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Over 355,000 passports issued in Ghaziabad through 2025

The regional passport office in Ghaziabad caters to applicants from Agra, Aligarh, Baghpat, Bulandshahar, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hathras, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Hapur, Shamli and Saharanpur. (HT Archive)

Published on Jan 09, 2026 07:36 am IST

Mumbai man stunned after tatkal passport renewal wraps up in 20 minutes

Sagar Awatade shared a post on X describing his quick experience at the Passport Seva Kendra.(Unsplash/Representational Image)

Published on Oct 30, 2025 02:09 pm IST

e-Passports in India: Key features, benefits, and how to apply online

Indian government has rolled out smart chip enabled e-passports(HT photo)

Published on May 13, 2025 04:25 pm IST

Passport office guard refuses entry to youngster wearing shorts, sparks debate

The long and short of it: An X post sparks a heated debate on appropriate wear to a passport office(X/@DealsDhamaka)

Updated on Apr 30, 2025 10:36 am IST

Government changes passport rules for Indians | What you need to look out for

Government will accept only birth certificate issued by municipal corporation or Registrar of Births and Deaths as valid proof of date of birth.(Representative Image)

Published on Mar 05, 2025 03:19 pm IST

Passport rules change: Who will be affected? All you need to know

The new rules have been notified in The Gazette of India.(HT)

Updated on Mar 03, 2025 11:17 am IST

Singapore at #1, India at #82: What makes a passport powerful?

India has ranked #82 on the 2024 passport list

Published on Jul 24, 2024 03:00 pm IST

CBI FIR reveals nexus between Jalandhar passport officers, agents

CBI conducted a raid at the passport office and arrested regional passport officer and two assistant passport officers. (HT File)

Published on Feb 28, 2024 12:57 pm IST

CBI arrests Jalandhar regional passport officer, 2 APOs for graft

Officials said the accused were working in connivance with the travel agents allegedly involved in human trafficking. (HT photo)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:58 am IST

1 lakh more passports issued in 2022 than previous yr as RPO increases working hours

A temporary office was also opened at RPO Pune and daily appointments at passport seva kendra, Pune have increased to 1,400. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 28, 2023 06:11 pm IST

Chandigarh passport office staff go on strike against working Saturdays, applicants suffer

The abrupt strike by the staff at Chandigarh passport office caught everyone off guard, subjecting applicants to distressing ordeal during their visit. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Aug 20, 2023 04:52 am IST

India to get upgraded e-passports: Jaishankar on Seva Programme Version 2.0

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said it was a matter of pleasure to felicitate all passport-issuing authorities in India and abroad and their colleagues from the Central Passport Organization on the occasion of the Passport Seva Divas 2023. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 24, 2023 03:56 pm IST

TMC Chief sets May 31 deadline for road works

Road work carried out at Ghodbunder Road by Thane Municipal Corporation to be completed by May 31 ,in Thane, in Mumbai, India, on,Monday, April, 24, 2023. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 25, 2023 10:49 pm IST

'Insight into history': Man shows British Indian passport from 1927. Watch

Man shows British Indian passport.(Instagram/@vintage.passport.collector)

Published on Nov 17, 2022 03:08 pm IST

Now, apply for police clearance certificate at Post Office Passport Seva Kendras

The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement announced the move to address the ‘unanticipated surge’ in the demand for police clearance certificates.(HT File)

Published on Sept 28, 2022 12:17 pm IST

Raksha Bandhan Exclusive: What makes these sisters special in the words of their brothers

Shilpa was the protective older sibling, who took Anurag to his first Western classical music teacher(Morjem Shaikh)

Updated on Aug 02, 2020 08:41 am IST

Passport official, middleman held for taking ₹30,000 bribe in Chandigarh

HT Image

Published on Mar 04, 2020 01:04 am IST

In Pune, Prakash Javadekar says 9 lakh individuals benefit from Mudra loans in district

A total of nine lakh individuals have taken loans amounting to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>8,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in Pune district in the last one year, said Prakash Javadekar.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Sept 14, 2019 05:42 pm IST

Navi Mumbai gets its passport office at Vashi

A resident receives her passport from Thane guardian minister Eknath Shinde after the inauguration of the new passport office at Vashi Post Office on Saturday.(Bachchan Kumar/HT)

Published on Jul 14, 2019 12:40 am IST

Pune traffic police withholds 360 passport applications to recover pending fines

Pune traffic police has withheld 360 passport applications of people who have failed to clear pending fines of traffic violations(HT/PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 23, 2018 03:40 pm IST

Pune traffic police withhold 360 passport applications to recover fines

In April, regional transport officer Babasahen Ajri had drawn attention to the fact that the number of vehicles in Pune was more than its population. While Pune’s population stood at 3.5 million, the number of registered vehicles stood at 3.62 million.(Picture for representation)

Updated on Dec 22, 2018 11:50 pm IST

Regional passport office, Pune, aims to lower yearly fine revenue from ₹2 crore to zero

The Pune region of the passport office serves a total of 12 districts from western Maharashtra and Marathwada. Here, people are seen waiting in the regional passport office on SB road in Pune.(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 03:42 pm IST

Court bars MLA Simarjeet Bains from entering passport offices without prior nod

Lok Insaaf Party legislator Simarjeet Singh Bains(HT Photo)

Updated on Sept 28, 2018 09:16 am IST

With ₹253 crore loan, banks apprehensive of Amritsar family fleeing country

(Representational Image)

Updated on Sept 22, 2018 09:19 am IST

Sushma Swaraj gets 57% support in Twitter poll after being trolled for helping inter-faith couple

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj also received wide support from people across the country, including former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who called the “vicious” trolling as outrageous.(Sunil Saxena/HT File Photo)

Updated on Jul 01, 2018 07:24 pm IST

41 BJP lawmakers follow Twitter users who ‘trolled’ Sushma Swaraj

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj addresses a press conference at Jawahar Bhawan, Janpath in New Delhi.(Mohd Zakir/HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 26, 2018 09:19 am IST

Sushma Swaraj trolled over Lucknow inter-faith couple’s passport row

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2018 11:34 pm IST

Lucknow passport officer who ‘humiliated’ Hindu-Muslim couple transferred

Anas Siddique and Tanvi Seth address the press at the regional transport office in Lucknow on Thursday.(ANI/Twitter)

Updated on Jun 21, 2018 08:30 pm IST

MEA to open five new passport offices in state, Amaravati set to receive its first passport office

There are currently 27 passport offices in the state.(HT REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated on May 19, 2018 04:35 pm IST

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