Tag: India

India’s CBI Issues Judicial Request To Bermuda

India’s Central Bureau Of Investigation [CBI] has issued judicial requests to four countries, including Bermuda, seeking details of a money trail in a deal in which former Indian Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The Times of India reports that, “The Letters Rogatory (LRs) to the UK, Bermuda, Malaysia and Mauritius were issued... Read more of this article

India Sending Tax Officers To Offshore Centres

India — which signed a pact with Bermuda in 2010 to facilitate the exhange of information between the two countries on tax evasion — is planning a major crackdown on citizens who abuse offshore financial centres. New Delhi yesterday [Mar. 19] announced tax officers will be posted in offshore financial centres to spot suspicious transactions... Read more of this article

Bermuda Cited In India Corruption Case

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation will soon send judicial requests to Bermuda and the United Kingdom seeking details of money trail in a widening political corruption case in which former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The CBI has alleged the former Cabinet Minister received $118 million as kickbacks from the Indian-Malaysian... Read more of this article

Jackson & Butterfield Off To India Film School

Bermuda’s first students to attend India’s Whistling Woods Film Academy in India have departed Bermuda to begin their course of study. Jason Jackson and Charles Butterfield (pictured L-R) jetted off to Boston, then to Paris before finally landing in India late Thursday Bermuda time.Whistling Woods International is Asia’s largest Film,... Read more of this article

International Training & Scholarship Awards

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kim Wilson delivered a Ministerial Statement in the Senate this morning [June 29], providing an update on international training programmes and scholarship awards. The Minister mentioned a number of students receiving further education abroad including; Amaury Symonds and Noreco Burgess who left Bermuda earlier... Read more of this article

Prescription Drugs From India, Brazil, Israel

Following a change in the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, prescription drugs from Brazil, India and Israel can be imported into Bermuda Health Minister Zane Desilva said, “Today I am pleased to announce that Brazil, India and Israel will be added to the list of countries from which prescription drugs can be imported into Bermuda.” “The Ministry... Read more of this article

Video: Aspiring Filmmaker Heading To India

Charles Butterfield is one of two aspiring Bermudian filmmakers who will be attending Whistling Woods International in India next month. Charles, along with Jason Jackson, received a scholarship to study Filming and Broadcasting at the Mumbai school. Charles said, “My old teacher saw some potential in me and she said I should look into some... Read more of this article

India Film Institute Scholarship Launched

The National Training Board [NTB], within the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced the launch of the Whistling Woods International Scholarship which will be available for two Bermudian students, and offer them the chance to study in India. In February 2010 the Bermuda Government and Whistling Woods International Ltd. Institute for Film,... Read more of this article

Indian Movie Released: No Bermuda Sequences

Ramesh Varma’s film Veera was released in India today [May 20] to high publicity and mostly poor reviews. The film was reportedly set to contain two song sequences shot in Bermuda earlier this year. However, it appears that the Bermudian sequences never materialized – despite two announcements that shooting here would soon commence. The song sequences... Read more of this article

India Cites Bermuda Treaty in Tax Crackdown

India’s beleagured government defended itself today [Jan. 25] against charges it was allowing hundreds of billions of dollars to be siphoned from the economy into off-shore bank accounts — citing its recent agreement with Bermuda as an example of its intent to crack down on tax evasion and avoidance. Days after India’s Supreme Court... Read more of this article