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2 booked for theft of NRI’s passport and extortion of ₹1.5 lakh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2020 10:38 PM IST
The NRI met Joga (42) from Ludhiana and Gurmukh, a ragi, about two months back in Samrala. They claimed to be tantriks and said they would perform rituals for the benefit of his children

Now, Indian expats in UAE can renew passport in just two days: Report
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | Dubai
PUBLISHED ON AUG 01, 2020 04:03 PM IST
The passport renewal forms will be processed on the same day as it is received, Consul General of India in Dubai Dr Aman Puri told the newspaper.

All-party team to meet PM on passport waiver for Kartarpur pilgrims: CM
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2020 11:17 PM IST
House passes resolution in support of waiver of passport and $20 fee for Kartarpur pilgrims.

Japan world’s most powerful passport, Pak 4th worst. This is where India stands
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2020 06:30 PM IST
India slipped two places in 2020 to the 84th place, sharing the spot with Mauritania and Tajikistan. Indians can get visa-free entry to 58 countries, according to the index.

Indian man charged with trying to enter US on fake Slovenian passport
By Press Trust of India | Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2019 09:48 AM IST
The inspecting officer detected inconsistencies while inspecting the traveller and his passport, and referred him to a secondary examination, the federal agency said in a statement.

Centre cancels citizenship of TRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh who once held German passport
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2020 04:14 AM IST
Chennamaneni Ramesh had gone to Germany for employment in early 1990s and obtained German citizenship in 1993. In 2008, he returned to India and applied for Indian citizenship which was granted to him by the Union Home Ministry.

Indian travelling with fake German passport denied entry into US
By Press Trust of India | New York
UPDATED ON SEP 18, 2019 10:36 AM IST
Authorities declined to prosecute the Indian man, who was refused admission to the United States. Due to privacy laws, the man’s name was not released as he was not criminally charged, a CBP release said.

68-year-old man held from Delhi airport for using forged passport to get Hong Kong residency
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 14, 2019 06:20 AM IST
He was caught during immigration clearance on Thursday while returning from Hong Kong, when an immigration officer realised that he looked much younger than the age shown in the passport. Police have arrested him for forgery.

Bangladesh Airlines pilot caught in Qatar with no passport
By Indo Asian News Service | Dhaka, Bangladesh
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2019 12:10 PM IST
The pilot was en route to bring Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Finlan, but was detained at immigration of Doha International Airport for having no passport on him.

Rohingya man arrested at Delhi airport with fake Indian passport
By Anvit Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2019 05:35 AM IST
The FIR that the police filed in this case, mentions that Faisal had submitted an application to the UNHCR, New Delhi, for the consideration of his refugee status

Japanese executive’s laptops, passport stolen in Gurugram
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON APR 20, 2019 06:17 AM IST
The victims were staying at a four-star hotel in Manesar and were on an official visit to Gurugram from Japan, said the police.

Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea challenging passport rules
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2019 11:14 PM IST
The petition has sought quashing of the Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules, 2015 and The Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2015 notified on September 7, 2015 that accords automatic citizenship upon migration to India on the ground it was “discriminatory, arbitrary and illegal”

Mehul Choksi surrenders passport, gives up Indian citizenship
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2019 11:40 PM IST
Choksi, 59, acquired his new citizenship last year and deposited his revoked Indian passport and a mandatory fee for renouncing Indian citizenship at the Indian high commission in Guyana, the officials said.

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi gives up Indian citizenship, surrenders passport in Antigua: Sources
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2019 12:49 PM IST
Choksi, who along with his nephew diamond jeweller Nirav Modi, also a fugitive from India, allegedly committed a fraud on Punjab National Bank amounting to over Rs 13,500 crore, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Passports of 23 Indians misplaced by Pakistan high commission, Sushma Swaraj tells Lok Sabha
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 02, 2019 08:43 PM IST
It is learnt that the Indians, whose passports went missing, had applied for visa in the Pakistan High Commission to travel to that country.

Get passports at all Indian missions within 48 hours now, says VK Singh
By Press Trust of India | Washington
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2018 05:45 PM IST
The ‘Passport Seva’ project was first launched in the UK last month. In US, the project was first rolled out in New York on November 21, followed by Washington on Saturday. It would be subsequently launched in Indian Consulates at Atlanta, Houston, Chicago and San Francisco.

Courts can’t order surrender of passports for bail: High court
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON OCT 25, 2018 11:54 PM IST
The Punjab and Haryana high court’s order, coming on a plea of a senior Air India pilot, who was booked in a cheating and misappropriation case last year, held that only the passport authority could impound passports under the law, not trial courts

‘Wanted’ men entering India via Nepal despite suspended passports, RPO alerts MEA
By Jatinder Kaur Tur | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON OCT 09, 2018 07:41 PM IST
No questions are asked on the India-Nepal border as Indians do not require a passport when travelling to and from that country.

Impound passport of the Ansal API developer: lawmakers' panel
By Umesh Raghuvanshi/M Tariq Khan | Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON SEP 18, 2018 12:18 PM IST
The five-member lawmakers’ panel set up to probe anomalies in Sushant Golf City hi-tech township on Sultanpur Road, Lucknow on home-buyers complaints has found the developer guilty on various counts and recommended that his passport should be impounded, according to a member of the committee.

Sushma Swaraj steps in to help Indian who lost passport days before wedding
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2018 10:26 AM IST
The Indian man lost his passport in the Washington and his wedding is on August 13-15.

Mehul Choksi gets Caribbean passport to hoodwink Indian agencies
By Rajesh Ahuja | New Delhi,Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 24, 2018 09:56 PM IST
The CBI has booked Choksi, uncle of his alleged partner in crime Nirav Modi, in two cases related to the PNB scam and filed charge sheet against him.

Passports of 8 NRI husbands who abandoned their wives cancelled, says govt
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2018 07:51 AM IST
The women and child development ministry had earlier said all NRI marriages would soon need to be registered within seven days, failing which, passports and visas would not be issued to the people involved.

After controversy over inter-faith marriage, Lucknow couple to get passport soon
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Lucknow
UPDATED ON JUL 04, 2018 04:51 PM IST
The couple alleged that passport officer Vikas Mishra misbehaved with them during the personal interview to get the travel document. The woman alleged Mishra declined to clear her application because she married to a Muslim.

MEA’s passport mobile app registers 1 million downloads in two days
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 29, 2018 09:08 PM IST
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had launched the passport seva mobile application, available in Android and iOS platforms, with facilities for applying, paying and scheduling appointments for acquiring a passport.

Now, apply for passport on mobile phone from anywhere in India
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2018 10:31 PM IST
The mPassport Seva App, released on the occasion of the Sixth Passport Seva Divas, is available in Android and iOS platforms and will have the facilities to apply, pay and schedule appointments for passport services.

Boris Becker’s diplomatic passport is ‘fake’, according to Central African Republic
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Bangui
UPDATED ON JUN 20, 2018 04:04 PM IST
The Central African Republic (CAR) authorities said that Boris Becker’s diplomatic passport is ‘fake’ and it does not carry the signature or the stamp of the country’s foreign minister - Charles Armel Doubane.

No delay by MEA in revoking passports of ‘certain individuals’: Govt on Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2018 11:53 PM IST
The MEA had recently revoked passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, diamond merchants wanted for alleged banking fraud.

Dawood aide Farooq Takla’s passport renewal under scanner
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2018 11:45 PM IST
Mohammed Farooq, better known as Farooq Takla, arrived in Delhi from Dubai and was arrested by the CBI when he was at an immigration counter at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.