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  Don't understand why Arvind Kejriwal and his gang hate Hindu, Hindutva: Kiren Rijiju

  India | October 08, 2022 12:47 IST

  Religious conversion event row: The minister's remarks came after a video clip purportedly showing Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an event where hundreds took a pledge to convert to Buddhism while denouncing Hindu deities went viral.

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  Law Minister Kiren Rijiju says need to 'think about' collegium system of appointment

  India | September 18, 2022 7:49 IST

  Rijiju said appointments in the higher judiciary are "pending", but "not due to Law Minister but due to the system".

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  130 'hate news' cases reported between 2019 LS election and latest round of Assembly polls in 2022

  India | August 05, 2022 10:59 IST

  Law Minister Kiren Rijiju also wrote that the Election Commission has informed that no complaints were received from the political parties regarding data leaks during elections in the last five years.

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  'Our party's ideology is country's ideology': Kiren Rijiju on Uniform Civil Code

  India | July 26, 2022 23:37 IST

  Rijuju's statement 'Party's ideology is country's ideology' was strongly objected to by the opposition Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs.

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  Regional, local languages should be promoted in proceedings at lower, high courts: Kiren Rijiju

  India | July 16, 2022 14:44 IST

  Kiren Rijiju said mother tongue should not be considered lesser than English and asserted that he does not subscribe to the view that a lawyer should get more respect, cases, or fees only because he speaks more in English.

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  'Will discuss issue...': Law Minister Rijiju on SC's observations on Nupur Sharma

  India | July 03, 2022 15:06 IST

  The apex court made strong verbal observations on Nupur Sharma's comments on a televised debate that actually opened up a can of worms with Nupur facing threats and also having FIRs filed against her across the country.

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  Govt has issued notifications allowing linking Aadhaar with voter list, says Rijiju

  India | June 17, 2022 21:39 IST

  The notifications are part of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 passed by Parliament late last year. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce that four notifications in this regard have been issued in consultation with the Election Commission.

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  Kiren Rijiju has no authority to draw any 'arbitrary Lakshman Rekha': P Chidambaram to Law Minister

  India | May 12, 2022 14:56 IST

  Reacting to his remarks, Chidambaram said the Law Minister of India has no authority to draw any "arbitrary Lakshman Rekha" and should read Article 13 of the Constitution.

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  Law minister Kiren Rijiju, Rahul Gandhi spar over Supreme Court's sedition ruling

  India | May 11, 2022 18:53 IST

  Rijiju's remarks came after Rahul Gandhi had welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to put on hold the sedition law.

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  As Supreme Court puts on hold sedition law, Union Law Minister talks of Lakshman Rekha

  India | May 11, 2022 15:43 IST

  In its significant order on the law that has been under intense public scrutiny, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said there was a need to balance the interest of civil liberties and interests of citizens with that of the state.

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  'Not an inch since Modi became PM': Govt hits back at Oppn's charge of ceding territory to China

  India | April 05, 2022 18:37 IST

  Kiren Rijiju hit back at an opposition MP who accused the government of giving away Indian territory "bit by bit to China".

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  N Biren Singh to serve as Manipur chief minister for second term

  India | March 20, 2022 17:57 IST

  BJP's central observer for Manipur, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that N Biren Singh will remain the state's chief minister after he was unanimously elected as legislative party leader.

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  With Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiren Rijiju as central observers, Manipur BJP MLAs to meet today

  India | March 20, 2022 11:12 IST

  BJP's central leadership will be accompanied by Manipur caretaker CM N Biren Singh, BJP leader Biswajit Singh who are camping in New Delhi discussing govt formation with the party's top leadership.

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  What ex-vice president Hamid Ansari said is wrong: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on IAMC event

  India | January 28, 2022 19:53 IST

  Countering Ansari, Rijiju said some isolated incidents do take place at individual-community level "but Indian culture is always inclusive."Before 2014, communal riots and violence were regular but India is more peaceful now", said Kiren Rijiju.

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  China's PLA returns missing Arunachal boy to Indian Army, informs Rijiju

  India | January 27, 2022 15:50 IST

  The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has handed over the missing 17-year-old boy from Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Army.

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  China to release missing Arunachal boy soon, suggests place of handing over: Union Minister Rijiju

  India | January 26, 2022 15:13 IST

  19-year-old Miram Taron of Jido Village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh was found missing on January 18.

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  Comments show person's ignoble mentality: Rijiju slams actor Siddharth after remark against Nehwal

  India | January 11, 2022 13:19 IST

  Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach during his recent visit to Punjab, Saina had tweeted, "No nation can claim itself to be safe if the security of its own PM gets compromised. I condemn, in the strongest words possible, the cowardly attack on PM Modi by anarchists."

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  'You won't die,' Rijiju amuses Twitter user over his planned Arunachal Pradesh visit

  India | December 29, 2021 15:38 IST

  Encouraging tourism in the north-eastern state, Rijiju even shared a few pictures and hashtaged it #DekhoApnaDesh

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  Chidambaram, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju engage in Twitter war over sedition law

  India | December 11, 2021 18:48 IST

  The law minister on Friday said in Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Home Affairs has no proposal under consideration to scrap Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with sedition.

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  Artificial Intelligence may ensure justice delivery: Law Minister Rijiju

  India | November 27, 2021 21:15 IST

  During his speech, Rijiju also urged to think about how a law becomes difficult to implement despite getting passed by the Supreme Court, High Court, Assembly or Parliament.