New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the technical evaluation process for outsourcing Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) services at Indian Missions in Abu Dhabi (The UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia), holding that the assessment of bidders was vitiated by “arbitrariness, irrationality and lack of transparency” in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain allowed a batch of petitions fil…
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New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs has raised charges for passport-related services which will make getting a passport more expensive with effect from July 1, 2026.The increased fee structure will be applicable for fresh passport applications, renewals, Tatkaal services, replacement of lost or damaged passports, police clearance certificates (PCC) and other passport-linked services.In the case of adults, the charges on a normal application for a fresh 36-page passport or …
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday criticised the Congress for abandoning what he described as the ‘Nation First’ principle that, according to him, defined the party during Mahatma Gandhi’s era.Speaking during a special programme on Republic TV, the Prime Minister contrasted what he called the opposition’s “chronic dissatisfaction” with his government’s focus on national development, asserting that every decision and initiative over the past 12 years h…