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  VIDEO: Rajnath Singh takes air sortie in Super Puma Helicopter in Singapore

  World | November 19, 2019 11:13 IST

  Rajnath Singh's schedule in Singapore includes attending the India-Singapore Defence Ministers' Dialogue and also call on the Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. Singh arrived in Singapore on Monday night after concluding his Bangkok visit.

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  Indian couple convicted of labour trafficking

  World | November 16, 2019 8:29 IST

  A married Indian couple, who ran two entertainment clubs in Singapore’s upmarket clubbing precinct of Boat Quay, was found guilty on Friday of illegally harbouring three Bangladeshi women in the first conviction for labour trafficking

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  No unconditional jobs in Singapore under CECA, says Minister Chan

  World | November 10, 2019 10:24 IST

  Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing has said that the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with India does not grant Indian nationals unconditional access to Singapore or its immigration privileges.

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  Compensation being processed for Indian worker killed in Singapore crane collapse

  World | November 10, 2019 10:05 IST

  A migrant workers organisation in Singapore is working with the employers and contractors of the construction site where a worker from India died following a crane accident here on Tuesday to provide an interim support amount to the deceased's family, even as his work injury compensation is being processed.

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  Prudent spending, higher revenues to allay economic worries, says Singapore

  Business | November 08, 2019 16:53 IST

  Encouragingly, cyclical growth momentum is getting a hand from reduction in rates and surplus liquidity conditions, wrote Radhika Rao, Vice Senior President and Economist at DBS in Singapore

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  National University of Singapore launches programme in Sikh studies

  Education | September 21, 2019 22:51 IST

  The Sikh community here in collaboration with the National University of Singapore on Saturday launched an academic programme in Sikh studies to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of the faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev.

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  Singapore police probes online rap video for alleged racism

  World | July 30, 2019 16:29 IST

  Singapore police on Tuesday said it was investigating an online rap video allegedly containing offensive content, featuring an Indian-origin duo, that was made in response to a recent advertisement by an e-payment website. The rap video, understood to be featuring local Indian-origin YouTuber Preeti Nair and rapper Subhas Nair, was posted on Facebook and YouTube on Monday.

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  Full Schedule of T20 World Cup qualifiers: Singapore, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal and Qatar to fight for only spot

  Cricket | July 22, 2019 13:05 IST

  The round-robin format will see all five teams play each other once, with the side that finish at the summit becoming one of the 14 teams to play in the United Arab Emirates in October and November for the chance to make next year's T20 Men's World Cup.

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  Indians third on list of foreign tourist arrivals in Singapore

  India | July 12, 2019 20:33 IST

  Singapore received 1.44 million visitors last year from India, crossing the one million mark for the fourth time in a row.

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  Vistara announces international operations; to launch services to Singapore

  Business | July 11, 2019 11:01 IST

  Tata-SIA run Vistara airline on Thursday announced the launch of its international operations from next month with flight services to Singapore from New Delhi and Mumbai.

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  PNB fraud: Singapore HC orders freezing bank account of Nirav Modi's family

  India | July 02, 2019 17:15 IST

  The agency said the bank account is in the name of Pavillion Point Corporation based in the British Virgin Islands, a company that is "beneficially owned" by Purvi Modi and Maiank Mehta. The couple is the sister and brother-in-law of Nirav Modi, who is currently under arrest in this alleged bank fraud case in London from where India is seeking his extradition.

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  Indian-origin woman jailed for assaulting Singapore police officer

  World | June 26, 2019 21:01 IST

  Resshmi B. Rasmi assaulted Station Inspector Gerald Chan Wee Ming while he was trying to question her and several others about the fight. He managed to break free from her but she became violent when his colleagues tried to arrest her.

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  Singapore: Drunk Indian man jailed for assaulting police officer

  World | June 12, 2019 10:35 IST

  Murugesan Ragupathiraja faces 10 charges, three of which were committed on Sunday when he attempted to assault a police officer at an apartment block in the Everton Park housing estate.

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  India moves up to rank 43rd on world’s most competitive economy, US at third. Read to know who's at first

  World | May 29, 2019 11:06 IST

  The IMD Business School said it takes into account a wide range of statistics such as unemployment, GDP and government spending on health and education, as well as data from an executive opinion survey covering topics such as social cohesion, globalisation and corruption.

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  Setback for IndiGo, Jet's unused flight quota to be shared equitably

  Business | May 18, 2019 0:01 IST

  Unimpressed by IndiGo's suggestion to allot grounded Jet Airways' unused slots in proportion to the fleet size of rival carriers, the government has decided to give higher seat quota on foreign routes to the carriers launching flights on unserved sectors or those witnessing spike in air fares.

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  Thanos is coming! Waterspout spotted over bay in Singapore

  World | May 14, 2019 19:12 IST

  According to reports, the waterspout occurred off the coast of Singapore, near Sentosa Cove, at about 8:45 am local time followed by heavy rain in the area. 

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  Indian youth in Singapore faces trial for defaulting national service obligations

  India | May 10, 2019 17:09 IST

  A Singapore court on Thursday charged 25-year-old Thirumal Pavithran for remaining outside the country without a valid exit permit for a combined duration of more than five years

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  Indian-origin doctor gets divorce bill of Singapore dollars 25 million

  World | May 08, 2019 11:25 IST

  Gobinathan Devathasan, 69, whose behaviour was described as "reprehensible" during the litigation, was ordered on April 29 to pay his ex-wife Christie Devathasan Canadian dollars 5,498,344 in spousal support, with another Canadian dollars 612,084 for child support.

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  Indian jailed in Singapore for six weeks in corruption case

  World | May 03, 2019 14:43 IST

  Muthukaruppan Periyasamy, 52, who worked as a construction manager for Fenzhii Engineering Services and Ramo Industries, was jailed for giving 1,600 Singapore Dollars (USD 1,173) as bribe to two officials of a pest control company and receiving information about the impending mosquito breeding inspections at his site.

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  Indian jailed in Singapore for taking bribes to under report weight of passenger bags

  World | April 30, 2019 8:04 IST

  Hiteshkumar Chandubhai Patel, who worked as a customer service associate for logistics service provider UBTS between January 2015 and November 2016, was ordered to pay a penalty of 800 Singapore dollars for the offence he committed, The New Paper reported.