Paris, Feb 26 (IANS) A court in Lille, north France upheld the decision to evacuate thousands of migrants camping in Calais, rejecting NGOs request to halt the eviction’s order, Pas-de Calais prefecture authorities has said….
Oslo, Feb 26 (IANS) Norway said that it has stepped up its efforts to help refugees in Greece by allocating more funds to strengthen Athens’ capacity to deal with the flow of refugees. The authorities…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The central government on Thursday announced the extension of e-Tourist Visa (e-TV) facility to 37 more countries from Friday, a home ministry statement said. With this the total count of…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Barcelona’s star striker Luis Suarez almost gave Arsenal fans a surprise gift as he left his passport at home before his team’s flight to London, ahead of the Champions League clash…
Canberra, Feb 5 (IANS) Migrants coming to Australia from the war-torn Middle-East could be subject to stronger background and character checks, in a move designed to minimise the risk of “extremist infiltration”, Xinhua reported. A…
Actor Anupam Kher. (File Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Indian actor Anupam Kher being denied a Pakistani visa is “reflective of the byzantine and thoroughly nebulous visa regime that exists between India and Pakistan”,…
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) Submission of Aadhar card, PAN and voter identity card will speed up the process of issuance of passport to an applicant, a senior passport official said on Wednesday. “The ministry of…
Mumbai: Actor Anupam Kher held press conference presenting proof of Pakistan’s visa denial for attending Karachi Literature Festival in Mumbai on Feb 2, 2016 (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) A day after Anupam Kher…
Tokyo, Feb 2 (IANS) Japan is set to ease visa regulations for people travelling from India and Vietnam as multiple-entry visa terms are to be doubled for nationals of the two countries, the media reported…
Wellington, Feb 1 (IANS) New Zealand welcomed a record 121,900 migrants, mostly from Asia in 2015, the government statistics agency said on Monday. According to Statistics New Zealand, the country had a net gain -…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Indonesia may be attracting almost double the number of global tourists than India but visitors from here are few and the southeast Asian country has decided to grant free visas…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Taseer Gallery from Lahore may be evoking lot of curiosity at the ongoing India Art Fair, but visa issues still remain a bone of contention as…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The mosquito-borne Zika virus – a pathogen which was virtually unheard of till some days ago – is spreading so fast that it can infect nearly four…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The process of getting a fresh Indian passport has become easier with the government introducing two significant changes to further liberalise the procedure. The first is that the ministry has…
Beijing, Jan 26 (IANS) Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang will offer a 144-hour visa-free entry for international transit passengers from January 30, in renewed efforts to boost business and tourism. The new policy, unveiled on Tuesday,…
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The United States started implementing changes to the US Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) for citizens of 38 foreign countries. Starting from Thursday, nationals of the VWP partner countries are required to…
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Of the nearly nine lakh Indians who visited the US on visitor or business visa in 2015, more than 14,000 overstayed, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report has said. According…
Sydney, Jan 15 (IANS) A 26-year-old Indian Sikh was on Friday granted a special visa by the Australian government on humanitarian grounds. The special visa will allow Jaspal Singh to return to Australia after attending…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) Call it pre-election rhetoric or post Paris and St Bernardino paranoia, Indian students coming to the US have been caught in a bind, with many deported or denied entry for no…
Hyderabad, Jan 10 (PTI) The ordeal of 16 students from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who had gone to the US seeking admission in educational institutions there but were sent back from New York, continued despite…