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Not a single day of 'special remission' given to Sanjay Dutt, says Home Department
India | Jun 14, 2017, 06:01 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court had on June 12 asked the state government some searching questions and sought justification for its its decision to grant the actor early release from prison
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MHA panel to examine rules on people's movement near Indo-Myanmar border
India | Jun 12, 2017, 10:35 PM ISTIndia's 1,643-km border with Myanmar touches four states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
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MHA may hand over probe into J&K CRPF camp attack to NIA
India | Jun 05, 2017, 10:42 PM ISTNIA, which was created post the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, functions as the central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in the country.
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Home Ministry seeks report from UP govt on Saharanpur violence
India | May 25, 2017, 05:33 PM ISTClashes between Dalits and Rajputs erupted in Shabbirpur village on May 5 after objections were raised over playing loud music in connection with celebration of the birth anniversary of warrior king Maharana Pratap.
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Sukma Naxal attack: CRPF submits report to Home Ministry
India | May 22, 2017, 10:02 PM ISTThe CRPF has submitted a detailed report to the home ministry stating the circumstances that led to the killing of 25 of its personnel by Naxals last month in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
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CoBRA to 'bite' Naxals; Centre to depute 2,000 commandos to Sukma
India | May 08, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTSukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24.
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Mamata Banerjee to skip Home Ministry’s crucial meet on Naxals: Report
National | May 06, 2017, 04:30 PM ISTThe meeting was convened after the killings of 25 CRPF personnel in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on April 24. In March, 12 paramilitary personnel were killed by the Naxals in the same district.
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Centre declares entire Assam as 'disturbed' area
India | May 05, 2017, 11:48 PM ISTThe ministry said there were 75 incidents of violence in Assam in 2016 in which 33 people, including four security personnel, were killed and 14 others were abducted.
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Home Ministry asks AAP to provide details of foreign funding
National | May 05, 2017, 11:52 PM ISTThe communication to the AAP was part of its ‘routine’ queries sent to a few other political parties regarding overseas funding to them, news agency PTI reported.
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No shortage of financial resources for central paramilitary forces: MHA
India | Apr 27, 2017, 05:48 PM ISTIn a statement issued here, the Ministry said that report that lack of financial resources is the reason for casualty of CRPF personnel in the battle against Left Wing Extremism is factually incorrect.
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Plastic bullets to be used for crowd control in Kashmir, pellet guns 'last resort' in non-lethal category
India | Apr 17, 2017, 10:12 PM ISTThe security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to use non-penetrative plastic bullets for crowd control.
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Government exploring ways to deport 10,000 Rohingya Muslims from J&K
India | Apr 04, 2017, 12:46 PM ISTAccording to PTI, both the Centre and state governments have already started exploring ways to identify Rohingya Muslims and deport them.
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No talks with govt on playing cricket with Pakistan: BCCI sources
Cricket | Mar 29, 2017, 12:35 PM ISTLast year, the BCCI was keen on hosting Pakistan for a series but didn’t get government’s permission owing to tension between the two sides and Islamabad exporting terror to New Delhi.
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Heart attacks - not combat situations - killing 6 BSF men every month
India | Feb 15, 2017, 02:32 PM ISTPoor eating habits, unhealthy working conditions, stress and irregular sleep led to 71 cases of cardiac arrest among Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in 2016 -- or six deaths a month.
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Amulya Kumar Patnaik appointed new Delhi Police chief
India | Jan 30, 2017, 04:08 PM ISTAmulya Kumar Patnaik, currently a Special Commissioner, has been appointed the Delhi Police Commissioner, the Home Ministry announced today. Patnaik is a 1985 batch Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre IPS officer. Before b
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President goes against recommendations of MHA, commutes death sentence of four convicts
India | Jan 22, 2017, 02:45 PM ISTPresident Pranab Mukherjee has commuted the death sentence of four persons convicted of killing of 34 upper caste people in Bihar in1992.
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NIA seeks transfer of Kanpur train accident case from Bihar Police to itself
India | Jan 19, 2017, 01:24 PM ISTA day after the Home ministry dispatched a two-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team to Bihar, the central counter terrorism agency has written a letter to the MHA seeking transfer of the Kanpur train accident case to itself.
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'Be extra vigilant', Suresh Prabhu tells Railways' security establishments
India | Jan 19, 2017, 12:07 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has dispatched a two-member team of the NIA to Bihar for investigating the claims of three arrested persons that the derailment of Indore-Patna Express was carried out at the behest of Pakistani intelligence agency
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Govt mulls app for jawns to air grievances, BSF to enforce ban on cellphones on duty
India | Jan 17, 2017, 12:25 PM ISTStung by the series of complaints aired by security personnel on social media highlighting the poor conditions at work, the government is now planning to develop a mobile app for Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) personnel so that the grievanc
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‘Found no substance in BSF jawan’s claim’, MHA submits report to PMO
India | Jan 14, 2017, 12:56 PM ISTThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has submitted its report to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on the complaint made by a BSF jawan that poor quality of food are served to them.