Visa
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UK offers easier visa regime to Indian businessmen with its ‘Registered Traveller Scheme’
Nov 07, 2016, 02:26 PM ISTEyeing India as a key trade partner after exiting from the European Union, the UK on Monday announced a first-ever easier visa regime for Indian businessmen that will come with swifter passage through British airports
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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev says was denied US visa for not having bank account
India | Oct 22, 2016, 06:52 PM ISTAppreciated worldwide for promoting yoga, Baba Ramdev was once denied a visa to the United States citing his bachelor status and not having a bank account. However, he was invited later and given a 10-year
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Shocked and appalled, says Sarod maestro as UK rejects Ustad Amjad Ali Khan’s visa
India | Aug 12, 2016, 07:32 PM ISTBarely hours after Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s two-hour-long detention at the Los Angeles airport comes another report of a brush-off with an Indian celebrity. The United Kingdom, it is learnt, has rejected Sarod maestro
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JuD members will not get Indian visa, says govt official
India | Jul 27, 2016, 12:06 PM ISTA group of 30 members comprising doctors and paramedical staff of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), headed by Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, will not get Indian visa to meet people in Kashmir. "The question does not
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White House under George Bush was against denying visa to Narendra Modi, says ex-official
World | Jul 23, 2016, 07:28 PM ISTIn 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 | Apr 28, 2016, 07:33 PM ISTClose 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
Apr 14, 2016, 05:36 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Apr 06, 2016, 11:35 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Apr 02, 2016, 09:10 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Mar 18, 2016, 05:45 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 26, 2016, 06:12 PM ISTKabul: 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 | Feb 22, 2016, 09:29 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 02, 2016, 07:39 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 02, 2016, 05:08 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 02, 2016, 08:30 PM ISTNew 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 | Feb 01, 2016, 10:47 PM ISTNew 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
Jan 20, 2016, 07:45 AM ISTLondon: 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 | Jan 11, 2016, 03:14 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Jan 05, 2016, 11:36 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 22, 2015, 11:29 PM ISTNew 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