Passport offices to work on weekend
June 28th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) With the surging demand for passports and glitches in online applications, the external affairs ministry Thursday announced that passport offices will remain open this weekend ... Read more...
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Weekend passport melas in 7 cities (Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Amid reports of delays in online applications for passports and the growing logjam, the external affairs ministry Friday announced that passport offices in seven cities ... Read more...
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Passport offices to remain open this weekend
June 22nd, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Amid reports of delays in online applications of passports and the growing logjam, the external affairs ministry Friday announced that passport offices in Delhi, Ghaziabad, ... Read more...
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13 Passport Seva Kendras launched in Kerala
April 2nd, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 2 (IANS) Minister of External Affairs S.M.Krishna Monday launched 13 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) in Kerala and said he will ensure that a few more are sanctioned when ... Read more...
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Krishna opens new ITO passport office in Delhi
February 23rd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday inaugurated the new passport office here, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for processing nearly a thousand applications per day.The sprawling ... Read more...
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Don’t worry, passport office at ITO by mid-January
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) With the shutdown of the Regional Passport Office (RPO) in south Delhi creating anxiety among residents here, the RPO Friday assured that a new centre ... Read more...
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Passport officers’ meet to kick off Tuesday
November 27th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will Tuesday open a two-day conference of passport officers from all over the country that aims at streamlining the ... Read more...
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A passport in three days? New project to roll out soon
June 7th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Passport Seva Project, an ambitious e-governance programme that aims at passport delivery in three days, has entered its most crucial stage. The rollout of ... Read more...
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Krishna launches Passport Seva Project in Bangalore (Lead)
May 28th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday formally launched the Passport Seva Project, an ambitious e-governance programme that aims to drastically reduce the time taken to obtain a passport.
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Krishna launches Passport Seva Project
May 28th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday launched the Passport Seva Project which aims for a complete makeover of passport services in the country.
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E-passport to revolutionise passport services in the country
May 27th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Sandhya SharmaNew Delhi, May 27 (ANI): Passport services in the country are going in for a revolution, with the government ensuring that it should not remain a cumbersome exercise for public ... Read more...
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Pilot passport project to start in Bangalore Friday
May 26th, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Nearly an year behind schedule, the pilot phase of the much-delayed Passport Seva Project will be launched May 28 in Bangalore, an official said Wednesday.
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India to issue e-passports to citizens soon
March 6th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 6 (IANS) India will soon begin issuing electronic passports to its citizens within three days of applying using biometrics and digital technology, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Saturday.
In the ... Read more...
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