North Block
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Home Ministry begins shifting out of British-era North Block to new CCS-3 building
India | Jul 24, 2025, 12:40 PM ISTThe MHA has been allocated nearly 350 rooms in the new building. The red-sandstone building in the North Block has been home to the MHA for about 90 years.
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Minor fire breaks out at North block
India | Apr 16, 2024, 01:45 PM ISTSources familiar to the matter said, no injuries were reported and the blaze was controlled immediately with the help of fire tenders.
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Portion of ceiling collapses at Finance Ministry office in North Block, one injured
India | Jul 09, 2020, 08:33 PM ISTA person was injured as part of the ceiling at Finance Ministry's North Block office collapsed on Wednesday. Finance Ministry office on the second floor of the North Block collapsed in the early hours on Wednesday afternoon.
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Officer stays back in North Block for Budget, ignores personal loss
Business | Jan 30, 2020, 11:33 PM ISTThere are some people for whom duty comes first. They are always ready to make any sacrifice to remain committed to their jobs.
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When you lie & fudge data, you have lot to hide: CPIM on Finance Ministry media restriction
India | Jul 10, 2019, 05:32 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's office has already clarified there is "no ban" on the entry of media persons in the Ministry and that just a procedure has been brought in for "streamlining and facilitating" the entry of media persons.
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Darkness in North Block after fire, none injured
India | May 03, 2017, 04:52 PM ISTFire broke out today in the North Block, which houses the ministries of home and finance, due to a short-circuit in the underground cable.
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Indica car found abandoned near Delhi North Block
India | Nov 30, 2012, 10:12 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 30: An Indica car (DL1Y B 5382) was found abandoned near Delhi's high-security North Block at around 3 am early today throwing the security apparatus into a tizzy.The car was later towed
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Fire in Home Ministry, no one hurt
India | Jun 24, 2012, 05:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 24: A fire broke out in a conference room in North Block adjoining Home Minister P Chidambaram's office here this afternoon but there was no casualty or major damage in the incident.The
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Chidambaram administered oath of anti-terrorism day
India | May 21, 2012, 04:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 21: Home Minister P Chidambaram today administered oath to officers and staff of Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block on the occasion of anti terrorism day. The day is observed to
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Swamy Alleges, Pranab's Office Was Bugged On Chidambaram's Orders
India | Jun 22, 2011, 06:37 PM ISTChennai, Jun 22: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday alleged that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office in North Block was bugged on orders from Home Minister P Chidambaram obviously on direction from above, even
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Pranab Says Bugging News Is Bogus, Asks Media Not To Waste Time
India | Jun 22, 2011, 02:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 22 : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the media not to waste time on "bogus things" like attempt to bug his office in North Block."All these are bogus things. Don't waste
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Watergate In North Block: Pranab Mukherjee's Office Bugged, But IB Found Nothing
India | Jun 21, 2011, 08:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 21: A reported bugging of the offices of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his aides in the North Block has raised the hackles of those in government but an Intelligence Bureau investigation