslim refugees from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan to get citizenshipAccording to the bill, "... any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...
06 Dec, 2019, 04.18 PM IST
Can think of taking 'further decision' if firm indication given on 'core interests': MEA on RCEPIf India gets firm indication that its core interests will be accommodated then it can rethink its decision.
07 Nov, 2019, 08.35 PM IST
The last Winsome link vanishes, all trails in the Rs 6,800-cr scam go coldMustafa Batliwala, key aide of group founder Jatin Mehta, is feared to have left the country.
07 Feb, 2019, 01.09 PM IST
India to cancel OCI cards of Sherin Mathews' foster parents, relatives in USToddler Sherin's decomposed body was found in a culvert close to her home last year in October 22, two weeks after her Indian-American fost...
08 Sep, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
OCI card holders appear to enjoy freedom of speech, equality like other Indians: HCDr Christo Thomas Philip had challenged the cancellation of his OCI registration for alleged missionary activities in Bihar.
12 Aug, 2018, 12.56 PM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to merge Person of Indian Origin, Overseas Citizenship of India schemesCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to remove certain lacunae noticed during implementation of 1955 Act & review of provisions relating...
23 Dec, 2014, 06.43 PM IST