Home Ministry
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PMO seeks report from Home Ministry on BSF jawan’s allegations
National | Jan 12, 2017, 02:01 PM ISTThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that poor quality of food and logistics are served to jawans posted along border areas in Jammu and Kashmir.
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File account return online or face penal action: MHA to NGOs
India | Jan 12, 2017, 11:03 AM ISTAll NGOs receiving foreign funds will have to compulsorily file their account details online failing which they will face penal action, the Ministry of Home Affairs said this in a recent directive. The move is aimed at checking misuse of foreign fund
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Proposal to add 15,000 men to Delhi Police gets Home Ministry nod
India | Dec 31, 2016, 07:01 PM ISTThe Home Ministry has cleared a proposal to add 15,000 more personnel to the Delhi Police. The proposal has now been sent to Finance Ministry for final approval, Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed today. Terming
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Pathankot attack: Govt stands-by four militants theory
India | Dec 08, 2016, 08:52 PM ISTThe Union Home Ministry won't change its statement given to the Parliament that there were four terrorists, who completed dread assault at the Pathankot airbase, and not six as was declared by the government. A
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Pathankot attack: NIA gets MHA nod to prosecute Masood Azhar, 3 others; chargesheet soon
India | Nov 28, 2016, 07:48 PM ISTHome ministry on Monday gave sanction to the NIA to prosecute Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and three others in connection with the Pathankot attack.
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IPS officer Amitabh Thakur writes to Centre, seeks change of cadre from UP
India | Nov 23, 2016, 06:13 PM ISTIPS officer Amitabh Thakur has written to the Union Home ministry seeking change of cadre from Uttar Pradesh to any other state
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Expelled Pak official was trying to get info for terror strike: MHA
India | Oct 28, 2016, 08:50 PM ISTExpelled Pakistani High Commission official, Mehmood Akhtar, was trying to gather classified information possibly to carry out a strike similar to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
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Centre asks states to be extra vigilant during festival season
India | Oct 11, 2016, 01:35 PM ISTCentre has asked all states to be extra vigilant against attempts by terrorists and subversive elements during the festive season.
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Acid attacks are to be addressed by Home Ministry, says Maneka Gandhi
National | Oct 08, 2016, 12:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: The issue of acid attacks is to be addressed by the Home Ministry and not Women and Child Development, minister Maneka Gandhi said. She made the statement while speaking at the launch of
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Ishrat Jahan case: FIR lodged by Home ministry to probe into missing documents
India | Sep 25, 2016, 04:03 PM ISTIn a move that might escalate political slugfest between BJP and Congress, the Home ministry today filed an FIR in connection with the missing documents related to the controversial Ishrat Jahan 'fake encounter' case. The
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‘How will govt counter alien attack’? RTI query stumps MHA
India | Sep 22, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs has received an RTI query seeking details of government’s action plan to counter a ‘zombie’ or an alien attack.
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Separatists now speaking the language of extremists, says MoS Home Hansraj Ahir
National | Sep 07, 2016, 01:24 PM ISTMinister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir today came down heavily on Kashmiri separatists for snubbing some members of the all-party delegation that sought to meet them for a dialogue in a bid to resolve the crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Kashmir-bound all-party delegation free to meet anyone, including separatists: Source
National | Sep 03, 2016, 01:58 PM ISTThe Central government today briefed the members of an all-party delegation going to Jammu and Kashmir about the contours of the two-day visit during which they will hold talks with a cross-section of people.
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Arunachal Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa asked to resign on ‘health grounds’?
National | Sep 03, 2016, 12:27 PM ISTArunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa has been asked to step down from his post with immediate effect.
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Zakir Naik likely to be booked under anti-terror law for allegedly inciting violence among Muslim youth
India | Aug 30, 2016, 11:18 PM ISTThe government is planning to book controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik under the stringent anti-terror law for inciting violence among the Muslim youth
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Govt mulls invoking terror charges against Zakir Naik, ban his Islamic Research Foundation
India | Aug 27, 2016, 08:13 AM ISTA Mumbai Police report indicting controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for alleged provocative speeches and involvement in unlawful activities has been forwarded to the Centre.
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Centre asks states to check use of plastic flags, ensure respect to tricolour
India | Aug 14, 2016, 01:51 PM ISTOn the eve of 70th Independence Day, the home ministry on Sunday reminded all states union territories and central ministries to avoid using national flags made of plastic and ensuring paper bags are disposed with
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Preparations underway in Kashmir to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day: intel agencies inform MHA
India | Aug 12, 2016, 03:05 PM ISTIncidents of Pakistan’s national flag being waved in Kashmir are not new. However, it is for the first time in almost three decades that preparations are on to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14, intelligence agencies have alerted the
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MHA returns Kejriwal’s bill seeking 400 percent salary hike for Delhi MLAs
National | Aug 05, 2016, 12:55 PM ISTThere appears to be no end for trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi. A day after the Delhi HC ruled that the LG was the administrative head of Delhi comes news of another jolt to Arvind Kejriwal’s ambitious plans of according a 400 per
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15 strict measures taken by government to prevent terrorist attacks
India | Jul 27, 2016, 07:41 PM ISTThe spurt in infiltration attempts from Pakistan into India has been met with a strong response from Indian security forces, resulting in the killing of 79 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir till June 30 this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed