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Home Secretary seeks report from Bengal govt today on President Murmu's protocol lapses at event
India | Mar 08, 2026, 11:56 AM ISTDuring the privately organised International Santal Council event in Darjeeling, President Murmu criticised the venue's remote, expansive location that barred many locals from attending.
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Govind Mohan, senior IAS officer, takes charge as Union Home Secretary | Know more about him
India | Aug 23, 2024, 11:28 AM ISTGovind Mohan, a 1989-batch IAS officer from the Sikkim cadre, has been appointed Union Home Secretary, succeeding Ajay Kumar Bhalla. Previously Union Culture Secretary, Mohan holds engineering and management degrees and has a strong background in both state and central government roles.
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Govind Mohan, 1989-batch IAS officer, appointed as new Union Home Secretary
India | Aug 14, 2024, 09:04 PM ISTGovind Mohan holds an electrical engineering degree from BHU-IIT Varanasi. He has been serving as the Union Culture Secretary since October 2021. His extensive career in government includes two previous stints in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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Centre gives away first batch of CAA certificates to 14 recipients
India | May 15, 2024, 04:58 PM ISTUnion Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla distributed citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to the first 14 individuals in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed this noteworthy event.
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Truckers end stir after getting assurance from Centre over new hit-and-run law
India | Jan 02, 2024, 11:56 PM ISTUnder the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, drivers who cause a serious road accident by negligent driving and run away without informing the police or any official from the administration, can face punishment of up to 10 years or a fine of Rs 7 lakh.
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Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba appointed Cabinet Secretary
India | Aug 21, 2019, 09:34 PM ISTGauba has wide-ranging experience in senior positions at policy making and programme implementation in both central and state governments and in international organisations.
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Ajay Kumar Bhalla to be next Union Home Secretary
India | Jul 25, 2019, 09:51 AM ISTIn a major reshuffle in the senior bureaucracy effected by the ACC, 1985-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Atanu Chakraborty was appointed the new Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in Finance Ministry to succeed S C Garg, 1983-batch IAS officer from Rajasthan cadre, who has been sent to Power Ministry in the same capacity, a government order said.
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Amit Shah arrives in Jammu and Kashmir for two-day visit
India | Jun 26, 2019, 06:19 PM ISTA 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.
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Union Home Secretary reviews flood relief measures in Valley
India | Apr 11, 2015, 08:16 PM ISTSrinagar: Union Home Secretary L C goyal today reviewed the relief and rehabilitation measures being adopted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide succour to the people affected by last year's floods in the
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Union Home Secretary visits IB, reviews J&K security situation
National | Apr 09, 2015, 10:36 PM ISTJammu: Union Home Secretary L C Goyal today visited forward areas along International Border (IB) and reviewed security and border situation situation here in the backdrop of terror strikes by militants.Goyal also held meeting with
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Union Home Secretary briefs Modi
India | May 19, 2014, 08:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami today met Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and briefed him about the security situation, including in Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast and Naxal-affected areas.During the half-an-hour meeting, Goswami is understood
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G K Pillai Retires As Union Home Secretary
India | Jun 30, 2011, 10:53 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 30: G K Pillai hangs up his boots with his stint as the Union Home Secretary making this mild mannered and fearless bureacrat one of the popular top rung officials during the
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US Did Not Give Specific Information About Headley: Pillai
India | Oct 27, 2010, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27: India today said it was disappointed that the US did not provide specific information about Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley even though he travelled here freely after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack."We