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Indian Diaspora ‘Frustrated’ at Restricted Voting Rights in Indian Elections: Survey 2019-04-10 10:16:33
Non-Resident Indians were recently turned down from voting online or proxy voting at Lok Sabha elections starting April 11. A survey found for that reason, NRIs across the United Kingdom and Europe are feeling “frustrated” at only being allowed to...
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Fresh Bill to Allow Proxy Voting to NRIs 2019-06-24 05:30:46
The Indian union cabinet will take a call Monday to introduce a fresh bill in parliament to extend the facility of proxy voting to Indians abroad after the similar bill has lapsed following the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha...
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Meet the 32-Year-Old Indian American Who Traveled for over 30 Hours Just to Vote in General Elections 2019-04-12 06:15:43
Despite being in India scores of voters didn’t turn up to exercise their franchise but a 32-year-old job holder in the United States traveled from New York to Nagpur spending a bomb just to cast his vote. Ashish Sharma, who...
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‘NRI Voting Is Very Much Focus for Us’: Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra 2019-07-24 06:02:12
Months after India had its general elections, Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Tuesday called on all Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to register online to boost the numbers of such voters ahead of provisions being put in place for either proxy voting...
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Indian Americans Support Dual Citizenship: Survey 2019-09-19 06:48:52
A survey revealed that Indian Americans overwhelmingly are in the favor of dual citizenship from the Indian government whereas Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) prefer proxy voting instead of direct postal ballots. The survey, compiled by Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora...
Keywords: Non resident Indians, Indian Americans, immigration, immigration
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: No Online Voting for Indian Expats in UAE, Clarifies Consul-General of India 2019-04-15 12:38:52
The Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates will not be able to do online voting, the Consul-General of India in Dubai has said dismissing rumors that it was possible for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to vote online in the ongoing...
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