The project will be spread over six years and TCS will implement end-to-end service of the programme, TCS CEO S Ramadorai said. The deal, which was finalised in the presence of Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, will ensure that passports are delivered in three working days after police verification.
'There was some intelligence that he'll be killed before the whole process -- after sessions court, high court, Supreme Court, mercy petition before the governor, the President -- was completed; they (Pakistani intelligence agencies) will somehow manage to kill him.'
Pakistan has been consistently saying that Dawood is not living in Pakistan
Indonesian authorities on Tuesday returned the passports of Polaris chief executive officer Arun Jain and his colleague Rajiv Malhotra, which had been confiscated following their arrests in a commercial dispute case.
The Interpol on Tuesday released images of two Iranian men who used stolen passports to board a Malaysia Airlines plane that remains traceless since Saturday after taking off with 239 passengers aboard from Kuala Lumpur.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has sought his passport back from the CBI court of Ranchi in view of his proposed official tour to Singapore and Malaysia on May 12. Lalu had submitted his passport on the court's directive in connection with RC 38, a in the multi-crore fodder scam. He is scheduled to visit Singapore on May 12 and Malaysia on May 15.
Applicants for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) can submit any of nine documents, including valid or expired passport, ID cards and land tenancy records, to prove he or she is a national of Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan.
The central government has denied a diplomatic passport to a Kerala minister, deputed to visit Saudi Arabia for assessing the situation of Keralites who have lost jobs and are languishing in labour camps, putting a question mark over his visit.
Rajasthan Royals' owner Raj Kundra's passport has been seized by Delhi Police which questioned him for about 10 hours in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal and allegations that he was into betting.
Lalit Modi's counsel has sought a fresh hearing from the Regional Passport Officer in connection with the revocation of the passport of the former IPL chairman.
India and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday resolved the issue of refusal of new Indian passports by immigration authorities in Jeddah which had caused concern among the Indian expatriates in the Kingdom.
Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, killed in a United States airstrike in Balochistan, was a frequent flyer and used a Pakistani passport for over nine years
Sharma, who earlier reserved the order on September 3, rejected arguments made by prosecution, saying the prosecution failed to substantiate the charge of fraudulently preparing the passport in 2001
The CIC, which was hearing the RTI appeal of one Uma Jayaram, expressed its anguish over the 'apathetic attitude' of RPO Gloria Kumar, who in an earlier order was penalised with Rs 16,000 for failing to provide information on time.
Terming Faheem Ansari as a co-conspirator in the 26/11 attacks, government counsel Ujjwal Nikam told the Bombay High Court that he had cheated the Pakistani government by procuring a passport in a fictitious name.
In an attempt to make passports more European, United Kingdom officials are considering removing the Queen's message from their first page.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday reiterated that Michael Chopra will be eligible to represent India only if the Cardiff City striker surrenders his British passport for an Indian one.
The Indian Navy rescued the hijacked Iranian fishing vessel 'Al-Kambar 786' and its crew after more than 12 hours of intense coercive tactical measures as part of an anti-piracy operation on March 29.
Bharti, the daughter of controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, had flown in from United Kingdom to record her testimony.
"From now onwards, women will not have to change their names in the passport after their marriage," Modi told a gathering of the Indian Merchants Chambers' ladies wing over a video conferencing. The government wants the woman of the house to be the priority in all of its development schemes, he added.
Apparently under pressure from Maoists and other parties, the Nepal government has decided to scrap a controversial order that allowed printing of Machine Readable Passport from an Indian government security press.
Ridiculing separatist leader Asiya Andrabi who is seeking Indian passport for her son's studies in Malaysia, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday termed it as "sheer hypocrisy", which shows the gulf between what separatists say and what they do.
The government on Monday announced that those who have lost their passports or got them damaged due to the floods in Chennai can have them replaced free of charge.
World No. 2 Roger Federer has called for the introduction of biological passports in tennis similar to those used in cycling to detect possible doping.
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on Friday moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court for a direction to Central Crime Station police in Hyderabad to release his passport.
Russians, Belarusians to participate at Paris Olympics as neutrals
In a veiled attack on Modi, Rahul said he has never come across a senior public representative who has constantly chosen silence in the face of untold violence against women.
The wife and son of Syed Salahuddin, head of the PoK-based Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, have been given security clearance for issuance of passports which they had sought for performing Haj pilgrimage.
The voice-assistant and intuitive text search are other features which Lalvani says would aid productivity.
Bank account holders are no longer required to visit their bank branches to update 'know your customer' (KYC) details provided they have already submitted valid documents and not changed their address, the RBI has said. Instead, if there is no change in KYC information, they can submit a self-declaration through email-id, registered mobile number, ATMs, or any other digital channels. Following up on Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das stating that banks should not insist on branch visits for KYC updation, the central bank on Thursday issued guidelines for the same.
The JD-S supremo reiterated that his grandson should be given the harshest punishment under the law "if found guilty".
Banks are seeking an order that Mallya should appear in person before the court.
Amardeep Singh, 22, a resident of Brampton, Surrey, and Abbotsford areas of Canada, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Ghulam Rasool Khan alias Khan Mirza, the Afghanistani national who was recently arrested in Purnia district in Bihar for his alleged links with the Taliban, holds a Pakistani passport.According to sources, police have recovered a Pakistani passport, issued in 2005, and a diary from Khan. Acting on a tip-off by the IB, the police arrested Khan in Purnia on January 13, and he was brought to Patna for further interrogation.
Britain expelled a senior Israeli diplomat on Tuesday, amid a diplomatic row with Tel Aviv over the cloning of UK passports to plot the assassination of a top Hamas militant by suspected Mossad agents.
The Delhi high court Tuesday upheld an order of the Enforcement Directorate impounding the passports of former external affairs minister Natwar Singh's son Jagat Singh, his business associate Andaleeb Sehgal and three others.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he will ensure that no person is denied a passport on the basis of his or her relative being involved in subversive activities.
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