NRIs GET 7 DAYS TO REGISTER MARRIAGE

All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days, the Union ministry of women and child development stated on Thursday. If the NRI marriages are not registered within seven days, the passports and visas would not be issued.

Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi had last week said that the NRI marriages would need to be registered within 48 hours.

The decision for mandatory registration within seven days was taken on Wednesday after a meeting of group of ministers.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who along with his three ministers continued the sit-in at the LG office for the fourth day, on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to end the IAS officers’ “strike” even as his protest received more political support including from Tamil actor Kamal Haasan, the RJD and the Left.

While Delhi Chief Minister voiced hope that Mr Modi will follow the footsteps of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by respecting people’s will and allowing Opposition ruled states to work for the people, his Aam Aadmi Party stepped up its attack on the Lt Governor Anil Baijal, wondering whether he did not have even “four minutes” to meet the Chief Minister and his three colleagues during the last four days.