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PNB fraud: Mehul Choksi gives up Indian citizenship, surrenders passport to Antiguan govt in a bid to avoid extradition
Fp Staff •Mehul Choksi is wanted in India by the CBI and ED probing the $2 billion PNB fraud
Sushma Swaraj comes to rescue of Indian citizen in US, who lost his passport days before his wedding
•External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday night assured help to an Indian man in the US who lost his passport in Washington just days before he was to travel for his wedding mid-August.
Where is Nirav Modi? Did the fugitive diamantaire travel to three countries on a revoked Indian passport?
Fp Staff •Banks collecting passport details of those borrowing over Rs 50-cr a possible precursor to change in passport rules
Muralidharan •Section 10 of Passport Act empowers authorities to revoke one’s passport in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India.
Home ministry says Aadhaar not acceptable document for travel to Nepal, Bhutan
•Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said.
UK: 38 Indians detained in Britain for overstaying visa, immigration law breach
•Britain's immigration officials have detained 38 Indians, including nine women, for overstaying their visas or working illegally after conducting raids in two clothing factories in the city of Leicester.
Indian passports fare poorly, but are a prized item in fertile market of stolen documents
Bikram Vohra •Here is Mr S Kumar walking into Immigration clutching his passport with a valid visa, how do you know he is not his brother?
How powerful is an Indian passport? Not very, 166 out of 199 countries are better off
Fp Staff •The endless barrage of documents and restrictions is quite commonplace for an India citizen. So how strong, or otherwise, is an Indian passport?
Children of single mothers can finally get passports made, but what took this long?
Theladiesfinger •The Ministry of External Affairs has finally passed new rules meant to ease the passport application process. The new rules state that the name of only one parent is enough
Applying for Indian passport to get easier, as MEA announces new rules
Fp Staff •On Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs announced a list of rules to be followed while issuing new passports.