PM Modi concerned over passport delivery, delay in infra projects

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 21:21

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday voiced concern over inefficient delivery of passports as also the delay in vital infrastructure projects and directed the departments concerned to address these issues.

New software has simplified passport application process: RPO

Last Updated: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 15:39

The introduction of a new software has simplified the passport application process in the country, according to Regional Passport Officer, Mumbai Swati Kulkarni

Indian woman travels to Pak with fake passport to meet `lover`

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 17:22

An Indian woman was deported from the airport here when she flew in from Doha using a fake Pakistani passport to meet a man she had fallen in love with after meeting on a social networking website.

England cricketers Matt Prior, Stuart Broad prevent a suicide

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 20:53

England cricketers Matt Prior and Stuart Broad helped rescue a man preparing to jump off a bridge near the team hotel in Sydney.

ICAO sets Nov 2015 deadline to phase out handwritten passports

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:10

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) plans to phase out all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) by 2015.

UK visa: Online payment must for Indians from Dec 16

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 18:50

All Indians seeking British visa will have to pay the visa fees online through debit or credit cards as other mode of payments such as cash or demand draft will be discontinued from December 16.

Abu Salem jailed for seven years in fake passport case

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 11:41

A special CBI court awarded seven-year imprisonment to extradited gangster Abu Salem in a 2001 fake passport case.

Gangster Abu Salem convicted in 2001 fake passport case

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 18:36

Underworld don Abu Salem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has been held guilt in 2001 fake passport case on Monday.

India-Bangladesh Passport to be discontinued from November 15

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 20:27

The India-Bangladesh Passport (IBP) will be discontinued with effect from November 15 this year.

Only 1 Nigerian out of 52 arrested last month had passport: Police

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 22:19

Goa police on Friday said that of the 52 Nigerians who were arrested for staging a violent protest on the national highway in the state last month, only one could produce a valid passport.

Saudi deports Indian Haj pilgrims alleging `forged` passports

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 22:07

Saudi Arabian immigration authorities have deported two Indian pilgrims, without allowing them to perform Haj, due to overwriting on their passports, which were considered "forged".