New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has taken the debate on tightening of Indian visa rules to the Twitter, questioning whether the restriction would actually strengthen security as the ‘26/11 killers had no visas’.
Tharoor tweeted Dec 24: ‘My only role is to object to them strongly. MEA (ministry [...]
New Delhi/Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) The stowaway who sneaked onboard an Air India Medina-Jaipur flight by hiding in the toilet was Sunday interrogated by Rajasthan police, which said the airline was to blame for the incident and it was planning to file a case of ‘gross negligence’ against it.
However, Air India brushed away all blame, [...]
Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as investigating agencies were questioning a man who travelled on an Air India flight from Medina to Jaipur by hiding in a toilet, the local police here said they were planning to file a case of negligence against the airlines.
A police official, speaking on condition he was not named, described [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Clearing the confusion over the new tourist visa regulations, the government Thursday said a two-month gap between two visits is mandatory for foreigners holding long-term multi-entry tourist visas, but kept the rules flexible so as not to affect bona fide tourists.
New Delhi also clarified that visitors can re-enter India after [...]
London, Dec 2 (IANS) The Indian government was Wednesday urged to crack down on unscrupulous immigration lawyers amid reports of destitute Indian students found sleeping rough on the streets of London.
The call by Virendra Sharma, MP for the London suburb of Southall, came as British immigration authorities warned that Indian youths who had cheated their [...]
Korba (Chhattisgarh), Oct 3 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police would interrogate employees of Chinese firm SEPCO about the chimney collapse, which killed over 40 people in Korba district.
“As far as our information 16 Chinese has returned back and four Chinese workers are already in the city. We will interrogate them regarding the incident as per our convenience,” [...]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asked Chinese workers involved in the chimney collapse case to stay back and face investigation.
A large number of Chinese employees, mostly engineers, had fled from Korba in Chhattisgarh fearing that workers and even locals will attack them after the chimney at the [...]
New Delhi/Colombo, Sep.7 (ANI): A New Delhi-based human rights watchdog has said that the expulsion of a senior UNICEF official by the Government of Sri Lanka “is a clear warning to the UN agencies and all relief workers not to speak out about the situation of 300,000 Tamils who are being interned.”
Suhas Chakma, Director of [...]
