New Delhi, May 22 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched the revamped portal for Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), a special status for Indian nationals residing in another country, which will provide a user-friendly experience for accessing OCI services. Home Minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday, in a post on social media, stressed that Indian-origin citizens residing in various countries "must face no inconvenience when visiting or staying in India."

Incidentally, the launch happened just two days after Nitasha Kaul, a British Kashmiri Professor of Politics and International Relations at London's University of Westminster, claimed that her OCI was cancelled by the Indian authorities over alleged "anti-India activities".According to PTI...