Orphan Denied Passport

• Kashmiri girl gets US scholarship, denied passport because her uncle was a militant

  She cleared every exam that would open the gates to an American dream, but orphaned Kashmiri teenager Sufaira has been denied a passport by the Jammu and Kashmir government - just because her uncle was a militant even before she was born.

• Denied passport, orphan gets adoption offer

  Following MiD DAY's report on the plight of the orphan, Sandeep Kamble, who was denied a passport as he couldn't produce a birth certificate, offers of help have been pouring in for the second-year computer engineering student from various agencies eager to sort the issue.After reading MiD DAY's report ("Denied passport for being an orphan', June 2...

• Denied passport for being an orphan

  As if fate playing a cruel prank on Sandeep Kamble by depriving him of familial love all his life wasn't bad enough, the 21-year-old orphan has also been denied a passport because he does not have a birth certificate.While a government rule introduced in 2006 makes it mandatory for applicants born after 1989 to submit a copy of their birth certific...