Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: Travel ban

Acclaimed academic of Kashmiri origin, Nitasha Kaul, not allowed to enter India, detained and deported to London

Nitasha Kaul, a British writer of Kashmiri descent and a politics professor at the University of Westminster in London, alleged that she was denied entry to India on the orders of the Union government, “for speaking on democractic and constitutional values.”

Delhi Court orders CBI to withdraw look out notice against Amnesty’s Aakar Patel

A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to withdraw the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against human rights activist and Chair of Amnesty International India Board Aakar Patel in a Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act case.

For Aakar Patel, travel ban is nothing but retaliation from India against his activism: Amnesty

India must immediately lift the arbitrary travel ban imposed on human rights activist and Chair of Amnesty International India Board Aakar Patel, the rights watchdog Amnesty International said Wednesday.

COVID: International flights to remain suspended till Feb 28

Scheduled international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till February 28, the Director-General of Civil Aviation said Wednesday.