Tatkal Passport in 3 days with 3 Passport Seva Kendras in Hyderabad now

One of the other best initiative from the Government of India is that it has set up three (3) Passport Seva Kendras in Hyderabad itself and in total 77 PSKs across the country! Please read the below article from The New Indian Express, it's an official announcement!

HYDERABAD: To discourage mediators’ involvement and provide timely services in a transparent manner, the Regional Passport Office here has set up Passport Seva Kendras in the twin cities and at Vijayawada, Tirupati and Nizamabad.

Speaking to mediamen here on Tuesday, regional passport officer K Srikar Reddy said the Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) would function shortly. The state capital will have three kendras, one each at Ameerpet, Tolichowki and Begumpet. These will be functioning from November 25.

“Applicants need not stand in long queues and wait endlessly in front of the Regional Passport Office in Secunderabad to submit applications. They can visit passport office’s website and book a slot.

After being assigned the application number, the applicants can approach the nearest PSK and submit their bona-fidess. We will issue normal passport in 30 days and Tatkal passport in three days,’’ he said.

Reddy said the passport department launched 77 PSKs across the country in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in private-public partnership mode. TCS will assist the passport department through outsourcing in issuing passports in a jiffy. The department will get police enquiry details online. “As many as 2,000 passports a day will be issued to applicants through the PSKs in the twin cities. The new initiative will help us in preventing private agents’ involvement.’’

The RPO said that they would set up one passport centre at each district headquarters to deliver passport-related services in a timely, transparent, more accessible and reliable manner and in a comfortable environment through streamlined processes and committed, trained and motivated work force.

With fake passport cases being reported in the twin cities, he said, they identified as many as 100 applicants and sent their documents to the Election Commission for verification. As of now, they received the report that 10 of the applicants submitted fake proofs and they asked the city police for necessary action against them.

For more details and to apply for a passport online, one can visit http://www.ap.nic.in/passport

Hyderabad | Posted on Nov 23, 2011 at 09:17am IST

Source: Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Click on Read More for Hindu Article, which has more information.

Online Applications for changes in Voter ID Card (or) Election Commision of India ID Card

This is - http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in/ceonew/home.aspx - very useful link!

One can update / modify their personal details (himself / herself) on their existing Voter ID Card (if they want to make any changes / rectify the mistakes made by either Election Commission of India or by someone from their household), directly from the above link. This is a very good initiative and also useful for many (as 99% of the details in the Voter ID Card are not correct - either because of the person who provides such information or because of the person who saves that information or the one who updates that information into the computer database.

Below are the snapshots of the web pages for filling this online application (for change of details):

Now as shown in the picture above select Form- 8 (Correct your Card) Option from the E-Registration Menu Item. A new window / tab will open as shown in the below picture, which is the actual application form - here we need to fill the correct details and attach a passport size photo graph (preferably - 376 x 413 - size - rectangular photo - you can use ms paint to do this), soft copy right from your computer system. 

Not only modifying and applying the changed details online, but one can also check the status of such application from the below shown page:

Once the Application is duly filled and after saving it by pressing the above shown two buttons "Translate" (which will translate the language from English to Telugu in additional boxes) and "Save" (which will register the application and generates an application number - please find it on the right top corner of the filled application, just above the photography - to track the status). 

Print / Save a PDF Copy of such completely filled application form, which will help you in tracking the status from the below page.  

Not only correcting or changing the details on existing Voter ID Card, but one can also apply or register for a new Voter ID Card from this site sitting in front of a computer with an internet connection.

For More Information on Election Commission of India, feel responsible and please visit the site: http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in/ceonew/home.aspx

Pawan Kalyan's Honest Speech at Panjaa Audio Launch

Watch this Video - Excellent Speech by Pawan Kalyan, expressing all his emotions and feelings! As per my understanding with this video, there is a certain split / difference between Pawan and Chiru.....Its the time for Mega Family to stop continuing the same mistake, at least now!

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa Audio Release will be a big party for Mega Fans

Pawan Kalyan’s PANJAA music will be out in less than a day now and already its fever has gripped everyone! Passes to fans for audio launch function are given liberally and everyone who submitted a video for ‘Panjaa Mania‘ contest, got a fan pass. Panjaa music CD has 6 tracks and music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Lyrics are by Chandrabose and Ramajogaiah Sastry. Aditya music are releasing Panjaa audio CDs and cassettes on Sunday (20th november) morning in all music stores.

Pawan Kalyan, Brahmanandam, Hemachandra sang a comedy song ‘Paparayudu‘ and Yuvan himself sang the title song.

Panjaa Track list (as on music CD) : 


1. Panjaa | Vocal: Yuvan | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry 
2. Ela Ela | Vocals: Haricharan & Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
3. Veyira Cheyyi Veyira | Vocals: Saloni | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry
4. Kshanam Kshanam | Vocal: Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
5. Anukoneledhugaa Kalakaanekaadhugaa | Vocals: Belly Raj & Priya Himesh | Lyrics: Chandrabose
6. Paparayudu | Vocals: Hemachandra & Sathyan | Featuring Voices of Pawan Kalyan and Brahmanandam | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry

As per the sources, all the mega heroes would be present at Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa audio launch. Megastar Chiranjeevi and Allu Arjun will grace this event along with Pawan and Nagababu. Ram Charan may not attend this event as he is busy in China shooting for Racha movie.


Pawan Kalyan’s previous films audio launches were done in a grand way but Megastar was missing in that. He attended Jalsa audio launch and he will be present at Panjaa audio release too. The audio function will be conducted on November 19. This will be telecasted live in all the news channels.


Panjaa is carrying high expectations and a lot is expected from Yuvan Shankar Raja, the music director of this film. Director Vishnu Vardhan is known for extracting good work from Yuvan and the music director himself said that Panjaa is going to be a treat for his fans. 

Liked the English in this interview about Panjaa...

It was a celebration time for Pawan Kalyan's fans after the first look of Panjaa was released. The look of the Telugu actor was so infectious that sporting beard suddenly looked chic. 

Talking about the massive response for the first look, Nagesh Muntha one of the producers says, “He was inundated with calls from remote villages wishing nothing but the best for Panjaa.” At the risk of sounding pompous he claims, “The movie isn’t your regular four-song-three-fight-one-item number fare. In most movies the characters are sheltered into narrative like passenger strapped to the car seat belt. With predetermined ups and downs the audiences go for a ride, but in Panjaa the characters are well etched out into the narrative.”

He continues, “While Ali, Brahmanandam, Jhansi along with Pawan Kalyan drums up comedy, the drama and action are synced well into the story. There are no forced attempts, the blocks fit together very well and at every turn the story is revealing. The director kept a safe distance from unwanted buildups, over-the-top dialogues and exaggerated heroism for this film.”

Nagesh Muntha further adds, “The action sequence of the film were not something laid out in advance - this had something to do with the contemporary aesthetics of the film, be it be the the hand-to-hand combat or the high octane gun fight sequences. I think the audiences are done to death with Sumo’s tossing in the air action sequences.”

On a parting note Nagesh says, "Be it Sarah Jane Dias, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Tanikella Bharani or the amalgam of finest artists, Panjaa will be remembered as a gangster classic for a long time to come and will set the benchmarks for its technical brilliance."

Are Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, going hand in hand?

For those who missed my last post, below is an interesting article about "how Pawan is following Mahesh":-

When Mahesh's Dookudu was first hit the screens, there was no much hype (from the makers) other than the usual expectations that will be there for the Super Star's Movie and the story-line was also not so predictable - pre-release (other than few assumptions such as - the movie will have enough comedy coupled with mass elements, because of the King Maker - Seenu Vytla and their title selection). Though the timing was absolutely a jackpot for Dookudu makers to release it, they did not spent much on the publicity and promotion activities (pre-release) rather concentrated on the content and post release promotion work. 

Similarly, Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa is arriving (on 9th December) with a little hype (as of now) and an unclear prediction on the story line (with some expectations on the comedy side due to the presence of Brahmi & Ali). Makers of Panjaa also have not spent too much on pre-release promotional activities (other than two little powerful teasers and have planned a grand audio release function on 19th November 2011 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium). 


Having at least 2 weeks gap after Naga Chaitanya's Bezawada and Nara Rohit's Solo releases (both the movies releasing on 24th November 2011), the time slot for Panjaa's release is definitely very much apt for the highest crowd puller of the industry, Power Star - Pawan Kalyan. 

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