Staff Reporter Auckland, May 25, 2019 A New Zealand licensed Immigration Adviser (Mr JS), had a complaint brought against him by a client, an applicant for a long term business visa. Apart from the routine negligence, bad advice and so on, these allegations were serious; they included fraudulently providing false documents to Immigration New Zealand (INL), without the applicant’s knowledge.…
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Indian Foreign Policy could become assertive and yet flexible
Balaji Chandramohan New Delhi, May 25, 2019 As the largest democracy in the world voted for the incumbent, conservative and nationalistic Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again, the strategic orientation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be of interest to Indo-Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand and those in the South Pacific. Paradigm shift in Strategic Calculus The massive…
Read MoreThe Modi factor overwhelms Congress-led Alliance in India
Katharine Adeney Nottingham, United Kingdom, May 25, 2019 The stunning majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Indian election is a massive political achievement for its leadership: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Party President Amit Shah. Early results from the world’s biggest democratic exercise show the BJP is likely to win more than 300 seats in India’s Parliament, the Lok…
Read MoreArdern warns of global headwinds ahead of Budget
Wellington, May 24, 2019 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned about the risks of an unstable and uncertain global climate for New Zealand businesses. In a pre-Budget speech in Auckland this afternoon, Ms Ardern set the scene for the government’s first Wellbeing Budget to be delivered on Thursday, May 30, 2019. She warned that while the economy is strong, New…
Read MoreDumper gets home detention and probation in Auckland
Supplied Content Auckland, May 24, 2019 Home detention and financial penalties have been handed down to two people and a company for illegally dumping oil drums in Manurewa and the Waitākere Ranges earlier this year. Devendra Prakash, Director, D Bhagyanil Company Limited, was convicted and sentenced under the Resource Management Act today (May 24) at the Auckland District Court on…
Read MoreLandslide victory for Narendra Modi in India
BBC Report through RNZ Auckland, May 24, 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after winning a landslide general election victory. Historic Mandate His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to win about 300 of the 543 seats in Parliament, in what Mr Modi hailed as “a historic mandate.” The main opposition alliance, which is…
Read MoreThe Return of Narendra Modi spells better times for India
Captain Shekhar Vadke Auckland, May 24, 2019 Now that the results are out and Narendra Modi is back in the saddle and can concentrate on the programme of economic upliftment. In 2014 elections, BJP and Allies received a massive mandate with a three-pronged attack. India, under Congress (read as former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh) was stuck in a rut.…
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