Home Ministry
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Check 'disturbing' trend of J&K youths joining militancy: Parliamentary panel to MHA
India | Mar 08, 2018, 08:09 PM ISTThe parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, also observed that there is a "sinister and complex connection" between the simultaneous rise in stone-pelting incidents and 'fidayeen' (suicide) at
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Enough forces in Tripura to tackle violence, assures Home Ministry
India | Mar 06, 2018, 04:31 PM ISTThe home ministry has also asked the state government to do the needful to maintain public order and restore peace.
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No presence of Islamic State in Kashmir: MHA
India | Feb 27, 2018, 05:38 PM ISTThe central government's assertion came after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman, Farooq Ahmad Yatoo, in Jammu-Kashmir on Sunday.
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Convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal no longer in MHA blacklist
India | Feb 22, 2018, 07:10 PM ISTAtwal was a Sikh separatist active in the banned International Sikh Youth Federation when he was convicted of attempt to murder of Punjab minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu in Vancouver in 1986.
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111 killed in 822 communal incidents in 2017, up from 97 deaths in 2016: Govt tells Parliament
India | Feb 06, 2018, 03:45 PM ISTUnion Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said that the highest number of communal incidents in 2017 were reported in Uttar Pradesh where 44 people were killed and 542 others were injured in 195 communal incidents.
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Govt plans to auction 'enemy' properties worth Rs 1 lakh crore
India | Jan 15, 2018, 09:11 AM ISTThe government amended the Act in the wake of a claim laid by the heirs of Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan, known as Raja of Mahmudabad, on his properties spread across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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Centre to build 14,000 bunkers along LoC, International Border to protect Jammu residents from Pak shelling
India | Jan 07, 2018, 10:30 PM ISTThe Centre recently sanctioned the construction of 14,460 bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore.
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MHA names top 10 police stations in India, RS Puram grabs top spot
India | Jan 07, 2018, 11:06 AM ISTMHA released the list of top 10 police stations in the country on Saturday, with Coimbatore’s R S Puram Police Station (B-2) grabbing the top spot.
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720 ceasefire violations by Pak in 2017, highest since 2010: MHA
India | Dec 03, 2017, 12:27 PM ISTAs many as 12 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in the firing from across the border till October, a Home Ministry official said quoting the data.
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MHA forms new divisions to check radicalisation, cyber fraud
India | Nov 10, 2017, 11:29 PM ISTTwo new divisions, Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation (CTCR) and Cyber and Information Security (CIS), have been created.
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431 Pak Hindus given long-term visas; can get PAN, Aadhaar, buy property
India | Oct 29, 2017, 02:51 PM ISTThe 431 Pakistani nationals with long-term visas will now also be able to open bank accounts without prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India.
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Central forces can’t substitute state police, Union Home Ministry tells states
India | Oct 18, 2017, 07:05 PM IST“CAPFs can’t substitute the state police force as their deployment is related to emergency crisis in states for maintaining law and order,” the MHA said.
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Increase vigil along Bangladesh, Myanmar borders: Govt to forces
India | Oct 13, 2017, 06:47 AM ISTMHA has asked BSF and Assam Rifles to intensify vigil along Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Myanmar borders.
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Assam uses AFSPA in three decades; declares state 'disturbed'
India | Sep 01, 2017, 07:54 PM ISTThe move to allow the state government to exercise the powers under the AFSPA came at a time when both the central and the Assam governments are ruled by the BJP.
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Mamata Banerjee returns additional BSF troops for riot-hit areas: MHA
India | Jul 08, 2017, 06:17 PM ISTAccording to MHA, four BSF companies (comprising 100 personnel each) were sent to Basirhat and two day back, four additional companies were also dispatched, but these were returned by the state govt.
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Aadhaar not valid for travel to Nepal, Bhutan: Home ministry
India | Jun 25, 2017, 01:11 PM ISTAadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said.
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MHA coming up with a new social media policy
India | Jun 22, 2017, 09:24 PM ISTA meeting was held today among representatives of central security agencies and the home ministry to discuss various issues related to it, officials sources said.
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Secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba appointed next Home Secretary
India | Jun 21, 2017, 10:09 PM ISTGauba, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, will take over as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union Home Ministry with immediate effect, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
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Vijay Mallya’s extradition: CBI sent evidence to MEA on June 8, says Home Ministry
Jun 16, 2017, 10:26 PM ISTThe Home Ministry today said there was no delay in providing to the British authorities the evidence against liquor baron Vijay Mallya and the CBI had sent all documents to the External Affairs Ministry last week
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In big goof-up, MHA uses Spain-Morocco border picture for Indo-Pak border floodlighting
India | Jun 14, 2017, 09:51 PM ISTThe Home Ministry in its annual report used a picture of Spain-Morocco boundary as India's border with Pakistan, prompting the Union home secretary to say that the ministry would apologise if there is a mistake