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‘IITians should transform their viewpoint from being job seekers to being job creators’: IIT Kharagpur director at Idea Exchange

November 03, 2025 6:40 am

A mechanical engineer by training, he is known for his work in fluid mechanics, biomedical engineering and affordable health and diagnostics

User-friendly interface, seamless registration: Shah launches revamped OCI portal

May 20, 2025 2:01 am

According to the MHA, the OCI scheme was introduced through an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955, in 2005

This word means: OCI (Overseas Citizen of India)

May 19, 2025 7:36 pm

Every day, 500 words on a word (or expression) that has appeared in The Indian Express

Who is an Overseas Citizen of India? What are the rights and privileges of OCI card holders?

October 02, 2024 10:55 am

The Consulate General of India in New York has clarified that rumours circulating on social media regarding OCIs becoming reclassified as “foreigners” are false

Soon, foreign friends of diaspora members to get free visas

September 28, 2024 12:05 pm

Up to five foreign nationals nominated by OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cardholders on a special website will be eligible for the gratis e-visa, The Indian Express has learnt.

Delhi HC grant citizenship to girl born to Overseas Citizen of India cardholders

Delhi High Court asks Centre to grant citizenship to girl born to Overseas Citizen of India cardholders

May 17, 2024 6:02 pm

The Delhi HC said the girl’s “position is unique” and added that her case is not expressly covered by any specific provision of the Citizenship Act or the Passports Act

Actor Chetan claims Centre has cancelled his overseas citizenship

April 16, 2023 7:04 am

Speaking to The Indian Express, Chetan, a US citizen, said he received a letter dated March 28 from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), directing him to return the OCI card.

Vice journalist blacklisted, his documentary showed India in a negative manner: Centre to Delhi HC

January 28, 2023 9:15 am

The submission was made before a single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh, who was hearing Singh's plea against Centre's refusal to allow him to enter India.

On the eve of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, a plea by an Overseas Citizen of India: It’s time that government addresses ambiguities on the legal status of OCIs

January 08, 2023 6:57 pm

The government should go by the letter and spirit of the 2003 amendment to country’s citizenship law and not restrict the rights of OCIs to mere residency rights.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response to Sweden-based professor Ashok Swain’s plea against cancellation of OCI card

December 09, 2022 7:09 am

Swain claimed that he received a show cause notice from the Indian Embassy whereby his OCI card was arbitrarily barred on the alleged premise that he was indulging in “inflammatory speeches and anti-India activities”.