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MUMBAI, INDIA - OCTOBER 9: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is greeted by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, on his arrival at Raj Bhavan on October 9, 2025 in Mumbai, India. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British counterpart Keir Starmer hailed the potential on Thursday of their months-old trade deal to transform commercial links, as London unveiled further Indian investment in Britain. Starmer is in the financial capital of Mumbai ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a significant move to curb illegal activities and protect national security, the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has apprehended and deported Onuorah Solomon Chibueze, a 46-year-old Nigerian national, back to his home country. The operation was carried out following credible intelligence about Chibueze's suspicious activities in the city. According to officials, Chibueze had been residing in the Attapur area of Hyderabad since September 2024. Originally from Anambra S ...Read More >
Thane: Three people, including a US national, were arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday for allegedly attempting to convert villagers to Christianity. The incident occurred in Chimbipada, a locality in Bhiwandi and came to light after a video showing the police confronting the accused went viral on social media. Viral Video Shows US National Addressing Locals In the video, the foreign national can be seen speaking to a group of locals gathered inside a house. Police officials, ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 54-year-old Canada-based man, claiming to be a former national-level kabaddi player, has been arrested by IGI Airport police for allegedly issuing fraudulent documents to two of the nine Indian passengers who were deported from Ethiopia six years ago. The case surfaced when on Sept 27, 2019, the passengers were deported from the east African country for possessing fake continuous discharge certificates (CDCs) allegedly issued by the ministry of works, transport and infrastructure, g ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted two men for involvement in the illegal human trafficking from India to the US via the 'dunki' route, officials said on Thursday. Sunny, a resident of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh) and Shubham Sandhal alias Deep Hundi of Peeragardhi, New Delhi, have been named in the chargesheet filed on Wednesday in a NIA special court in Mohali, they said. The duo have been charged with illegal human trafficking and cheating i ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 2 (ANI): Kerala Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi release of a specially designed commemorative postage stamp and coin highlighting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh contributions to the nation. Shameful! PM releasing a stamp & coin for the RSS is an insult to our freedom struggle. RSS never fought for independence--it betrayed it. Glorifying them is rewriting history, and the people of India will ne ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at an event to commemorate the RSS' centenary celebrations, once again spoke about the dangers of illegal immigration. He had made the same point during his Independence Day address. The Prime Minister repeatedly flagging the issue only shows how dangerous illegal immigration into the country is. The agencies have long flagged the issue, stating that illegal immigration is a planned attempt to cause demographic chang ...Read More >
Kannur: As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds its centenary celebrations, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan compared the Sangh to Zionists in Israel. Addressing a public meeting in Kannur on Wednesday, Vijayan said, "Zionists in Israel and RSS in India are twin brothers." Taking a jibe over the H-1 B visa fee hike imposed by US President Donald Trump, he questioned PM Modi's silence. He said, "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a humble servant of US President Donald Trump. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The rupee recovered 12 paise from its all-time closing low to settle at 88.68 (provisional) against US dollar on Wednesday, as the Central Bank in its monetary policy decision announced a host of measures to support exporters and bring stability to the domestic unit. Forex traders said the rupee advanced against the US dollar as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and maintained a neutral stance in its fourth Monetary Policy of FY2 ...Read More >
PTC Web Desk: Indian graduate Ananya Joshi, who had been documenting her job search journey on social media, has bid an emotional farewell to the United States after failing to secure a suitable role. On September 29, she shared a tearful video on Instagram, capturing her departure and describing it as the "hardest step" of her journey. In her post, Ananya Joshi reflected on her years in America, calling it her first home as a financially independent adult. "By far the hardest step in this jour ...Read More >
New Delhi: Harvard University economist Kenneth Rogoff on Wednesday said the high tariffs on several countries, including India, and the steep H-1B visa fee hike imposed by the Trump administration will hold back the US economic growth. US President Donald Trump's decision to increase the application fee for H-1B visas is expected to impact Indian nationals, who accounted for almost 70 per cent of all such visas issued in the last few years. "The new visa rules were done in a very haphazard ma ...Read More >
India has this year given the green light to 10 semiconductor projects worth about $18 billion in total When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India's "late entry" into the global semiconductor race, he pinned hopes on pioneers such as Vellayan Subbiah to create a chip innovation hub. The chairman of CG Power, who oversees a newly commissioned semiconductor facility in western India, is seen as one of the early domestic champions of this strategic sector in the world's fastest-growing majo ...Read More >
By Sai Ishwarbharath B, Haripriya Suresh and Rishika Sadam BENGALURU/HYDERABAD (Reuters) -Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown will hasten U.S. firms' shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres (GCCs) that handle operations from finance to research and development, economists and industry insiders say. The world's fifth-largest economy is home to 1,700 GCCs, or more than half the global tally, having outgrown its tech support origins to become a hub of ...Read More >
BENGALURU/HYDERABAD: Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown will hasten U.S. firms' shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres (GCCs) that handle operations from finance to research and development, economists and industry insiders say. The world's fifth-largest economy is home to 1,700 GCCs, or more than half the global tally, having outgrown its tech support origins to become a hub of high-value innovation in areas from design of luxury car dashboards t ...Read More >
MUMBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee posted its fifth consecutive monthly fall against the U.S. dollar, and hit a record low on Tuesday, as trade tensions between India and the United States escalated, pushing up dollar demand. The rupee settled at 88.7875 against the U.S. dollar, its weakest ever closing level, and down slightly from its close of 88.7600 on Monday. Earlier in the day, the currency declined to an all-time low of 88.8000. The currency fell 0.7% in September, posting it ...Read More >
Pune, Sep 30 (PTI) Pune-based gangster Nilesh Ghaywal has managed to secure a passport and visa and travel abroad despite facing multiple serious criminal cases, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter, officials said. A Look Out Circular (LOC) had been issued against Ghaywal, believed to be abroad currently, even as he faced fresh criminal charges in a road rage case in which a man was shot at by five to six of his associates in Pune, police said on Sunday. "We have already issued ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 29-year-old African national was arrested for allegedly duping over 100 women claiming to be a UK-based Korean jewellery businessman and luring them with false promises of a personal relationship and business collaboration, police said on Monday. The accused has been identified as Stephane, also known as K Cee Dominic, a resident of Tilak Nagar. A case was registered on September 24 following a complaint from a woman alleging that she had come into contact with Duck Young (Stephan ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Intwo separate crackdowns, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested three Sri Lankan nationals for illegally staying in the city and busted a drug racket involving two foreign nationals among seven accused. According to police, three Sri Lankan citizens who had entered India illegally in 2024 were taken into custody from an apartment under Devanahalli police station limits. Investigations revealed that the accused had traveled from Jaffna by boat to Rameswaram, Tamil Nad ...Read More >
The 29-year-old man named Stephane, alias K Cee Dominic, was arrested from his rented accommodation, news agency PTI reported, citing police officials. Police officials said that the man used an app which helps users practise language skills by chatting with native speakers around the world. From this app, he used to target single women and gain their trust. He would then claim to be stranded at immigration with large-value cheques or documents pending clearance. Meanwhile, his associates woul ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested an African national for allegedly defrauding multiple women by posing as a Korean jewellery businessman settled in the UK. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Stephane, alias K Cee Dominic, was nabbed in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar. The case surfaced when a Shahdara resident filed a complaint stating she was duped of Rs 48,500 by an individual she met on a language learning app, HelloTalk. Using the profile name 'Duck Young', the scammer reportedly establishe ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) Rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day lower by 3 paise at 88.75 against the US dollar on Monday, on persistent foreign capital outflows and rise in risk-off sentiments. Forex traders said rupee is hovering near its all-time low level as investors remained concerned over global trade uncertainties and impact of US visa fee hike on India's IT services exports. Moreover, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) policy meeting outcome on October 1, is expected to ...Read More >
Nearly six in ten (59%) Indian entrepreneurs spend on luxury experiences such as travel, fine dining, and lifestyle indulgences -- outpacing the global average of 50%. Indian entrepreneurs are spending more aggressively than their global counterparts on luxury lifestyles, wellness, and international mobility, driven by optimism about wealth creation and global opportunities. According to HSBC's Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report 2025, 64% of Indian entrepreneurs allocate wealth towards real ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cyberabad police have deported 23 out of 36 foreign citizens found illegally overstaying in India following a raid on a farmhouse on the outskirts of Hyderabad last month, officials said on Monday. According to police, 22 Ugandan and a Sudanese citizen have been repatriated. Twenty of them were women. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rajendranagar zone, said that six more people (five Ugandans and a Cameroonian) will be deported within a week. Based on cre ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) Rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day lower by 7 paise at its all-time closing low of 88.79 (provisional) against US dollar on Monday, on persistent foreign capital outflows and rise in risk-off sentiments. Forex traders said rupee is hovering near its all-time low level as investors remained concerned over global trade uncertainties and impact of US visa fee hike on India's IT services exports. Moreover, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) policy meetin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Operations Cell of South West District Police has detained two Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in Delhi's Mahipalpur area, officials said on Monday. Fresh deportation proceedings have been initiated with the assistance of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), New Delhi, after completing all necessary codal formalities. The detained individuals have been identified as a 46-year-old Md. Abdulaziz Mian, a resident of Sakhipur, Koroti P ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Delhi Police has apprehended 25 Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in the national capital, officials said on Thursday. Aishwarya Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police for the South East district, among the 25 arrested individuals, 13 were women and 12 were men who had been communicating with people in Bangladesh using an application. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Extends Greetings on 4th Day of Shardiya Navratri; 'May Devi Maa Infuse Positi ...Read More >
New Delhi, India -- Meghna Gupta* had planned it all - a master's degree by 23, a few years of working in India, and then a move to the United States before she turned 30 to eventually settle there. So, she clocked countless hours at the Hyderabad office of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT firm and a driver of the country's emergence as the global outsourcing powerhouse in the sector. She waited to get to the promotion that would mean a stint on California's West Coast. Now, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): A team of Operations Cell, South West District has detained two illegal Bangladeshi migrants who had been living in India without valid visa documents for the past two years, police said on Monday. According to officials, the deportation process has been initiated with the help of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi after completing all codal formalities. Also Read | Sex Racket Busted in Mysuru, Police Arrest 2 for Pushing Young Girl ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): A team of Operations Cell, South West District has detained two illegal Bangladeshi migrants who had been living in India without valid visa documents for the past two years, police said on Monday. According to officials, the deportation process has been initiated with the help of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi after completing all codal formalities. Police identified the detainees as Md. Abdulaziz Mian (46), a resident of Sakhi ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to hold its key policy rate at 5.50% on Wednesday, though some economists say a surprise cut cannot be ruled out as it weighs the impact of U.S. trade tariffs and subdued inflation. A Reuters poll showed nearly three-quarters of economists expected a pause, but major banks including Citi, Barclays, Capital Economics and SBI have flagged the possibility of a cut citing downside risks to growth and a benign inflation outlook. The RBI ...Read More >
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