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Indian consulate in Dubai temporarily shut, passport services halted: What applicants need to know

July 16, 2026 9:30 pm

Indian Consulate Dubai closure has been announced from July 17-19 due to road maintenance, affecting passport, visa and attestation services temporarily.

Pune Crime Files: Bomb hoaxes, gripe about cops’ ‘plight’, a probe stalled over VPN

July 13, 2026 2:02 pm

The Pune police have failed to identify the senders of bomb threat emails received by the passport office in Baner because they were sent using a virtual private network (VPN).

Passport Seva Portal to be down from August 29 to September 2

September 03, 2024 1:23 pm

Passport Seva Portal will remain unavailable from August 29 to September 2 due to technical maintenance, a notice by the PSP division of the External Affairs Ministry stated

Hyderabad RPO records best performance in 2022 in last 7 years

January 04, 2023 6:55 pm

The RPO issued 6,59,317 passports and related services during the calendar year and mopped up a revenue of Rs 118 crore.

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Mumbai: Regional Passport Office suspends operations till April 30

April 23, 2021 1:58 am

The decision was taken following the emergency restrictions imposed by the Maharashtra government from Thursday.

Passport official shifted for harassing inter-faith couple, ‘witness’ backs him

June 22, 2018 4:02 am

Tanvi Seth and Mohammad Anas Siddiqui on Wednesday claimed Mishra misbehaved with them — asking her to change her name and him to convert to Hinduism.

MLA Bains, supporters booked for trespassing into passport office

Ludhiana: MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, supporters booked for trespassing into passport office

April 26, 2018 1:21 am

Simarjit Singh Bains left for Australia Wednesday morning on a personal visit and is expected to return on May 5.

Complaint filed against Punjab MLA Simarjit Bains for ‘trespassing’, making videos inside passport office

April 24, 2018 10:38 pm

The complaint, filed by assistant officer of Passport Seva Kendra Yashpal and submitted to the Ludhiana police commissioner, alleged that Bains, along with 10-15 armed supporters, forcefully entered the office and tried to make videos.

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Bangladesh national held from Patna passport office

January 16, 2016 4:35 am

Abdul Mannan (38), who claimed to be from Nawada, had sought an online appointment with the regional passport office at Ashina-Digha Road for Thursday.