JALANDHAR: In a first initiative of its kind in the country, the passport office here on Friday announced it would "impound" passports of NRI husbands who desert their wives after "holiday marriages". Passport officer Parneet Singh said the passport would be declared "impounded" in the records under Section 10 (3) of ...

AMRITSAR/HOSHIARPUR: Mohammad Ateeq, the 13-year­ old Pakistan national who was arrested at Attari railway station on January 11 for travelling without valid documents and was since lodged at the juvenile home at Ram Colony Camp near here, was repatriated late Friday evening. The boy was handed over to Pakistan authorities at ...