The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rejected former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi's plea against the revocation of his passport.
Outsourcing of passport related services -- like issuing of new passports, renewal -- has been given to VFS Global, which would begin its services from April 16.
In fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic missions.
PDP will ask the Centre for Geelani's passport on humanitarian grounds to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia
Rajan is lodged in Tihar Jail in New Delhi. The other three persons, who were out on bail, were taken into custody on Monday after the verdict was announced.
The passport of Sanjay Choudhary, close aide of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, has been revoked as part of the investigations into the alleged multi-crore illegal investment and hawala racket involving the duo and some others.Sources said Choudhary, who is alleged to be the main money bag for Koda, is currently hiding in Dubai.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday said BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea, seeking directions to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) to decide his representation seeking cancellation of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Indian citizenship, be treated a public interest litigation.
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi, joint secretary Passport Seva Project and Chief Passport Officer said around 25-30 per centof the applicants who get an appointment do not turn up at the respective offices.
The Indian sports ministry backtracked on plans to ditch the questionable passport rule that has blocked Prakash Amritraj's return to Davis Cup action, the player's father and former tour player Vijay Amritraj said.
Three men, originally from Tamil Nadu, arrested by the Mumbai Police started their boat journey from Kuwait on January 28 and claimed to have taken the Saudi Arabia-Dubai-Pakistan route before entering Indian shores illegally, as per the police remand note.
Ryan Wesley Routh, who authorities suspect was planning to attack the Republican presidential nominee as he played a round of golf, made these remarks to The New York Times.
Muhammad Yunus urged the people to "exercise patience" before judging his government's role.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet in a local court in Dehradun against yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna for allegedly using fake documents to get a passport.
ED attached 21 properties of Nirav Modi and his group worth over Rs 523 crore.
Reacting cautiously, MEA said an agreement has been signed between the two countries finalising the modalities for visits and India will stick to it.
'Any earnings, regardless of location, will be subject to Indian income tax.'
CBI said it had shared the information about revocation of his passport in the 'diffusion' notice issued through the Interpol on February 15.
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya's passport has been suspended.
Mutual fund investors no longer need to link their PAN with Aadhaar to obtain 'KYC-registered' status.
The draft law also allows courts to send summonses and warrants to the accused through a specially designated website to be hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs.
The separatist had applied for a passport to allow him to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of underworld don Abu Salem challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport.
Balaji was arrested on June 14 last year by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister in an earlier AIADMK government.
Passports or satellite images are two documents among options for tribals to produce as proof to avail of any entitlements under the ST and Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2007.
The Centre has denied political clearance to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his visit to Paris to support the Indian Hockey team at the Olympic Games, an official source said on Saturday.
In the next 19 months, 68 new Passport Facilitation Centres will come up in various parts of the country and applicant can get the passport within three days of police verification.
The Indian Embassy in Washington DC has denied any release from the Ministry of External Affairs regarding passport surrender certificate. Last week, the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin had welcomed a press release announcing that it was not required to give up a 10-year-old passport to obtain a surrender certificate anymore.
Public prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt opposed the plea, alleging that Setalvad hadn't cooperated with the probe.
A number of documents indicate that Pakistan International Airline has put embargo on Afghan citizens who have travelled to India.
The suspension was preempted to stop him flying to New York for an event where he was likely to have spoken against India, official sources said on Tuesday.
The US is experiencing a worldwide delay in processing of visa and passports.
The investigating team has also recovered pictures of Pandher watching young boys and girls dancing nude during his jaunts abroad.
The Tamil Nadu government would bear the travel expenses of all the family members.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar passed the order after Rajan, produced before the court via video conferencing, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.
The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Mumbai has summoned lawyers of Lalit Modi for a hearing on Tuesday on their plea to inspect documents, on the basis of which the RPO had sought to revoke former IPL Chairman's passport.
The CBI had sought an urgent hearing of the plea before the alternate bench of Justice Kotwal.
None of the passengers on board the ill-fated Air India Express flight, which crashed at Mangalore Airport on May 22, were travelling on forged passports, a senior Dubai official has said.
IndiGo has delivered impressive operating performance in the past six quarters as it navigated cost and capacity challenges. It has managed to mitigate the impact of faulty engine-related groundings. The airline has also managed costs related to grounding, expensive secondary leasing, increasing airport charges, and pilot compensation inflation and delivered stronger yields and spreads.
Two days after Nepal scrapped a deal with India to print new smart passports, India regretted the politicisation of the contract, saying it was just a "goodwill gesture" toward its neighbour on Tuesday.
