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22 Bangladeshis Arrested For Illegally Living In Maharashtra's Palghar

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 12, 2020

At least 22 Bangladeshi nationals, including 12 women, were arrested for illegally staying in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.

1993 Serial Blasts Key Conspirator Arrested With Pak Passport In Mumbai

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday February 10, 2020

A key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, who is a close associate of the terror attack's key conspirator Tiger Memon, was arrested from the airport in Maharashtra's capital by the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in a drug seizure case, a senior official said on Monday.

Deepika Padukone And Ranveer Singh Answer The Vacation Call. See Pic

Entertainment | Nilanjana Basu | Friday February 7, 2020

It's vacation time for Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh

J&K Police Urge Public To Utilise Helpline On Passport Status, Verification

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 5, 2020

Jammu and Kashmir Police has set up a helpline for facilitating information to people on the status and verification of any queries related to issuance of passports.

David Cameron's Bodyguard Leaves Loaded Pistol In Plane Toilet: Report

World News | Reuters | Wednesday February 5, 2020

A passenger found a loaded pistol and David Cameron's passport in an airplane toilet after the former British prime minister's bodyguard forgot them there, the British media reported on Wednesday.

Singapore Bans Entry, Transit To People With Recent China Travel History

World News | Reuters | Saturday February 1, 2020

Singapore said on Friday it was banning entry and transit to all visitors with a recent history of travel to China and suspending visas for Chinese passport holders, its latest moves to try to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus.

Kerala Challenges Citizenship Act In Supreme Court, First State To Do So

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday January 14, 2020

The Kerala government has challenged the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) before the Supreme Court, becoming the first state to do so amid nationwide protests against the religion-based citizenship law.

Haryana Passport Office Turns Away 2 Women, Says They "Seem To Be Nepali"

India News | written by Mohammed Ghazali | Thursday January 2, 2020

Two sisters from Haryana have alleged they were denied passports by the issuing authority in Chandigarh because they "seem to be Nepali". Heena, 26, and Santosh, 29, alleged the officers refused to listen to them despite showing all relevant documents.

A Chandigarh Bureaucrat Is Helping Indian Women With Runaway Husbands

India News | Reuters | Thursday January 2, 2020

In a pink-walled room of a government office at the foot of the Himalayas, women spend their days cancelling the passports of runaway husbands.

Carlos Ghosn Used One Of 2 French Passports To Escape From Japan: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 2, 2020

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon to avoid a Japanese trial, had a second French passport, a source said Thursday, as authorities raided his Tokyo residence as part of a probe into the embarrassing security lapse.

2 Haryana Girls Say Denied Passport As They Looked Like Nepalis

India News | ANI | Thursday January 2, 2020

A girl and her sister have alleged that they were denied passport by the authorities in Chandigarh because they looked like people from Nepal. "When we went to the passport office at Chandigarh, they saw our faces and wrote that we are Nepali. They ask us to prove our nationality," one of the girls alleged.

Police Arrest 3 Men, Recovers 90 Fake Passports In Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad News | ANI | Thursday January 2, 2020

Ghaziabad Police on Wednesday arrested three men for allegedly duping around 250 people for making fake visas.

Citizenship Law Won't Impact Goans With Portuguese Passports: Official

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 1, 2020

Goans who have obtained Portuguese passports through a unique law enacted by the Portuguese government for its formal colonials in Indian territories, will not be impacted by the Citizenship law, state Commissioner for NRI affairs, Narendra Sawaikar said on Wednesday.

Home Ministry Relaxes Travel Conditions For Overseas Indians (OCI)

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 28, 2019

Overseas Citizenship of India cardholders, in certain age groups, can travel to India even if they have not re-registered it after the issuance of their new passports, as the Home Ministry has relaxed travel conditions till June 30, 2020, an official said on Friday.

Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 20, 2019

The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named