Blackmoney: Swiss banks seek fresh undertakings from Indians

Last Updated: Sunday, March 29, 2015, 12:52

The latest development comes at a time when India is aggressively making efforts to bring back illicit money parked by its citizens overseas and Switzerland has also agreed to co-operate on the issue.

Six Indians in Forbes 50 Asian power businesswomen list

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 18:27

To make the list, candidates have to be active in the upper echelons of the business world in Asia, wield significant power and have access to robust financial resources, according to Forbes.

HSBC's India headcount up by 1,000; US staff size down

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 14:52

At the centre of a probe into black money allegedly stashed by Indians in Swiss banks, global banking giant HSBC increased its headcount in India by 1,000 last year to 32,000 -- the second highest after the UK.

Indians can carry only up to Rs 25,000 to Nepal, Bhutan

Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 22:08

The Reserve Bank on Thursday allowed Indians to carry high value denomination notes while travelling to Nepal and Bhutan with a cap of Rs 25,000 on the total amount.

2014 changed the way Indians did their shopping

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 11:15

Lured by heavy online discounts and easy home delivery of almost any product at the click of a button, shopping for Indians would never be the same again after 2014.

2015 to see turnaround in salary;10.5% hike for Indians: Report

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 13:08

According to HayGroup's 2015 salary forecast, salaries across the globe are set to rise by an average 5.4 percent in 2015 as compared with 5.2 percent last year.

Indians most addicted to smartphones globally: Survey

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 13:56

It polled more than 2,500 smartphone and tablet users from the top five smartphone regions globally, including India, the United States, Germany, Brazil and China.

Only 48% of Indian adults have access to bank account: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 15:06

Only 48 per cent of Indian adults have bank accounts and nearly half of them lie dormant, says a report.

`Obama may accept deal offering legal status to 11m illegals`

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 18:51

US President Barack Obama signalled potential compromise on immigration reform that could provide path to citizenship to 11 million people, including some 2,40,000 Indians, in America illegally.

Indians, British make bulk of purchases in Dubai property

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 20:29

The overall number of transacted properties in the emirate last year was valued at USD 64 billion.

Ahmed Patel assures help for return of 2 Indians stranded in Iran

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:26

Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s political secretary Ahmed Patel assured to take up with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, the issue of two Indians stranded in Iran.

Vedic Pandits go `missing` in US

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 16:50

In a shocking revelation, as many as 163 Indians, most of them brought to the US as teenagers from villages in northern India to be trained into Vedic Pandits by two institutions set up by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of transcendental meditation fame, appear to have gone missing over the last 12 months.