Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Maharashtra Minister of State for Home (Urban) Yogesh Kadam in the state Assembly on Wednesday said that the instructions will be given to the Police Department to verify the current address given in the passport application as per the specific working procedure of the Central government. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Guwahati/Kohima, July 14 (IANS) As part of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) program, ‘Passport Seva Aapke Dwar’, a Passport Seva Mobile Van Service was launched for the northeastern region to make the services more accessible to citizens in remote areas, officials said on Monday. A Nagaland government official said … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 5 (IANS) In a major boost to passport services in rural Tamil Nadu, the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Chennai, will deploy its recently launched Mobile Passport Seva Van to Krishnagiri district for three days starting July 7. The initiative aims to ensure doorstep delivery of passport services, particularly … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, June 26 (IANS) A bomb threat sent via email to Jaipur’s ESIC Hospital sparked a major security scare on Thursday, prompting a swift and coordinated response from multiple agencies. The email, signed in the name of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, went beyond the threat of violence, alleging a broader … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) On the occasion of the 13th Passport Seva Divas, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar lauded the efforts of passport authorities across India and abroad, saying, Seva, Sushasan and Garib Kalyan are three key pillars of governance that would lead to a Viksit Bharat. Taking to … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Kolkata Police, on Friday, sent a communique to the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in West Bengal, requesting the latter to immediately initiate cancelling passports made on the basis of fake documents, especially birth certificates. An insider from the city police said that recently the officials … Read more
Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has held that mere pendency of investigation would not give power to the authorities to impound passport. A bench presided over by Justice Sindhu Sharma said this while allowing a former IAS officer, Sajad Ahmad Khan’s plea wherein he had challenged rejection of his application for release … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered the Telangana Police to return the passport of former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T. Prabhakar Rao, the key accused in the phone tapping case, so he can return to India. The apex court also directed Prabhakar Rao, who is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused, including an Office Assistant/ Verification Officer working at Passport Seva Kendra (PSK), Lower Parel in Mumbai and an agent in a case related to issuing passports based on fake documents in lieu of a bribe. … Read more