Wife does not need husband’s signature to apply for a passport; Madras High Court pulls up passport office; Know moreMadras High Court ruled that a wife does not require her husband's permission for passport application. The court rebukes passport office f...
26 Jun, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
What are the documents required for an Indian passport?To apply for an Indian passport—new, renewal, reissue, or Tatkaal—you must submit valid ID, address, and birth proof such as Aadhaar, PAN, ...
09 Jun, 2025, 09.40 PM IST
You can now add spouse's name in passports without marriage certificateThe Ministry of External Affairs now allows passport applicants to add a spouse's name using Annexure J, a joint photo declaration, instead...
10 Apr, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
'Cheating, but still filing fake rape case': Rippling cofounder Prasanna Sankar makes sensational allegation against wifePrasanna Sankar (Google Trends): Rippling co-founder accuses his wife of cheating and filing false cases during their divorce. He claims sh...
25 Mar, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
Is Bashar Al-Assad’s British wife, Asma, planning to divorce him and return to the UK? Here's what reports are sayingReports claiming that Asma al-Assad wants a divorce and plans to return to the UK have been denied by the Kremlin. Asma al-Assad reportedly...
23 Dec, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
Sophie Turner petitions judge to ‘reactivate’ divorce case with Joe Jonas amid reports of settlement collapseAs reports continue to circulate regarding the divorce proceedings of Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, Turner's legal team has moved to reactiv...
20 Mar, 2024, 01.08 AM IST
Marriages between NRIs, OCIs & Indian citizens must be registered in India, Law Commission recommendsThe Law Commission recommends a comprehensive law to address fraudulent marriages between NRIs, foreign citizens of Indian origin, and Indi...
16 Feb, 2024, 03.16 PM IST
Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas, 'Game of Thrones' actress wants singer to return children’s passports for UK visitActress Sophie Turner has filed a lawsuit against her estranged husband, musician Joe Jonas, in order to obtain the passports of their two ...
22 Sep, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
Indian Foreign Ministry aims to issue e-passports in near futureSpeaking at the seventh Passport Seva Divas, Jaishankar said the ministry has initiated discussions with the ‘India Security Press’ regardi...
24 Jun, 2019, 10.04 PM IST
Aadhar, E-aadhar with DoB will now be accepted as proof for passportMEA has taken a number of steps to streamline, liberalise and ease the process of issue of passport for the benefit of the citizens
10 Aug, 2017, 01.22 PM IST
Birth certificates no longer a must for passportAccording to the Passport Rules, 1980, all applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, had to submit a birth certificate, a mandatory provision.
24 Jul, 2017, 07.19 AM IST
Passport application fees reduced for those under 8 years and over 60 years of age: Sushma SwarajExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced 10 per cent reduction in passport fee for applicants who are under eight and over 60.
23 Jun, 2017, 05.12 PM IST
Now, Maneka Gandhi wants father's name optional in caste certificatesLast year, Gandhi had written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asking her to reconsider the rule of having the father's name ment...
18 Apr, 2017, 06.15 PM IST
Authorities can't insist on father's name in passport: High CourtThe youth had contended before the court that a passport was issued to him in June 2007 and he had applied for its renewal this year.
22 Aug, 2016, 05.22 PM IST
Single mother can apply for child's passport without father's signature: HCIn today's society, we see no purpose in imposing an unwilling and unconcerned father on an otherwise viable family nucleus, Delhi high cou...
23 May, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
- Hasan Ali seeks quashing of 1999 fake passport case
Pune-based businessman, Hasan Ali Khan, arrested in an alleged multi-crore money laundering scam, has approached the Bombay High Court, see...
17 Jan, 2012, 07.15 PM IST
- Husband's passport no to be stamped on wife's passport
The proposal has been made by the ministry of women and child development in the wake of a rise in complaints about women getting abandoned...
06 May, 2007, 10.20 AM IST