Passport Police Verification
Railway board orders police check of on-board staff after armyman's murder
The Railway Board has directed all the zones to ensure comprehensive police verification of all the on board attendants and staff after a recent incident in which a coach attendant allegedly stabbed an Army jawan to death following an argument over bedsheet. The incident took place on November 4 on board the Jammu Tawi-Sabarmati Express when it was passing through the Bikaner division of North Western Railway zone. In view of the recent incident on one of the trains, it has become even more necessary and emergent to ensure that comprehensive police verification of all on board contractual staff is completed and updated immediately on the CMM (Coaching Maintenance Management) portal, the Railway Board said in a letter addressed to the general managers of all the 18 zones. "Zonal railways should check status, identify pending cases, and expedite completion of verification process to ensure adherence to security protocols, it added. According to the Board, to consistently deliver on .
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Passport applicants can apply online for police clearance certificates: MEA
Passport applicants will now be able to apply for police clearance certificates (PCCs) at all online post office passport seva kendras, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. The MEA is the nodal ministry for the issuance of passports. The PCCs are a pre-requisite for the issuance of passports to the applicants. Often, the issuance of the PCCs by the local police takes time that results in a delay in the grant of passports. "To address the unanticipated surge in demand for Police Clearance Certificates (PCCs), the ministry has decided to include the facility to apply for PCC services at all online Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs) across India, starting from September 28," the MEA said in a statement. "This step would significantly add to the availability of PCC appointment slots, and at an earlier date," it added. The MEA further said: "The action taken by the ministry in extending this PCC application facility to POPSKs would not only help Indian citize
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Applying for passport? In a year, no more physical police verification
Govt will connect the passport service with national database of criminals for verification
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