Getting passport will soon be easier, quicker

Getting a new passport will be a lot more easier and quicker with the comprehensive overhaul of the Passport Issuance System involving a four fold increase in the number of application centres from......

Let's delink 26/11 and Pak's proposal on Kartarpur: V K Singh

IMAGE: Paper artist Gurpreet Singh shows his creation, a paper model of Guru Nanak Dev Ji's gurudwara (Kartarpur Sahib) in Pakistan, in Amritsar. Photograph: PTI Photo Minister of State for......

Simplified passport processing by June '10: Min

The pilot project of Passport Seva, aimed at simplifying passport processing system, would be launched in Bangalore and Chandigarh in October and it would be rolled out across the country by June......

TCS bags electronic passport mandate from MEA

While the government will source the hardware chips, TCS will be responsible for their encoding. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged -- from the......

E-passports to be introduced by next year

The new generation electronic passport, which aims to secure the data and curb the menace of fake passports, is likely to be introduced by next year, a senior government official said in Hyderabad......

Why TCS is upset with the MEA

The decision was in contravention of the provisions of the master services agreement signed between the company and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on October 13, 2008, says TCS Tata......