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As per a Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) statementrecently, passport holders with ECR (Emigration Check Required) status would be issued a passport with orange passport jacket and those with non-ECR status would continue to get a blue passport.

Reserve Bank of India guidelines specifically state that banks are compulsorily required to charge an interest and pay taxes. However, taking interest from loans is something that goes against the Sharia law and Islamic banking system.

In December last year, India voted in favour of a resolution brought by Turkey and Yemen in the UN opposing the United States' decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Nitish Kumar is on a state-wide 'Vikas Samiksha Yatra' since December 12 to take a first-hand account and review the progress made in various districts on development schemes launched by his government over the years.

The images were created by the FBI laboratory using age-progression technology and original photographs obtained by the FBI in the year 2000.

Delivering his inaugural policy speech on US-India relations in New Delhi on Thursday, US Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster on Thursday said the US would like India to play a key role in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

Bilal Ahmed Kawa, who was suspected to be linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba, was arrested in the evening from the T-3 terminal of the Delhi Airport and his questioning is underway, the police said.

Agreeing to hear the CBI’s appeal, a bench headed by Justice NV Ramana sought a reply from Vijayan and other accused in the case, who have been let off.

The Yogi Adityanath government had recently passed a bill providing death penalty and life imprisonment for those dealing in illicit or spurious liquor.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday launched a phone number - 9323300300 - which residents can give a missed call on to receive regular updates and alerts about upcoming events in the National Capital.

A graduate of aerospace engineering of the Madras Institute of Technology, Dr Sivan is known as the man who implemented ISRO ambitions of sending up multiple satellites at one go.

Dr Sharmeen Mushtaq, a medico, will be the first Kashmiri woman to race up and down through the risky snow tracks of Gulmarg.

The intelligence sources said Indian Army killed 27 Pakistani soldiers in sniper firing last year while seven of its soldiers lost their lives in Pakistani sniper firing along the LoC.

Gone are the days where we needed to carry our wallets while ordering food, and today everyone's got a virtual wallet, which makes payment easy.

The Virtual ID, which would be a random 16-digit number, together with biometrics of the user would give any authorized agency like a mobile company, limited details like name, address and photograph, which are enough for any verification, the UIDAI said.

The National Investigation Agency is all set to file a chargesheet against the seven arrested separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law, in the Kashmir terror funding case.