Gujarat to get five Passport Seva Kendra in October this year
Ahmedabad, 15 August, 2011As per the minister of state in the ministry of External affairs SMT. Preneet Kaur’s recent reply to a question in parliament, Gujarat will get five Passport Seva...
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Gujarat High Court rejects plea of Gujarat passport agents against Passport...
Ahmedabad, 27 February, 2012Gujarat High Court today rejected a plea of Passport agents against newly opened Passport Seva Kendras. It should be mentioned that after making Passport Seva Kendras...
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Planning to go to America for higher study? This may be helpful
By our correspondent, Ahmedabad, 5 April 2013Those in Ahmedabad and around who plan to go to America for higher studies may join this programme which is authentic because it has been organized by...
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The new age E-passports expected to be rolled out in India by 2016
Kochi The new age e-passports are expected to be rolled out in the country by 2016, a top official said here today. “We are going ahead and are in the process of tendering.By 2015-16 we should be able...
View ArticlePassport rules on including father’s name being revised:Centre
Mumbai The union government today told the Bombay High Court the passport authorities are compiling various judgements to re-formulate the mandatory rule regarding the inclusion of biological father’s...
View ArticleAt Ahmedabad airport, Solar plane’s journey stuck in red tape
Ahmedabad The world’s only ‘zero-fuel’ aeroplane ‘Solar Impulse-2’ was caught in red-tape after its departure was delayed from the city for want of Customs and Immigration clearance, even as its pilot...
View ArticleIndian passport ranked 48 out of 50 most powerful: survey
From Aditi Khanna London The Indian passport has been ranked 48th in a list of 50 most powerful travel document in the world, according to a global survey topped by Sweden. Germany-based Go Euro travel...
View ArticlePM concerned over passport delivery, delay in infra projects
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced concern over inefficient delivery of passports as also the delay in vital infrastructure projects and directed the departments concerned to address...
View ArticleOnline police verification for passport to be introduced in November
New Delhi Bengaluru will become the first city to have online police verification process for passports with its launch in November as part of a country-wide project that will cut down the time...
View ArticleMan seeks court direction to passport officer for issue of passport
Madurai A 24-year-old man has sought a direction to the Regional passport officer to issue him a passport as the original one obtained by his late father when he was a minor, was not traceable nor had...
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Relief to minority from Bangladesh, Pakistan seeking regularization in India
New Delhi The Central Government has decided, on humanitarian considerations, to exempt Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals belonging to minority communities who have entered into India on or before...
View ArticleHandwritten passports not eligible for going abroad: RPO
Chennai With the November 24 deadline for phasing out of handwritten passports drawing close, the Reginal Passport Office here has asked holders of such passports to obtain machine readable passports...
View ArticleNumber of passports issued in 2014 by GoI up by 41%
Mumbai The number of passports issued across the country witnessed a surge of 41 per cent in 2014, after registering a slump in 2012-13. Jagpal Singh, CPIO of the Ministry of External Affairs, in reply...
View ArticleTwo from Gujarat on way to Canada, deported from Abu Dhabi
Fake Gujarati couple going to Canada deported from Abu Dhabi Ahmedabad Close on heels to the offloading of 9 passengers from a Ahmedabad-London Air India flight, the immigration department of Abu Dhabi...
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Now, police verification after issue of passport
New Delhi Aiming for faster delivery of passports, the government today said that police verification will take place after the travel document is issued, provided certain identity documents are...
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Getting Indian passport becomes easier
New Delhi The process of getting a fresh Indian passport has become easier with the government introducing two significant changes to further liberalise the procedure. “The first is that the ministry...
View ArticleIndia revokes top bank defaulter Vijay Mallya’s passport
New Delhi India has revoked the passport of Vijay Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines has been accused of having defaulted on loans of over Rs 9,400 crore. “Having considered the reply furnished by Vijay...
View ArticleRequests by banks to suspend passports of defaulters on rise
Chandigarh Plagued by the problems of bad loans, public sector banks are making a beeline for Regional Passport Office here with request to suspend passports of “chronic” loan defaulters in order to...
View ArticleMother’s name sufficient for passport: Delhi High Court
New Delhi Authorities cannot insist upon mentioning the name of one’s biological father in passport as mother’s name is sufficient in certain cases where she is a single parent, the Delhi High Court...
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