Kiren Rijiju is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader who has been the Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Narendra Modi Cabinet since 2023 and 2024 respectively. He was also the Minister of Law and Justice from 2021 to 2023, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021. Rijiju was the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019 in the first Narendra Modi Cabinet. Rijiju won the first Lok Sabha election in 2004 from the Arunachal West constituency when he defeated Arunachal Congress candidate Kamen Ringu with a margin of 47,424 votes. However, he lost the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the same constituency against Congress candidate Takam Sanjoy by just 1,314 votes. Rijiju left the BJP to join the Congress after his defeat but later returned to the saffron party. Rijiju again won the Arunachal West seat in the 2014 and 2019 elections by defeating Congress candidates Takam Sanjoy and Nabam Tuki respectively. The BJP has again fielded Rijiju from Arunachal West against Congress candidate Nabam Tuki.
Read MoreUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju today tweeted an Army jawan’s video slamming Afzal Guru sympathisers.
Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur on Monday said she was neither an anti-national nor was she being influenced by anybody.
Reacting to the social media campaign against ABVP initiated by Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday wondered who was “polluting” her mind.
In a remark that could trigger controversy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said that the Hindu population in the country was reducing as the community ‘never converted people’. Rijiju further added that minorities in Indi
Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh witnessed maximum incidents of communal violence last year as the number of such cases increased from 155 in 2015 to 162 in 2016, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju condemning Karnataka Home minister G Parameshwara for his remarks and sought immediate action on the culprits.
The Centre today issued a stern message to the Manipur government saying that it can't escape responsibility for the "humanitarian crisis" arising out of the 52-day economic blockade by a Naga group and must work
BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress vice-president claimed that he has detailed information about personal corruption by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress today demanded the sacking of Kiren Rijiju alleging his involvement in the Rs 450-crore Arunachal power scam.
Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) seized from various parts of the country amounted to Rs 43.83 crore in 2015, whereas such notes worth Rs 27.79 crore were recovered till September 2016, Lok Sabha was informed
India has decided to grant Permanent Residency Status for 10 years with multiple entry to certain category of foreign investors, barring Pakistani citizens
MoS for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said that terror funding has been badly hit by demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1,000 notes as their counterfeit supply from Pakistan was affected.
In a stunning declaration, the government on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that around two crore illicit Bangladeshi transients are unlawfully staying in India. "As per available inputs, there are around 20 million illegal Bangladeshi migrants
In the backdrop of opposition parties questioning the government over killing of eight SIMI operative in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that raising doubts and questioning police should stop and no conclusion should be drawn o
The Ministry of Home Affairs has received an RTI query seeking details of government’s action plan to counter a ‘zombie’ or an alien attack.
the government on Wednesday announced in Rajya Sabha that guidelines have been revised with an aim of tightening the process of obtaining telephone call data records (CDRs) of MPs and other citizens.
The government has said in the Rajya Sabha that it is ‘not in favour’ of abolishing the capital punishment considering the ‘prevailing circumstances’.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today rejected the reports that the Supreme Court’s verdict to reinstate the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was a set back to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
the Home ministry today reacted sharply to the remarks from across the border, saying Pakistan has no right to comment on India’s affairs and that it should look after its own state of affairs.
New Delhi: The government today suggested it was planning an action against controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who, in Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery, was followed by militants who killed 20 persons. It was a
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