Gandhinagar The Ministry of External Affairs today said the 2015 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention was unmatched in scale, grandeur and number of participants. "The 2015 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was unmatched in terms of scale, grandeur and in terms of the numbers who participated in the event," MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here. He said 4,000 delegates from different countries participated in the event and claimed that there were many fi...Read More

Ahmedabad Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said his government would take action against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as per the law in connection with his deals with the real estate major DLF. "The state Government has formed a special investigation team to investigate the Vadra-DLF land deals. Data is being collected in all cases of irregularities and action would be taken as per the law," Khattar said,...Read More

Gandhinagar Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to NRIs to invest in his state and pitched the idea of 'Make in Punjab' on the concluding day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations here. Speaking on 'Investment Opportunities in States' in the CMs' session, Badal said Punjab has lot of opportunities for NRIs and more to offer than any other state. "I appreciate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Make in India'. But I woul...Read More

Gandhinagar Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the government is not just looking at investments by the people of Indian origin living across the world but also wants to have deeper ties with the Indian Diaspora. "Please don't feel that we are looking only at investments from you...it is not 'dhan ka rishta' that we are looking, but a 'man ka rishta'," Singh said addressing the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas here. We are very proud of the contribution ...Read More

Gandhinagar Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today sought the Centre's support to rehabilitate Indians who have returned from Saudi Arabia after change in laws there. "The trends indicate that the employment opportunities in the Gulf sector may diminish and reforms like 'Nitaqat' may force the Indians to return to the home country. We must think about how we can rehabilitate those who come back to India and in what way we can make use of their expertise," C...Read More

Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat Hindi film acress Juhi Chawla today arrived at Sardar Patel airport in Ahmedabad. She said she was here to attend the concluding function of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015 which is going to be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. She said, "my father-in-law Mahendra Mehta is one of the awardees to receive Pravasi Bharatiya award today. I am here with my husband Jay Mehta to attend the function." On the second and the last day of Pravasi ...Read More

Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat Presented here is a video of cultural programme at Kankaria lake front held on the first day of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015. The function was held in presence of delegates of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the President of Guyana, Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Goa Chief Minister Laxikant Parsekar, Jharkhand Chief Minister, MoS in centre VK Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel among others. Cultural performance covered tr...Read More

Gandhinagar India will provide a USD 60 million worth Line of Credit (LoC) to Guyana for construction of a road project and a passenger ferry service to help the country tackle its transporation problem. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave the nod for LoC during bilateral talks with Guyana President Donald R Ramotar on the sidelines of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas event to which the latter has been invited as chief guest. "In the meeting there were discussi...Read More

Gandhinagar Claiming that the government had protected the farmers' interests, Union Rural Development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh today said the criticism of the ordinance on land acquisition law amendment was only political. "Some of the concerns about the ordinance are political and I am not bothered about them," Singh said, talking to PTI here on the sidelines of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas program. When pointed out that some reputed developmental economis...Read More

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