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  White House under George Bush was against denying visa to Narendra Modi, says ex-official

  World | July 23, 2016 19:28 IST

  In the latest claims by a former senior US administration official, the White House, under former president George Bush, was against denying a US visa to Narendra Modi in 2005. "I do not believe

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  India denies visa to Chinese dissident Lu Jinguh, activist Ra Wong

  World | April 28, 2016 19:33 IST

  Close on the heels of having cancelled the visa of Chinese dissident Dolkun Isa, India has denied visas to another Chinese dissident Lu Jinguh and activist Ra Wong.

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  US visa fee hike discriminatory, targets Indian IT companies: Arun Jaitley

  April 14, 2016 17:36 IST

  Washington: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today came down heavily on a decision by the US to hike visa fee saying that it is "discriminatory" and largely affects Indian IT professionals. Jaitley said that the hike

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  US sting operation busts sham varsity racket, hundreds of Indian students face deportation

  World | April 06, 2016 11:35 IST

  Washington: US law enforcement agencies Tuesday arrested 21 people, including 10 Indian Americans, on charges of visa fraud involving about 1,000 foreign students,primarily from China and India to extend their stay in America illegally.

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  PM Modi takes up UK visa issue with David Cameron

  World | April 02, 2016 21:10 IST

  Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue of change in Tier-2 visa rules with British counterpart David Cameron, saying skilled IT professionals from India should not find it difficult to come to work

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  World T20: Only 600 out of 17,000 visa applications approved for Pak cricket fans

  Cricket | March 18, 2016 17:45 IST

  The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved only 600 visas out of the 17,000 applications received from Pakistan for the ongoing World T20 Championship.

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  German passport most powerful in world, Afghan least: Report

  World | February 26, 2016 18:12 IST

  Kabul: The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world for the restrictions the countrymen face in terms of visa-free travel, an index by a London-based consulting firm showed on Friday.The

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  Pakistani envoy for liberal visa regime for religious tourism

  India | February 22, 2016 21:29 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan would like a liberalised visa regime with India to facilitate pilgrimages across the border and boost religious tourism, according to Abdul Basit, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India.  "We would like to see

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  War of Words: Anupam Kher counters Pak High Commission's 'lie', authority asks "submit documents"

  India | February 02, 2016 19:39 IST

  New Delhi: Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Tuesday evening held a press conference to counter the claims of the Pakistan High Commission that the actor had never applied for a visa.Refuting the stand of the

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  Unbelievable: Thalaivaa Rajinikanth not allowed to board flight at Chennai airport

  Bollywood | February 02, 2016 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: Rajinikanth, the superstar who enjoys God like status in South India, was on Tuesday not allowed to board a flight at the Chennai airport.As per reports, the veteran actor was heading towards Malaysia

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  Visa Row: Pak High Commission is lying, claims Anupam Kher

  India | February 02, 2016 20:30 IST

  New Delhi: Amid claims and counter claims, Anupam Kher has refuted claims made by Pakistan High Commission that the actor has not applied for visa.The actor said that the Pak high commission is lying, rest

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  India, Afghanistan ink pact for visa-free travel by diplomats

  India | February 01, 2016 22:47 IST

  New Delhi: India and Afghanistan today inked a pact for visa-free travel by their diplomats following Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi where they discussed ways to further deepen the

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  New visa norms in the offing in UK to hit Indian techies hard

  January 20, 2016 7:45 IST

  London: In a move that could spell trouble for Indian IT professionals, companies in the UK hiring non-European Union (EU) workers like Indians are set to face a new 1,000 pound annual surcharge per employee,

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  Why is US turning Indian students back?

  World | January 11, 2016 15:14 IST

  Washington: Call it pre-election rhetoric or post Paris and St Bernardino paranoia, Indian students coming to the US have been caught in a bind, with many deported or denied entry for no fault of theirs.They

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  Government on track to extend e-tourist visa facility to 150 nations

  India | January 05, 2016 23:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government is on track to extend e-tourist visa facility, which allows foreigners to get the travel document online, to 37 more countries by the end of current fiscal.The service, which is currently

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  Government to expand visa-free diplomatic travel to more countries

  India | December 22, 2015 23:29 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to expand the envelope of visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic and official passports to other countries, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a model agreement on exemption from visa requirements for

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  London Mayor moots new work visa for Indian students

  World | November 17, 2015 17:07 IST

  London: London Mayor Boris Johnson has proposed a new Commonwealth work visa for Indian students which will allow them to work for two years after graduating from a British university. This, the Mayor hopes, will

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  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg slams Donald Trump's anti-H1-B visa policy

  August 21, 2015 18:16 IST

  Washington:  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has sounded death knell to the H-1B visas by proposing to raise the minimum wage for this most popular work visas for Indian technology professionals as he released his

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  India extends Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's visa by one year

  India | August 21, 2015 21:37 IST

  New Delhi:  Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's visa was today extended for a year by the home ministry.The decision has been taken following an intervention of home minister Rajnath Singh as Taslima has been requesting

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  E-Tourist Visa to be Extended to 150 Countries by March 31 Next Year

  India | August 15, 2015 3:10 IST

  New Delhi:  E-tourist visa facility, which allows foreigners to get easy travel documents to visit India on the click of a button, will be extended to 150 countries and some more airports within this fiscal.A