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Forgery of Congress to target Assam CM’s wife exposed, the party doctored a Pakistani man’s lost Emirates ID to claim it was her UAE...

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2026

Just 4 days before the assembly elections in Assam, Congress leader Pawan Khera tried to create a controversy around CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s family...

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Congress claims Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife has 3 passports: Read how the documents presented by Pawan Khera are forged with mismatched details

OpIndia Staff - 5 April, 2026

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has already said that he and his wife will file both criminal and civil defamation cases against Pawan Khera for presenting forged documents

Government and Policy

MEA lays down procedure to re-issue passport after sex-change surgery abroad

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2025

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed the Delhi High Court on 7th January about the procedure through which Indian citizens who undergo sex-change surgery abroad, can change details in their passport

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Pakistan’s passport ranked among the weakest in the world, ranked 103rd in Henley Passport Index

ANI - 9 January, 2025

Pakistan's passport has been ranked among the weakest in the world, securing the 103rd spot in the Henley Passport Index 2025, a significant drop from its position in the previous year

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Aadhaar card for Rs 500, passport, and land deal: How a Rohingya intruder lived undetected in India for over a decade

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2024

Amin Khan, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar, crossed over into India in 2012 and secured fake identity cards that aided his unhindered stay in India.

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Bangladesh interim government decides to revoke diplomatic passports of Sheikh Hasina and other Awami League leaders

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2024

The decision implies that the diplomatic passport that the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina used while fleeing to India has now been revoked

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Pakistan govt, which routinely begs from the entire world, plans to block passports of over 2000 beggars so they don’t beg from the entire...

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2024

Most of the beggars from Pakistan travel to Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq posing as pilgrims visiting Islamic shrines. However, after landing in those countries, they start begging outside shrines.

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3 cops, no CCTV: Indian Express Exec Dir Anant Goenka narrates “terrible experience” of bag with passport stolen in Milan airport, praises Indian officials...

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2024

Anant Goenka of Indian Express narrated the incident of theft of his mother's bag with passport in Milan Airport, saying such incidents are very common and local police are helpless

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