Passport
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Man tears out passport pages to hide foreign trip from wife, lands in jail
India | Jul 09, 2022, 11:24 PM ISTHe wanted to keep his extra-marital affair under wraps but was apparently unaware that tampering with the passport is an offense, a police official said on Saturday.
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Nawaz Sharif may return to Pak as new PM Shehbaz orders diplomatic passport for brother: Sources
World | Apr 13, 2022, 12:47 AM ISTFormer Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to the country after Eid on diplomatic passport, sources said.
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Operation Ganga: Emergency certificates to Indians who lost passports, IAF roped in: 10 Points
India | Mar 02, 2022, 08:33 PM ISTIndian Air Force aircraft have joined #OperationGanga with the first C-17 flight from Bucharest (Romania) expected to return to Delhi later tonight, MEA informed.
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Budget 2022: Chip embedded passport to be issued in India | What is new e-passport system
Business | Feb 01, 2022, 02:42 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union Budget 2022-23 and announced that e-passports will be rolled out this year to enhance the convenience for citizens.
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Kerala man orders passport cover, finds passport inside pouch
India | Nov 05, 2021, 05:05 PM ISTMidhun Babu, hailing from Kaniyambetta in Wayanad district, said he had placed the order with Amazon for the passport cover on October 30. When it was delivered at his doorstep on November 1 the packet had contained the passport cover and to his surprise, a passport was also found inside the pouch.
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Waiting to leave war-torn country, Afghans struggle over closed passport department
World | Oct 05, 2021, 09:16 AM ISTMany of those who had gathered outside the closed passport office were among those who study abroad, work outside Afghanistan and the ones who are patients and have to leave the country to get medical attention.
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Delhi: 99 held at IGI Airport for visa fraud under special operation since 2020
India | Sep 04, 2021, 04:41 PM ISTThe Delhi Police arrested at least 99 persons in an operation launched last year to crack down on a racket that helped people travel abroad illegally on fake papers such as passports and visas, officials said on Saturday.
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No govt jobs, passports for those involved in stone pelting: J&K Government
News | Aug 02, 2021, 12:40 PM ISTThe Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday, 1 August, issued orders that prohibit passport clearance and government jobs to those involved in 'anti-India' activities like stone pelting.
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J&K Police to deny security clearance for passport, govt services to stone pelters
India | Aug 01, 2021, 06:28 PM ISTIn an order issued on Saturday, the senior superintendent of police (SSP), CID, Special Branch (SB), Kashmir, has directed all the field units under it to ensure that the person's involvement in law and order, stone-pelting cases, and other crime prejudicial to the security of the state be specifically looked into during verification related to passport, service and any other verification related to government schemes.
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Japan begins accepting 'vaccine passports' applications
World | Jul 26, 2021, 02:59 PM ISTThe Japanese govt is currently negotiating with other countries to expand use of its vaccine passports.
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Know how to link your passport and Covid-19 vaccine certificate?
News | Jul 19, 2021, 09:40 PM ISTIf you’re traveling abroad in the next few months, you might have been told to link your passport to your Covid-19 vaccination certificate. Here is how you can do it.
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Madurai passport official, travel agent booked for issuing Indian passports to Sri Lankans
India | Jul 13, 2021, 10:36 PM ISTThe matter surfaced after a complaint was registered against the Senior Superintendent of Madurai passport office and some travel agents for issuing Indian passports to foreign nationals, which is not only illegal but comes under a treason act.
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YouTube vlogger's wife moves Delhi HC challenging Centre's decision blacklisting him
India | Jul 10, 2021, 02:10 PM ISTYouTube vlogger Karl Edward Rice's wife has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the central government's alleged "arbitrary and unreasonable" decision to blacklist him and deny visa to enter India.
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No consensus yet on COVID vaccine passport issue at WHO level: Govt
India | May 23, 2021, 12:09 AM ISTThe WHO is yet to reach a consensus on the vaccine passport issue for allowing international travel to those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus infection, the government said on Saturday and noted that discussions are still on.
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OCI cardholders now required to get document re-issued only once at age of 20
India | Apr 15, 2021, 11:36 PM ISTOverseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders will now be required to get their document re-issued only once at the age of 20 instead of multiple times needed to be done currently.
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Post graduate students in Haryana to get passport free of cost
India | Mar 31, 2021, 04:26 PM ISTPost graduate students in Haryana will now get passport free of cost from their respective colleges.
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OCI card holders no longer required to carry old passports for India travel
India | Mar 30, 2021, 06:35 AM ISTPeople of Indian origin and Indian diaspora having overseas citizens of India (OCI) card are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India, as required earlier, according to a statement.
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Passport racket busted by Telangana Police; two cops among eight held
India | Feb 23, 2021, 08:34 PM ISTThe Telangana Police has busted a passport racket, leading to the arrest of eight people. The arrested include four Bangladeshi nationals and two policemen. The investigation found that as many as 72 Indian passports were fraudulently obtained.
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Most powerful passports 2021: Japan tops list, India ranks 85; Pakistan continues to be in worst cat
World | Jan 12, 2021, 02:11 PM ISTSyria, Iraq and Afghanistan continue to be the countries with the worst passport to hold with a passport score of 29, 28 and 26 respectively.
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Mehbooba Mufti's daughter wants her mother's name changed in passport
India | Aug 23, 2020, 08:03 PM ISTThe elder daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has sought to change her mother's name in her passport to Mehbooba Syed.