Jammu and Kashmir was formally bifurcated into two Union Territories - J&K and Ladakh - on October 31, following revocation of special status to the erstwhile state on August 5.
Besides three assistant commissioners of police (ACPs), allegedly involved in corrupt practices and dereliction of duty are also included, sources in the Lieutenant Governor Office said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given green signal to the Border Security Force (BSF) to use anti-drone technology. This comes as a big nod by the government in wake of recent spurt of UAVs being spotted across the India-Pakistan international border. The BSF can now procure the anti-drone technology to detect and effectively engage rogue drones.
The Central government had imposed President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir on December 19 last year. It was further extended for a period of six months, beyond July 3, after approval from both houses of the Parliament.
The government on Wednesday rebuffed reports claiming that foreign journalists in Assam have been asked to leave the state. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs termed the reports "misleading and incorrect."
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MHA downgrades the security cover of major politicians including Lalu Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav
The Centre has rejected a proposal to grant statehood to Puducherry, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
There is no official nomenclature to accord martyrdom status to the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
A Border Security Force (BSF) plane carrying the Home Minister landed at the technical area of Srinagar airport at 3.15 p.m. Shah is accompanied by a high-ranking team of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which includes Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his "factual position" on a complaint by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status.
Security cover of 919 "undeserving persons" in Jammu and Kashmir has been withdrawn, thereby freeing 2,768 police personnel and 389 vehicles, the Home Ministry said Friday.
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The car, which belonged to Arvind Kumar Shrivastava, a Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, had met with an accident in Noida where his wife had come on November 10, 2018, they said.
The majority of those who are likely to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Bill will be from Pakistan, as nearly 35,000 of such people have got LTVs so far.
The Centre has released nearly Rs 638 crore in current fiscal so far under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP), which is being implemented to ameliorate the problems of people living in isolated forward locations, officials said on Friday.
The central government has also given its 'no objection' to renaming of 22 villages, towns and railway stations across the country since December, 2017.
The commission sought immediate report from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Andaman and Nicobar administration.
There were also discussions on central share under post matric and pre-matric scholarship schemes for the SCs/STs/OBCs and schemes for the modernisation of the state police forces, the official said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that guidelines for the security of prime minister was issued “reiterating” the existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and laid down norms, and did not contain any “specific” reference to ministers and other dignitaries.
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