Tag: Passport

Rayagada: A woman of Dongaria Kondh, a primitive tribal group, has made a difference ! She is the first tribal from the State to be issued a passport to go abroad. Dinj Dakesika from Kurli village under Bissam Cuttack block in Rayagada district is going abroad to attend the International Indigenous Film Festival (IIFF) scheduled […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today urged the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to set up seven more Passport Sewa Kendras in Odisha. “Growing need is felt to open additional POPSKs/PSKs to expedite issue of passports. I take this opportunity to request you to kindly issue necessary instructions […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee ceremony of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla during his visit to Sambalpur today. Later in the day Patnaik will attend the Golden Jubilee ceremony of Sambalpur University. After returning from Burla the Chief Minister will attend the distribution of assistive aids […]

The decks have been finally cleared for Chandan Nayak, the promising 11-year old football player of the Sabar Sahi slum in the city, to visit Germany, where he will undergo a two-month training at the iconic football club Bayern Munich as an academy player, after he got the visa for the visit

A Bangladeshi youth was detained here on Monday on charges of obtaining a passport fraudulently

Md Basir, the Bangladeshi national who was arrested by the Commissionerate Police on Wednesday for creating disturbance at the Regional Passport Office here, said he had paid Rs 3,000 to a middleman to cross the India-Bangladesh border

New Delhi: The government proposes to make it mandatory for Indian air travellers to provide a unique identification (UID) like Aadhaar, passport or PAN card at the time of booking tickets, Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha said on Thursday, while announcing the launch of the digital travel experience initiative – Digiyatra – for fliers. “It […]

Chandigarh: In a major relief to devotees visiting Pakistan for the celebrations of the 550th “Prakash Purb” of Guru Nanak Dev, the host country on Friday announced to waive off conditions of carrying a passport for identification and prior registration for the visitors. Also, it has exempted the Indian pilgrims from paying a $20 entry […]

Dubai: Indian expats living in the UAE can now provide their local address abroad to be added in their passports. Siddhartha Kumar Baraily, Consul, Passport and Attestation, at the Indian Consulate in Dubai said the Indian government had decided to allow its overseas citizens to add their local address in their country of residence mainly […]

Bhubaneswar: Getting a passport is expected to become easier now as the Odisha Police have launched a special Mobile application scheme for faster police verification of applications. Under the 5T initiative of the Odisha government, the State Police department has launched the M-Police mobile application scheme. As per official sources, the initiative is aimed at […]