Israel reduces visa fee for Indian travellers
New Delhi, May 31: Israel has reduced visa fee for Indian citizens to Rs 1,100 from Rs 1,700, a statement said on Thursday.
The reduced application fee is on the B2 visa category -- where a visit to Israel is for purposes including business, meeting, conference or tourism.
According to the Israel Ministry of Tourism, there has been a tremendous growth in the number of tourists from India in the last three years.
The ministry's India and Philippines Director Hassan Madah said that 2017 has been the best year so far with close to 60,000 visitors.
"Our inbound figures have already recorded an increase of 27 per cent -- approximately 19,000 travellers -- in Indian tourist arrivals from January to April as compared to the same period last year helping us get a step closer to our target of one lakh in 2018," said Madah.
He further said that the move to reduce visa fee "will encourage more people to choose Israel as a holiday destination and boost inbound numbers from India".
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
