West Bengal Police, probing the fake passport racket in the state, claimed to have got specific information about its kingpin Samaresh Biswa's network of Bangladeshi agents.
Some employees of Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) in bordering districts of West Bengal were under the scanner of security and intelligence agencies in connection with arranging fake Indian documents, including passports, for Bangladeshi infiltrators.
As per the data released by IGIA police, total 19 foreign nationals caught included 12 from Bangladesh, three each from Myanmar, Nepal and one from Afghanistan.
India’s economic performance in the April-June quarter, though slightly below expectations, continues to demonstrate the resilience that has positioned it as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. With a GDP growth of 6.7 per cent year-on-year, India outpaced China’s 4.7 per cent growth during the same period.
He stated this in a message as the MEA commemorated the 12th Passport Seva Divas to mark the enactment of the Passports Act on 24 June 1967. Coinciding with this, a three-day Regional Passport Officers (RPO) Conference was organised from 22-24 June in Delhi.
More foreign passport holders, including American citizens, are expected to cross from Gaza into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing point as mediatory talks continue in Qatar.
A playful twist of fate has left Donato Frattaroli in a tricky situation just days before his wedding in Italy.…
A pall of gloom had descended on the family of actress Chrisann Pereira after the Sharjah Central Jail declined to release her passport and is not contemplating 'deporting' her to India, her mother said here on Friday.
In Chandigarh, police verification for passports can now be done within a week with the launch of the mPassport Police app on Friday. The app was inaugurated by the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, Banwarilal Purohit today.
Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has filed a reply in the Delhi Court, opposing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's application seeking NOC for issuance of a fresh ordinary passport
