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- Contents:
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- 1) Information on Passport Renewals
- 2) Addresses of Indian Consulates in US
- 3) Information on Remitting Money to India
- 4) Misc Junk..
- 5) Indian Books and Magazines
- 6) Indian Newspapers Subcriptions
- 7) Indian e-mail Addresses
- 8) Shortwave Radio Frequencies
- 9) Visitors Visa
- 10) Visitors Medical Insurance.
- 11) Custom Regulations
- 12) Tourist Information
- 13) Pal to Secam Conversion
- 14) Sending Flowers to India
- 15) Printing Indian Language Texts using TeX and/or PostScript
- 16) Addresses of U.S Consulates in India
- 17) Visa Cutoff Date
-
- ************************************************************************
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- -------
- Subject: 1) Information on Passport Renewal
-
- The Passport can be renewed anytime.
-
- It is very important to contact the Indian Consular Office which has
- jurisdiction over your state of residence. The PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY
- DIFFERENT CONSULAR OFFICES DO VARY. Some consular offices accept personal
- checks.
-
- They charge $6.00.
-
- You also need to affix proper return postage on a self-addressed envelope
- for registered mail.
-
-
-
- PROCEDURES FOR RENEWING INDIAN PASSPORTS
- This is a summary of an ad placed by the Indian consulate, San Francisco
- in Jan 1991.
- You can get application forms by calling up 415-291-1403 at any time,
- leaving your name and address on the answering machine.
- Passports can be renewed any time between one year before and one year
- after the date of expiry. If the passport is already 10 years old, a new
- booklet is issued for which 3 photos are required along with the old
- passport. The fee for renewal or new booklet is $6. New passports are
- valid for 10 years.
- If your passport is lost or damaged, you have to make a special appli-
- -cation (6 copies and 7 photos)
- They accept personal checks.
-
- THE BOTTOM LINE
-
- CALL THE CONSULATE WHICH OFFERS NRI SERVICES TO YOUR REGION
- AND ASK THEM FOR THE DETAILS.
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 2) Addresses of Indian Consulates in US
-
- STATES ADDRESS
- ====== ===========================
- Alabama, Delaware, Dist. Of Columbia, Embassy Of India
- Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 2536 Massachusetts Ave. NW,
- Maryland, Mississipi, Arkansas, Tenness Washington DC 20008.
- Virginia, W. Virginia & the Bahamas Tel. 202-939-7000/9839
- North Carolina, South Carolina.
-
- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Consulate General Of India,
- New Hampshire, New Jersy, Newyork, Ohio, 3 East 64 Street,
- Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, New York, NY 10021
- Vermont, Virgin Islands. Tel. 212-879-7800
-
- Alaska, Arizona,Hawaii, Nebraska, New Mexico, Consulate General of India,
- New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, 540 Arguello Blvd.
- Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, SAN FRANSISCO, CA 94118.
- Montana, Idaho, California. Tel. 415-668-0683
-
- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Consulate General Of India,
- North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri.150 North Michigan Ave. #1100
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
- Tel: 312-781-6280
-
-
- Phone Ext:
-
- Washington, D.C
-
- Indian Embassy: 202-939-7000 (Main Number)
- -7061 (I don't know for which dept.)
- -7066 (Passport Enquiries: after 2:00 pm)
- -7065 (To verify whether they have sent back the
- passport, after you send it to them for
- extension. Contact: Mrs. Nagarathnam)
- -7068 (Birth Certifcate: Contact Mr.Seti)
- -7060 (Contact Mr.Karry - I don't know for what)
- -9806 (For Customs/Duty Information)
- -9850 (For Passport Renewal)
-
-
- Chicago:
-
- 1. Consulate General of India-----312-781-6280
- 2. Consul Commerce----------------312-781-6274
- 3. Consul General-----------------312-781-6271
- 4. Passport Section---------------312-781-6268
- 5. Vice Counsel-Passport, Visa----312-781-6288
- 6. Visa Section-------------------312-781-6289
- 7. India Govt. tourist Office-----312-236-6899
- 312-236-7869
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 3) Information on Remitting Money to India
-
- There are three major banks which advertise regularly in India
- Abroad. These banks offer wide variety of services including CDs
- and money transfer facilities to India. Since the banking poli-
- cies change everyday, it is best that you get the latest informa-
- tion from the banks themselves. Their toll free numbers are list-
- ed as follows.
-
- i) State Bank of India
- New York California
- 1 (800) 227-4309 1 (213) 623-7250 (L.A.)
- 1 (212) 735-9600 (Park Ave) 1 (213) 865 5009 (Artesia)
- 1 (718) 445-3900 (Flushing)
-
-
- Chicago Washington
- 1 (800) 621-1299 1 (202) 296-4061
- 1 (312) 621-1200
-
-
- ii) Citibank India Investments
- Call 1 (800) CITI-NRI for NRE,FCNR accounts
- 1 (800) 248-4674
- Call 1 (716) 634-2390 for application for rupee draft.
- iii) American Express
- Call 1 (800) 688-5494
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 4) Misc. Junk
-
- i) If you need the toll free number of any company in USA PLEASE call
- 1 + (800) + 555-1212. They will even thank you for using their company.
- ii) If you need to call directory assistance of any state call
- 1 + (area code of the state ) + 555-1212. You should however know
- which city in that state your friend lives in.
- iii) For local assistance call 411. Again you should know the city.
- iv) If you need the STD code of any city in India call the AT&T operator
- dial 0+0 (In most of the places ).
-
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 5) Indian Books and Magazines
-
-
- There are a lot of good Indian magazines but I only have information on
- these . If you all know how to subscribe and how much damage it does to
- our pocket books, Please let me know .
-
-
- ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY OF INDIA
- The General Manager (RMD)
- The Times of India
- Dr. D.N. Road
- Bombay 400001
- India
- Rs. 1560-00 (by air)
- Rs. 620-00 (by sea)
-
-
-
-
- DHARMAYUG
-
- (1) 10-Dariyaganj, New Delhi - 110 002
- (2) 139, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380 009
- (3) 13/1, Goverment Place East, Calcutta -69
- (4) Gangagruh, 3rd Floor, 6-D Nungambakkam High Road,
- Madras - 600 034
- (5) 40/1 S&B Towers, 88, M.G.Road, Bangalore 560 001
- (6) 407/1 Tirath Bhavan, Carter Gate, Pune-411 002
-
- UK Bch: P.O.Box 57, Gloucester GL2 6DS, UK.
- Tel (0452) 306546
-
-
- INDIA TODAY
- India Today International
- Living Media India Ltd.
- 404 Park Avenue South
- New York, NY 10016
- 212-481-0040
- 212-779-8206 (FAX)
- Subscription - $49 payable to Living Media India Ltd.
-
- EPW
- Economic and Political Weekly
- Hitkari House,
- 284 Shahid BhagatSingh Marg,
- Bombay 400 038
- India
- Cost: $80 p.a checks o.k
-
- BUSINESS INDIA
-
- Wadia Bldg,
- 17/19 Dalal Street,
- Fort, Bombay 400 001
- India
- Tel + 91 (22) 27-4161/27-1558
-
-
-
- MAIL ORDER BOOKS
-
- South Asia Books
- P.O. Box 502
- Columbia, Missouri 65205
- (314) 474 0116
-
- The Asia Society/"Bookmarks"
- 725 Park Ave.
- New York, NY 10021
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 6) Indian Newspapers
-
- If you want to stay in touch with events back home, the simplest
- alternative is to subscribe to one of the Indian papers published in the
- US. The two best known are INDIA ABROAD and INDIA WEST.
-
- INDIA ABROAD
- 43 West 24th Street,7th floor
- New York
- NY 10010
- 212-929-1762
- (There are three US editions, Eastern, Midwest and Western, besides
- Canadian and British editions. Specify which edition you want.)
- Subscription:6 months $15, 12 months $26
-
- INDIA WEST
- 5901 Christie Avenue, Suite 301
- Emeryville,CA 94608
- 415-652-3552
- Subscription: 6 months $15, 12 months $25, 24 months $45.
- They accept Visa/MC
-
- The following dealer advertises that they supply all Indian newspapers and
- magazines, as well as books. Ask them for their price list.
-
- INDO-US BOOKS AND JOURNALS INC.
- 35-52 73rd Street
- Jackson Heights
- NY 11372
- For Subscription info Call Mr Singh (7:00pm - 9:00pm EST)
- (718) 899-5590
-
-
- "The Hindu" International Edition can be obtained from
-
- The Hindu,
- Kasturi Bldg,
- 859/860 Anna Salai,
- Madras 600002
- India
-
- For USA and Canada
- M/s Peekay International Inc.,
- 4-40, 44th Drive, Long Island City,
- New York, NY, 11101, U.S.A.
- Tel : (718) 786-4460
- Telex : 4933794 SHREE
- Fax : (718) 786-5512.
-
- For U.K. and Europe
- Parry Murry & Co. Ltd.
- Prudential House, 9th Floor,
- Wellesley Road, Croydon,
- LONDON CRO 9XY, United Kingdom.
- Tel: 01-681-5441/2
- Telex: 266874-UBIQUE G.
-
- Annual Subscription rates (by Airmail from Madras) effective 9th June, 1990.
-
- U.S. $42-00 or Br. 26.00 pounds.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 7) INDIAN E-MAIL ADDRESSES
-
-
- ***** A NOTE ABOUT "FINGER"ing INDIAN SITES*******
-
- NCST has not received information for shiva.ernet.in and thus
- finger @shiva.ernet.in FAILS.
-
- First of all, it is *NOT* like the finger of UNIX systems. It is just a
- database maintained at NCST - a database that has enough info.
-
- To get info and help about email addresses in India, type
-
- % whois -h sangam.ernet.in help
-
- For a list of all the nodes in India, type
-
- % whois -h sangam.ernet.in "" # The double quotes are essential
-
- This w'd give info regarding the nodes presently represented in the
- data base maintained by the NCST people at Bombay.
-
- For a list of the nodes present in a given city, type
-
- % whois -h sangam.ernet.in city_name
-
- where city_name can be part/whole of the city u wish to send mail to.
- for eg. for a list of all node names in bangalore, try
- % whois -h sangam.ernet.in bang
-
- Once the exact node name is known, to obtain the login name of the
- person you wish to contact,
-
- % whois -h sangam.ernet.in name_of_the_person@node_name
-
- where name_of_the_person can be part/whole of the person's last/first
- or middle name [ Nick names not allowed :-) ]
-
- All searches are case-insensitive.
-
- The NCST people are maintaining this database as a service to the public.
- It is not polite to flood the postmaster's mailbox with
- requests regarding the database and with requests for forwarding the mail.
- If the database FAILS to answer your query ONLY THEN send mail to
-
- postmaster@the_node_u_want_to_send_mail.ernet.in
-
- The internet address of shakti.ernet.in is 144.16.1.1
-
- ********************************************************
-
- SITES IN INDIA
-
-
- +============== ADDRESSING INDIAN SITES FROM OUTSIDE INDIA ==============+
- | |
- | If you are at a site that can | USER@SITE.ernet.in |
- | handle domains | |
- |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | If you are at a site that can't | ...!uunet!UUCP-PATH!USER |
- | handle domains | |
- |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
- | Where: UUCP-PATH - is the uucp path for the site. See list below. |
- | USER - recipient's mail name on the destination host. |
- | SITE - recipient's site name on the (ERNET) network. |
- | |
- | Note: Users using the C-shell under Unix systems may have to quote |
- | the "!" characters in the mail address. This can be done by |
- | using "\!" in place of "!". |
- +========================================================================+
-
- Each site is required to have a postmaster who can answer general
- inquiries about users and hosts at that site.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SITE ORGANISATION/INSTITUTION UUCP-PATH
- ==== ======================== =========
-
- AHMEDABAD:
- iimahd Indian Institute of Management shakti!iimahd
- plasma Institute for Plasma Research shakti!plasma
- prl Physical Research Labs shakti!prl
-
- BANGALORE:
- cdacb Centre for Development of Advanced Comp shakti!vigyan!cdacb
- cdotb Centre for Development of telematics shakti!vigyan!cdotb
- cedtcal CEDT, REC - Calicut shakti!vigyan!cedtcal
- cmmacs Center for Math Modelling & Comp. Simln. shakti!vigyan!cmmacs
- crlbel Central Res. Lab., Bharat Elec. Ltd. shakti!crlbel
- csirb Council for Sci. & Industrial Research shakti!vikram!csird!csirb
- cdacb Centre for Development of Advanced Comp. shakti!cdacb
- erdc ER & DC, Trivandrum
- iiap Indian institute for Astrophysics shakti!vigyan!iiap
- iimb Indian Institute of Manangement, Bang
- iisc Indian Institute of Science
- isac ISRO Satellite Centre, Bang.
- isibang Indian Statistical Institute
- isro ISRO
- itibang Indian Telephone Industries, Bang
- kmc KMC
- mku Bio-Informatics Centre, Madurai Kamraj
- ncb NCST's Office in Bangalore shakti!ncb
- also Natl. Ctr. for Software Development shakti!ncb
- nttf Nettur Tech Training Foundation
- psgtech PSG College of Tech, Coimbatore
- psi PSI Data Products, Bang
- sjce SJ College of Eng, Mysore
- swabiman Aeronautical Development Agency
- tifrbng TIFR Centre, IIS Campus, Bang
- vigyan Indian Inst. of Sci. - Comp. Centre shakti!vigyan
- vidya Indian Inst. of Sci. - KBCS Group shakti!vigyan!vidya
- vidyut Indian Inst. of Sci. - EE Department shakti!vigyan!vidyut
- yantra Centre for AI and Robotics shakti!yantra
- vigyan Raman Research Institute shakti!vigyan!rri
-
- BOMBAY:
- agni IG Institute of Development Research shakti!agni
- barct1 Bombay Atomic Research Centre
- iitb Indian Institute of Technology, Powai shakti!iitb!cc
- iitb Indian Inst. of Technology - CC I cc.iitb.ernet.in
- iitb Indian Inst. of Technology - cse cse.iitb.ernet.in
- iitb Indian Inst. of Technology - ee ee.iitb.ernet.in
- cmcb CMC Ltd
- ncst National Centre for Software Tech
- nitie Natl. Inst. for Trg. in Industr. Engg. shakti!nitie
- sameer Soc. for Applied Microwave Electronic shakti!betaal!dhr
- Engineering and Research uv!sameer
- shakti Nat'l. Centre for Software Technology shakti
- tarang Society for Appl. Microwave Engg. shakti!betaal!tarang
- tifr Tata Institute of Fundamental Research shakti!tifr
- tifrvax Tata Institute of Fundamental Research shakti!tifrvax
- xtech St. Savier's Technical Institute
-
- CALCUTTA:
- bose SN Bose Natl. Ctr. for Basic Sciences shakti!bose
- isical Indian Statistical Institute shakti!isical
- kbcscal Indian Statistical Inst. (KBCS Group) shakti!kbcscal
- saha Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- veccal Variable Energy Cyclotron shakti!veccal
-
- CHANDIGARH:
- imtech Institute of Microbial Technology shakti!vikram!imtech
-
- DELHI:
- aiims All india institute of medical sciences shakti!vikram!aiims
- altos Altos Computers Pvt. Ltd.
- cdotd Centre for Development of Telematics shakti!vikram!cdotd
- cmcdel CMC, Delhi shakti!vikram!cmcdel
- cmetd Centre for railway information sys
- cris Centre for Railway Information System shakti!vikram!cris
- csird Council for Sci. & Industrial Research shakti!vikram!csird
- doe Department of Electronics
- doehq DOE HQ, Lok Nayak Bhavan
- ertle Ertl East, Calcutta
- ignca Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
- iitd Indian Inst. Of Technology- CS
- insa Indian National Scientific Academy
- insdoc Indian National Scientific Documentation
- isid Indian Statistical Institute
- isidev Institute for Studies in Industrial Dev
- jnuniv Jawaharlal Nehru University
- netearth Indian Inst. Of Tech- CS
- nifm National inst for Financial Management shakti!vikram!nifm
- nmc National Microelectronics Council, DOE
- nsc Nuclear Science Centre
- piyush Controller General of Accounts
- pranjan Controller General of Accounts
- seco Seco &* CG Division, DOE
- tifac Tech., Infor and forecasting
- vikram Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India shakti!vikram
- iitd Indian Inst. of Technology- CS Dept. I shakti!vikram!iitd
- iqbal Natl. Assn. of Software & Service Cos. shakti!vikram!iqbal
- wapcos Water and Power Consultancy
-
- HYDERABAD:
- cmch CMC Limited shakti!cmch
- uohyd University of Hyderabad
-
- KANPUR:
- iitk Indian Inst. of Technology - I shakti!iitk
- kalyan Indian Inst. of Technology - III shakti!vikram!kalyan
-
- KHARAGPUR:
- iitkgp Indian Institute of Technology shakti!iitkgp
- sys320 Indian Institute of Technology
-
- MADRAS:
-
- imsc The Institute of Mathematical Sciences shakti!shiva!imsc
- iitm Indian Inst. of Technology
- shiva Indian Inst. of Technology- CS Dept. shakti!shiva
- ssf SPIC Science Foundation shakti!shiva!ssf
- School of Mathematics
-
- NAGPUR:
- nerri National Env. Eng. Research Inst.
-
- PILANI:
- bits Birla Institute of Tech.
-
- PUNE:
- cwprs Centre Water and Power Research Station
- gmrt Giant Metre-Wave Radio Telescope shakti!gmrt
- iucaa Inter-Univ Ctr. for Astronomy & Asphys. shakti!iucaa
- ncl National Chemical Lab
- parcom Centre for Development of Advanced Comp. shakti!parcom
- unipune University of Poona, CS Department shakti!unipune
- trddc Tata Research
-
- SURATKAL
-
- krec Karnataka Regional Engineering College shakti!krec
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 8) Shortwave Radio Frequencies:
-
- Reception report based upon last two weeks in Tucson.
-
- * All times are GMT
- * ++ means station continue before/after given time.
-
- =======================================================================
- BBC
- =======================================================================
- Bengali 1330:1400 9605 ,11920 ,15245
- Hindi 1400:1445 7235 ,9605 ,11920 ,15245
- Pushto 1445:1515 15245
- Urdu 1515:1600 9605 15245
- Bengali 1630:1700 9605 ,11750 ,15245
- Hindi 1715:1730 9605 ,11750
- Urdu 1730:1745 9605 ,11750
-
- =======================================================================
- VOA
- =======================================================================
- Pushto 0000:0030 7105 11780
- Hindi 0030:0100 7105 , 11780 ,15210 ,17780 ,21475
- Hindi 0100:0130 17780 ,21475
- Urdu 0100:0130 7105 , 11780
- Urdu 1330:1430 11805 ,15435 ,17875 ,21520
- Pushto 1430:1515 7295 , 11845 ,15435 , 21520
- Dari 1515:1600 7295 , 11845 ,15435 , 21520
- Bengali 1600:1700 9590 ,11880
-
- ========================================================================
- Voice of Germany
- ========================================================================
- Urdu 1430:1515 9615 ,11785 ,15105 ,15240 ,15595 ,17825
- Hindi 1515:1600 9615 ,11785 ,15105 ,15240 ,15595 ,17825
-
- ========================================================================
- Radio Pakistan
- ========================================================================
- News 0230:0245 15114.5, 17640, 21730
- Islamabad 1000:1330++ 9644.5
- Urdu 1330:1530 13665 ,15605 ,17554.5
- News 1600:1630 13665 ,15605 ,17554.5
-
- >From 0230-0245 and 1615-1630 are news at slow speed.
- ========================================================================
- All India Radio
- ========================================================================
- 9910 0000:0115 English
- 9610 0130:0230++ Urdu Service
- 15120,11830 0130:0250++ News in various languages
- 15020,9700 1300:1500 Sinhalese
- 11620 1300:1610++ News in various languages
- 9565 1330:1500 English
- 10030,9950,7412 1330:1450++ News in various languages
- 11620 ++2030:2230 English
-
- =======================================================================
- Radio Afghanistan (Relayed from USSR)
- =======================================================================
- Pushto 0200:0300 9555 ,11770
- Persian 0300:0400 9555 ,11770
-
- Shaikh M Javed
-
-
- Also, here is the subscription blurb from London Calling monthly magazine
- (the programme journal of the BBC World Service in English). This is a
- neat little magazine with introductions to BBC programs for the month and
- also the frequencies chart for the whole world:
-
- LONDON CALLING is available in all parts of the world at an annual
- subscription rate of 12 pound (US$20). Write to Rosemarie Reid at this
- address:
-
- LONDON CALLING,
- PO Box 76, Bush House, Strand,
- London, England, WC2B 4PH
-
- For a free copy of London Calling call/write
- BBC,
- 630 5th Avenue,
- N.Y, N.Y 10111-0002
- (212) 581-7100
-
- A pointer to an anonymous ftp site for Radio programs/Freq listings:
-
- nic.funet.fi: /pub/dx/schedules
-
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 17744 Sep 24 20:11 air.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 3602 Jan 4 22:06 australia.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 36052 Dec 2 06:32 bbc-english.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 17636 Aug 1 10:49 bbc-programs.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 5561 Oct 12 15:54 rpakistan.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 3708 Jan 4 22:46 sri.txt
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 huopio ftp 35878 Jan 4 22:51 voa-freq.txt
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- ************************************************************************
- -------
- Subject: 9) VISITOR VISA INFORMATION:
-
- Information on the documents required for visitor's visa to USA :-
-
- When the person you are inviting applies to the consulate for the
- visitor's visa, he/she has to show documents indicating your
- financial capability to support their visit for the specified
-
- duration.It seems the consulate people are more concerned about
- potential immigrants, rather then financial capability.
-
- (1) Form I-134.
- Affidavit of Support (this form is printed by U.S. Department
- of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service) The Form-134
- must be filled completely and Notarized.
- (2) Bank Balance statement (copy)
- (3) A letter of verification of employment. (copy)
- (4) A valid visa. (H-1 if working etc) (copy)
-
- You only need to send copies of items 2, 3 and 4. They are not
- a must, but they will prove that you have sufficient funds to take
- care of the visitors during their visit, which in turn will make
- getting the visa a little easier.
-
- ** Note **
- The INS office in San Francisco informed me that I need to send
- Form I-134 and a personal letter of invitation to my parents. They
- then have to take it to the American Embassy.
-
- To get the form I-134 call your local INS office.
-
-
- For information of Federal Government Services.
- eg. phone number of American Consulate in gondwanaland.
- Call
- 1 (800) 726-4995
-
- VISA BY MAIL!!!
- If the visitors are over 50 years of age they can MAIL all
- these things along with their passports to the nearest US consulate,
- else they will have to go in person.
-
-
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- Subject: 10) VISITOR MEDICAL INSURANCE
-
- The Companies who provide such insurance are listed below. You simply must
- contact them for further information.
-
- INDIA
-
- Bombay:
-
- General Insurance Corporation of India
- Industrial Assurance Building
- Churchgate, Bombay 400 020
-
- Subsidiaries:
- National Insurance Co. Ltd.
-
- New India Assurance Co. Ltd,
- New India Assurance bldg,
- 87 M.G. Road, Fort, Bombay-400 023.
-
- Delhi:
-
- Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Oriental House,
- P.B. No. 7037,
- A-25/27 Asaf Ali Road,
- New Delhi-110002.
-
-
- Madras:
-
- United India Insurance Company
- 24 Whites Road
- Madras 600014
- The claims are handled by a company called Mercury in
- USA - tel# (800) 527-2586
-
- Calcutta:
-
- National Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 1, Shakespeare Sarani (AC Market)
- 6th Floor,
- Calcutta
- Head Office: 3 Middleton Street Calcutta.
-
-
- USA
-
-
- First Farwest Insurance
- 400 SW Sixth Ave
- Portland, OR 97204
- ph: (503)224-7740
-
-
- Travel Insurance Services
- Box 299, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
- 800-227-2432
- (415) 932-1387
-
-
- Community Insurance Agency
- Broker/President Ramesh Patel, 3116 W. Devon Ave., Suite 203,
- Chicago IL 60659.
- 1-800-344-9540
-
- Rupa Insurance Agency
- 1939 Lincoln Hwy,
- Edison NJ 08817
- 1-800-GET-RUPA
-
- International Visitor's Trust
- Washington D.C.
- (416) 928-4500
-
- International Health Insurance Trust
- Administered by the Smith-Sternau Organization, Inc.
- 1255 23rd St., N.W., Suite 300, Washington D.C. 20037.
- 1-800-368-5969
-
- Massachussets Indemnity and Life Insurance Co.
- 9200 WATSON ROAD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63126.
- (314)-849-5555.
-
-
- Blue Cross / Blue Shield.
-
- Nationwide
-
-
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- Subject: 11) CUSTOM REGULATIONS
-
-
- NEW BAGGAGE RULES
- Foreign tourists, NRIs and Indians travelling abroad can now bring in
- electronic diaries, video cameras, CD players, laptop computers and
- colour TVs of 15 cm screen by paying the usual customs duty.
- Travellers will now enjoy enhanced duty-free allowance worth Rs 3,000
- and Rs 150,000 in case of transfer of residence.
- The duty-free allowance for Indians travelling abroad for more than three
- days has been raised from Rs 2,400 to 3,000.
- The TR rules have been made more flexible by condoning a shortfall of the
- required stay of up to 1 year in special cases. A Collector of Customs
- can sanction this shortfall up to 2 months.
- 13 consumer durables like VCRs, color TV and airconditioners worth Rs 150,000
- would now be allowed under the TR rules and Rs 30,000 under mini-transfer
- rules. This will apply even if the items are purchased at the transit points
- while returning to India.
-
- OTHER CHANGES IN CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
- Import duties for allopathic drugs are reduced from 110% to 80%, and
- for homeopathic drugs from 65% to 40%.
- Self-assessment of goods would be permitted for established importers as well
- as government undertakings where there are no disputes about classification.
- This could be described as a "green channel" as the goods would usually
- be cleared without scrutiny, though there would be occasional spot checks.
- Chemical testing, where necessary, will now be done at various
- laboratories in the private and public sector as well as the existing
- customs laboratories.
-
- CARRYING GOLD TO INDIA
- Gold including ornaments, except those studded with stones or pearls,
- will be allowed to be imported as a part of baggage by passengers of
- Indian origin subject to certain conditions. The quantity of gold
- imported will not exceed 5 kg per passenger and he should have stayed
- abroad for a period of atleast six months. The import duty is, to be
- paid in convertible foreign currency, Rs. 220.00 for 10 grams of gold
- in any form (ornaments or coins).
-
- CALL YOUR NEAREST CONSULATE AND THEY WILL GLADLY MAIL YOU ACCURATE AND UP
- TO DATE INFORMATION .
-
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- Subject: 12) Tourist Information
-
-
- The goverment of India, Department of Tourism has offices in many countries
- to provide tourist information to people who wish to take their vacation
- in India. They are called India Tourist Office. I found the address of some
- and I am sure there must be others in USA. If somebody knows let me know.
-
-
- New York
-
- India Tourist Office
- 30 Rockefellar Plaza,
- Suite 15,
- North Mezzanine,
- New York, NY 10012.
-
- L.A.
- India Tourist Office
- 3550 Wilshire Blvd.,
- Suite #204,
- Los Angeles,
- CA 90010-2485
- (213) 380-8855
- Chicago
- India Tourist Office
- (312) 236-6899
- (312) 236-7879
-
- Call this office for a brochure. They are some great plans that you probably
- never knew existed. Most of them are however for NRI or Foreign Citizens and
- require payment in Dollars.
-
- INDRAIL PASS
-
- The Indrail Pass gives unlimited rail travel within India in the
- specified time period. It is available to non-Indian citizens as well
- as Indians residing outside India. It can be purchased through the General
- Sales Agents (details below), though any competent travel agent should
- be able to fix you up. It can also be bought from major stations in India.
- Main plus points include eliminating the need to buy tickets for every
- trip, though reservations are necessary. There are special reservation
- quotas on some trains for Indrail holders.
- It is available in 3 categories: AC, First Class, Second Class. It is
- not advisable to take the AC pass since not many trains have AC First Class.
- The First Class pass also covers AC Sleeper and AC Chair Car.
- GSA details:
- Hariworld Travel, New York. 212-957-3000
- Also in Toronto, 416-366-2000
- Fares:
- AC First Second
- 1 day 65 29 12 (all in USD)
- 15 270 135 65
- 30 410 205 90
- 90 800 400 175
-
- (Also available for 7,21,60 days. Kids below 12 pay half)
- There are also odd rules like a foreigner can buy a pass for his/her
- spouse.
- Another plus point is that you can make reservations upto 360 days
- in advance, i.e. even through your travel agent in the US-though you
- would have to have the pass in hand before making reservations.
- Much useful information about the Pass regulations(in fact, about
- the Indian Railways as a whole) can be found in "India by Rail", by
- Roylston Ellis, published by Bradt Publishers. Some information is
- also available in "Eurail Guide" and "Thomas Cook's Overseas Timetable"
-
-
-
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- Subject: 13) Pal to Secam Conversion
-
-
- The following businesses do Pal to Secam conversions.
-
-
- Kothari Video Taping Services Inc.
- 909 Apple Drive,
- Schaumburg,
- IL-60194
- (708) 884-0912.
-
-
- Roopsons SOMI International
- 1734 Oaktree Road 1115 Inman Ave, Suite 130
- Edison, NJ 08820 Edison, NJ 08820
- (908) 906-7976 (908) 548-3065
-
- Edison has two zip codes. (08820 & 08818) Check with them for correct one.
- Also, call them after 4pm (EST). The owner (the only person who understands
- what PAL or NTSC is!) is out taking care of supplies and other stuff during
- the daytime. They are open 7 days a week from 11am to 8pm.
-
- Does pal to ntsc, and 8mm or NTSC to pal also. Cost is $13 for 3 hrs plus
- 2.50 for supply of Panasonic Standard Grade tape.
-
- Maharaja Foods And Imports
- 4320 Suite E, University Drive
- Huntsville, Alabama 35816
- Phone # (205)830-4951.
-
- S. Krishnan
- 7136 Shawnee Way,
- Reynoldsburg OH 43068
- Ph: (614) 759-8341
-
-
-
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- Subject: 14) Sending Flowers to India
-
- i) Mr. Motiwala, Oriental Florist,
- Taj Mahal Hotel,
- Apollo Bunder,
- Bombay - 400 039
- tel: 202 3366
- fax: 287 2734 (Rs. 400 + Rs. 25(delivery) )
-
- ii)INDOGRAM
-
- Indogram does not serve Madras anymore.
- tel: (800) 834-7274 (Calif)
- (800) 624-8007 (Others)
- Cost: ~$30.00
-
- iii) Any florists in U.S. who is member of FTD
- (800) FLO-WERS
-
- There is a charge of $28.00 added to all the orders.
- The order has to of a minimum of $35.00
- There are three kinds of orders that can be placed
- a) Assortment of Flowers, in a box: $35.00
- b) Flower Arrangement, in a vase: $45.00
- c) Plant: $45.00
-
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- Subject: 15) Printing Indian Language Texts using TeX and/or PostScript
-
- TeX/PS:
- There are two transliteration packages for TeX that are
- available by anonymous ftp:
-
- 1. The first package, itrans, has been developed by Avinash
- Chopde avinash@contex.com, currently supports Devanagari and Tamil.
- It uses the Washington Tamil Metafont font (developed at U of
- Washington) and a Postscript Devanagari font (developed by Avinash).
- It also supports Frans Velthuis's Devnag font (see item 2 below).
-
- "itrans" is a package for printing transliterated
- indian language documents. The input may be in TeX format, or may
- be a dumb textual document (no word processing features). Version 2.1
- was released in October 1991.
-
- The package includes all C-sources, the PostScript Devanagari font,
- and the Metafont Tamil font. It is available as a compressed tar
- file, at these FTP sites:
- cs.duke.edu (128.109.140.1), in dist/sources/itrans21.tar.Z
- ftp.stolaf.edu, in pub/sci/itrans21.tar.Z
- This package DOES NOT include Frans's Devnag font, you have to get it
- separately.
-
- 2. The second package Devanagari for Tex has been developed by
- Frans J. Velthuis (velthuis@rc.rug.nl). It has Computer Modern fonts
- for Devanagri. It is available by anonymous ftp from
- june.cs.washington.edu in the directory ~/tex in devnag.tar.Z
-
-
- Macintosh:
-
- Macintosh fonts for Devanagari and Tamil are available by
- anonymous ftp from mac.archive.umich.edu. They are in the file
- indianfonts.sit.hqx in the directory
- mac/system.extensions/font/type.three.fonts The fonts are in a
- binhex/stuffit format. If you don't know how to decode these formats,
- see the postings on comp.sys.mac.announce or comp.sys.mac.misc. These
- fonts are absolutely free.
-
-
- Punjabi Fonts:
- You have to buy these fonts.
- Adobe Type 1 Punjabi fonts for use with IBM-PC (Windows 3.0)
- and Macintosh computers. They are also made available, as per special
- requests, for the NeXT machines.
-
- Address is:
- Jasbir Singh
- P.O. Box 32010
- Cleveland, OH 44132
- (216)731-6561
-
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- Subject: 16) Addresses of U.S Consulates in India
-
- U.S Embassy U.S Consulate
- Shanti Path, 5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani,
- Chanakyapuri Calcutta 700071
- N.Delhi 110021 91+??+44-3611
- 91+11+600651
-
- U.S Consulate U.S Consulate
- Lincoln House Gemini Circle Mount Road
- 78 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Madras 600006
- Bombay 400026 91+44+473-040
- 91+22+8223611
-
- The U.S Consulate in Calcutta no longer handles Immigrant Visa
- Cases. The job is now taken up by the Bombay consulate.
-
-
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- Subject: 17) Visa Cutoff Date Phone Numbers
-
- Visa Cutoff Date Announcement (202) 663-1541
- Visa Information (202) 663-1225
- Online Visa Information
- via PC (202) 647-92255
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