{
  "id": 13357928,
  "title": "Karnataka Postal Circle to sell 8,000 philately passports on October 10 and 11",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/karnataka-postal-circle-to-sell-8-000-philately-passports-on-october",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T07:36:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-postal-circle-to-sell-8000-philately-passports-on-october-10-and-11/article71556163.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Karnataka Postal Circle of India Post is set to sell 8,000 philately passports on October 10 and 11, coinciding with National Postal Week. Swati Pandey, Chief Postmaster General of the Karnataka Circle, announced that the passports will be given away on a first-come, first-serve basis, with physical tokens issued to those waiting in line. There will be no online sales or advance bookings. Each passport will be priced at ₹600 and will be available for purchase at the Bengaluru General Post Office (GPO), Mangaluru, Mysuru, and Belagavi. On October 10, 1,500 passports will be available in Bengaluru GPO, while 500 each will be sold in the three districts. On October 11, 2,000 passports will be sold in Bengaluru GPO and 1,000 each in the three districts. However, parking facilities will not be available within the Bengaluru GPO premises on these dates. In July, around 1,000 passports were sold in a single day in Bengaluru GPO and 500 each in the three districts.",
  "summary": "The Karnataka Postal Circle will issue 8,000 philately passports on October 10 and 11, with 1,500 to be sold in Bengaluru’s GPO and the rest spread across Mangaluru, Mysuru, and Belagavi in a first-come, first-served process, as part of National Postal Week.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}