Home Ministry
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278 communal clashes across India in five months
India | Jul 20, 2016, 02:02 PM ISTIndia reported 278 communal clashes in the first five months of 2016, according to data released by the home ministry to the Parliament this week.
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Home ministry seeks 3-month extension for Ishrat probe officer BK Prasad, PM gives 2
India | Jul 18, 2016, 04:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior IAS officer B K Prasad, who probed the Ishrat Jahan missing files case, has been granted two- month extension with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval who rejected Home Ministry’s proposal of three-month
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Home Ministry declines to share details on officer who probed Ishrat Jahan files
India | Jul 10, 2016, 04:18 PM ISTThe Home Ministry has declined to share details of file notings related to extension of service granted to senior IAS officer B K Prasad, who went into the missing files related to the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan, saying being an a
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Home Ministry sounds high alert in border areas after Dhaka terror strike
India | Jul 02, 2016, 01:37 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam after the terror attack in Dhaka.
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PM Modi reviews internal security scenario, Rajnath Singh presents report card
National | Jul 01, 2016, 11:19 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today reviewed the internal security situation in the country and took stock of the steps being taken on how to improve the situation, especially in northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Rajnath Singh to visit J&K tomorrow to review security situation and Amarnath Yatra arrangements
National | Jun 30, 2016, 09:49 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the security scenario in the state as well as arrangements for Amarnath Yatra.
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President forwards Subramanian Swamy's complaint against Arvind Kejriwal to MHA
National | Jun 28, 2016, 03:45 PM ISTThe President's Secretariat today forwarded BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's complaint about alleged breakdown of governance in Delhi to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Work on border fencing on Indo-Bangla border to be completed
India | Jun 25, 2016, 10:01 PM ISTAgartala: Work for erection of barbed wire fencing along the Indo-Bangla International Border (IB) would be completed by 2017, a top official said today. ”India has set a target of finishing the barbed wire fencing
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Speed up development work in Maoist-affected areas: Rajnath Singh
National | Jun 24, 2016, 11:12 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday directed authorities concerned to speed up development work in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), or Maoist, affected areas of various states, an official statement said.
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MHA returns 14 bills of the Delhi govt for not following procedures, CM fumes
National | Jun 24, 2016, 07:58 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today returned to the Delhi government 14 bills passed by the Delhi Assembly saying proper procedures were not followed by the AAP government while adopting the legislations.
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Terrorists hiding near Pathankot IAF base, can launch attack: MHA
India | Jun 21, 2016, 04:32 PM ISTJust over six months into the terror attack on the Pathankot air base comes a report that should sound warning bells for the security apparatus in and around the vulnerable and strategically important facility.
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Now, Ishrat Jahan missing papers probe files to be made public
India | Jun 18, 2016, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The report of the one-man probe panel investigating the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan case is likely to be made public in the wake of a controversy over “tutoring” of a key
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5 files in Ishrat Jahan case went missing in 10 days when Chidambaran was Home Minister: MHA panel
India | Jun 16, 2016, 07:49 PM ISTThe five crucial files related to Ishrat Jahan encounter case went missing in September 2009 when P Chidambaram was the Home Minister, the one-man inquiry panel has said in its report.
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Ishrat Jahan case: Only one file traced, two still missing, says panel report
India | Jun 15, 2016, 04:32 PM ISTThe one-man inquiry panel, set up to trace the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan encounter case today submitted its report to the Home Ministry. The panel stated that it has traced only one key document after examination of a few senior officers
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76 Naxals killed, 665 arrested in 4 months in 2016
India | Jun 08, 2016, 06:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: At least 76 Naxals were killed and 665 arrested by security forces in the Left Wing Extremism-hit areas in the first four months of 2016, Home Ministry officials said. Security forces have achieved
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Home Ministry bans allocation of foreign funds to Indira Jaising's NGO
India | Jun 01, 2016, 11:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Noted lawyer Indira Jaising’s NGO ‘Lawyers’ Collective’ was today slapped with a six month ban on receiving foreign funds as its license was suspended for alleged violation of various provisions of Foreign Contribution
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ISIS recruit heading to Syria arrested at Pune airport
India | Apr 06, 2016, 08:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: A suspected ISIS recruit was detained at the Pune airport today as he was leaving the country and flying to Dubai for onward journey to Syria. Officials identified the youth as Raoof Ahmed,
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Sedition law under review of Law Commission: Govt
National | Mar 16, 2016, 06:28 PM ISTUnion Home Ministry today said that the law on sedition is under review of the Law Commission and that the panel has been asked to submit the report at the earliest.
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Crucial UPA note on changes in Ishrat Jahan affidavit missing: Rajnath Singh
National | Mar 10, 2016, 04:47 PM ISTHome Minister Rajnath Singh said that the there is enough evidence to prove that ‘she (Ishrat) was an operative of LeT’ and that ‘she was on a mission to target the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’.
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Ex babus' revelations reinforce Cong targeted Modi through Ishrat case: RSS
India | Mar 07, 2016, 09:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Revelations made by three top Home Ministry officials have reinforced that Congress targeted Narendra Modi through the Ishrat Jahan case, two pro-RSS journals claimed wondering if P Chidambaram was alone in this "political