India, Pakistan ink visa pact (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) India and Pakistan Saturday signed an agreement that will ease the visa restrictions on people from both countries.The agreement was signed between Interior Minister Rehman Malik ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistani elders to get visas on arrival (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Senior citizens, aged 65 and above, in India and Pakistan can now walk across the border between the two countries and need not go through the ... Read more...
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Pakistan media gives a thumbs up to Krishna’s visit (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Even before the first things were put in fine print and signed, media in Pakistan Saturday gave a thumbs-up to the visit of India's External Affairs ... Read more...
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Visa pact to be signed Saturday, will benefit common people: Rehman Malik (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) India and Pakistan will Saturday sign the much-awaited visa agreement that will ease the visa restrictions on people from both countries, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan likely to sign visa pact Saturday
September 7th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The much-awaited visa agreement between India and Pakistan could be signed Saturday, Indian sources said here Friday.The visa agreement could be a game changer for people-to-people ... Read more...
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Major push to tourism planned
August 16th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) From launching a new Shatabdi train service between tourist hot spots Agra and Jaipur to expediting facilities like clean toilets, information kiosks and souvenir shops ... Read more...
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‘Deport foreigners tending Goa bars sans work visas’
July 25th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 25 (IANS) Foreign nationals tending bars in Goa without work visas should be deported, a BJP legislator said Wednesday.Michael Lobo, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from ... Read more...
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Two Kyrgyzis running online escort, drug racket arrested
June 23rd, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 22 (IANS) Two Kyrgyz nationals, including a woman, were arrested Friday for running an escort racket and peddling drugs over the Internet, police said.Valentina Shoal, 29, and Alimullah ... Read more...
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(HOLD) Eight Taiwanese released by Himachal court
June 19th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 19 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh court Tuesday released all the eight Taiwanese who were arrested last week for allegedly staying illegally in a village in Mandi district, an ... Read more...
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Eight suspected Taiwanese arrested in Himachal (Second Lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla/New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Eight foreigners, suspected to be Taiwanese, who have been arrested for illegally staying in Himachal Pradesh, were sent to three days police custody by a ... Read more...
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Eight Chinese nationals arrested in Himachal (Lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 13 (IANS) Eight Chinese nationals staying illegally in a Himachal Pradesh village have been arrested and Rs.30 lakh in cash as well as $3,000 seized from their possession, ... Read more...
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India disappointed as visa accord with Pakistan put off
May 25th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) India has aired its disappointment that the much-waited liberalised visa regime agreement could not be signed in Islamabad as the Pakistani officials were yet ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan set to sign liberal visa pact
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The home secretaries of India and Pakistan will Thursday begin two-day talks in Islamabad when they are expected to sign a liberalized visa regime and ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka cracks down on illegal workers after Indian’s death
May 15th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka has cracked down on foreigners working illegally after an Indian died while working in a steel plant, an official said here Tuesday.The Indian was ... Read more...
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Indian students once again head for Australia
May 9th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 9 (IANS) Indian students are once again heading to Australia, along with a rise in international students, with the perceived threat of physical violence having receded to a ... Read more...
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Nine French tourists detained in Bihar
April 22nd, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 22 (IANS) Nine French tourists were detained in Bihar's Nawada district for violating visa conditions and later sent out of the state Sunday, police said.Bihar police chief Abhyanand ... Read more...
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Israeli car blast: Delhi Police seeks MEA help for Iranians’ extradition
March 15th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Delhi Police has asked the external affairs ministry to seek the extradition of three Iranians against whom a Delhi court has issued non-bailable arrest ... Read more...
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Chandigarh Police arrest two for tourist visa fraud
November 21st, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) In a unique case of forgery and fraud for arranging tourist visas, Chandigarh Police Sunday arrested two immigration agents, including a former paramilitary trooper.The special investigation ... Read more...
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Sex racket busted, six Uzbeks arrested (Second Lead)
July 25th, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Six Uzbek women who visited India on tourist visas but became call girls were held here, the second time in just a week that foreigners ... Read more...
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Sex racket busted, six Uzbeks arrested (Lead)
July 25th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Six Uzbek women who visited India on tourist visas but became call girls were held here, the second time in just a week that foreigners ... Read more...
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Another sex racket busted, six Uzbeks held
July 25th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A sex racket was busted with the arrest of six Uzbek women, making it the fourth such case -- and the second involving foreign nationals ... Read more...
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Another sex racket busted in Delhi, seven held
July 20th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday said they have arrested five call girls and two woman pimps here, the third sex racket to be busted in less than ... Read more...
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Sex racket busted, 5 foreigners held
February 3rd, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A sex racket employing women from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan was busted in south Delhi with the arrest of four call girls and their woman pimp, police said ... Read more...
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New rules for tourist visa to ‘curb misuse’
January 13th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Foreigners travelling to India on tourist visas have to give a two-month gap before they re-enter the country, according to new government rules aimed at avoiding "misuse" ... Read more...
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Japan to issue multiple-entry visas to Chinese
January 5th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Japan is to issue multiple-entry visas to Chinese nationals beginning this summer in a bid to attract China's burgeoning middle class into visiting and spending money in the ... Read more...
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Iran charges two German journalists with spying over Ashtiani case
November 16th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) --The two German journalists that were arrested for interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, whose death sentence has been pending, have been charged with spying against Iran, ... Read more...
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Goa urges Krishna to hasten tourist visa processing
November 10th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 10 (IANS) Worried about stringent visa norms resulting in long-haul European tourists dropping Goa from their itinerary, the state government has knocked at the door of External Affairs Minister S.M. ... Read more...
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India, Japan to simplify visa procedures
October 26th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Oct. 25 (ANI): Following extensive talks on bilateral, regional and global issues of shared interest held between Indian Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the ... Read more...
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India, Japan simplify visa procedures
October 25th, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Oct 25 (IANS) India and Japan Monday decided to simplify visa procedures between them and signed a memorandum to that effect.The memorandum covers the gamut - including measures related to ... Read more...
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Iran says German reporters are linked to “anti-evolutionary” network
October 12th, 2010 - 11:02 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) -- While the German government seeks the release of two captured foreigners in Iran - who are believed to be German reporters - Iran says they are linked ... Read more...
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‘Relief for PIOs, to be allotted extendable visas only’
September 29th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 29 (IANS) Persons of Indian origin (PIO) visiting India will now be issued only long-term extendable visas and not tourist visas, Goa's Non-Resident Indian (NRI) commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said Wednesday. ... Read more...
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Indian missions asked to give long-term visas to PIOs
August 10th, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 10 (IANS) Indian missions have been advised to issue long-term extendable visas, and not short duration tourist visas, to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) who are keen on visiting ... Read more...
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Malaysian travellers want India to study ‘no-entry’ visa rule
April 19th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 19 (ANI): The Indian Government is studying appeals from frequent Malaysian visitors and interested groups for the two-month "no-entry" visa ruling imposed here in January to be revoked.The ruling, ... Read more...
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India to study ‘no-entry’ rule for Malaysian visitors
April 19th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 19 (IANS) India has said it is studying appeals by frequent Malaysian visitors for revoking the two-month "no-entry" ruling imposed in January.
The ruling, which bars tourist visa holders from ... Read more...
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Britain to increase visa fees from April 6
April 1st, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The British government has revised its visa fees with a maximum increase of 2.5 percent. The new fees will be effective from April 6.
"In most visa categories ... Read more...
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