Shashi Tharoor, Indian ministry of state of external affairs has used Twitter account once again to show his displeasure of the new visa norms. Under the previous rule foreigners with a 5 or 10 year visa could stay in the county for 180 days before the have to leave and allowed to reenter. They would simply fly to a neighbouring county and fly back in again. The rule remains the same except after the 180 day limit. Foreigners would need to leave and not return before two months. Foreign ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said last week the new guidelines were issued "to facilitate bonafide tourists" and that immigration authorities could still allow tourists who leave India to re-enter if they produced a "detailed itinerary" and ticket bookings. The ministry is probing why its Chicago consulate granted multiple visas to a Pakistani-American, David Coleman Headley, who is accused of helping plan the Mumbai siege in which 166 people died. Tharoor said the new visa...
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