The US visa processing system has been modified with effect from Wednesday to simplify fee payment and appointment scheduling through a new website, www.ustraveldocs.com/in.

Visa applicants will be a

The United States Consulate General here will resume visa services from Monday, it was announced.

The services were suspended since September 14 after Muslim outfits targeted the mission in violent

US consul general in Chennai Jennifer A. McIntyre met the newly appointed police commissioner S. George at his office on Thursday and is reported to have sought guaranteed security for their office an

Jolted by violent demonstrations by Muslim outfits over the last few days, the US consulate general here denied reports popping up all through Wednesday that the American government was contemplating

Faced with protests for the fourth day over an anti-Islam film, the US consulate in Chennai suspended its visa section for two days from Monday.

The decision to close the visa section came in the bac

Embarrassed by the violent demonstration by a Muslim outfit outside the US consulate general the previous day, the Chennai police gathered its wits and enough forces on Saturday to halt another angry

At least 2,000 angry Muslims attacked the US consulate general with stones and sticks at the busy Gemini Circle, Chennai on Friday evening in protest against an American film that denigrated the Proph

Activists of a Muslim party today pelted stones at the US consulate here protesting against a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam, police said.

Around 300 protesters belonging to the Tamil N

Hundreds of members of hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah on Friday joined protests across Pakistan against a controversial anti-Islam film, with many calling for severe punishment for the movie

Protesters in Egypt and Libya attacked U.S. diplomatic missions on Tuesday, leading to the death of an American staffer at the consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi after fierce clashes at the compound, a Libyan official said.