Tag: Ministry Of Home Affairs

Bhubaneswar: Operation Muskan of the Odisha government has been appreciated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the State Assembly on Friday during a debate on the voting of supplementary budget demand for home department. Patnaik informed that 3,748 children have been rescued this year in the Operation Muskan-III. Tackling […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Odisha Police achieved a place of pride among States by bagging 17 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG), one President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPMDS) and eight Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS). The awards were announced on the eve of 71st Independence Day and will be given away during the next Republic […]

New Delhi/Malkangiri: Acting on a petition of a human rights campaigner Subash Mohapatra from Odisha, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to release funds as per the central government’s scheme to provide compensation to family of victims killed in Maoist violence. The apex human rights body on June […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre seeking its response on multiple petitions challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order authorising security and intelligence agencies to snoop on all computers. Hearing the petitions filed by advocate M.L. Sharma among others, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Ashok […]

New Delhi :The CBI has sought the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s brother and Belgian national Neeshal Modi. A request has been forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for necessary action, an official said on Monday. “The request for extradition of Neeshal Modi from Belgium was shared with the MHA on Friday. […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said it has approved Rs 415 crore for construction of more than 14,000 bunkers along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) to protect the border residents in Jammu and Kashmir. “In view of 1,252 ceasefire violations by Pakistan during the current year, the […]

New Delhi: Months after Kathua and Unnao rapes that triggered a countrywide public ire, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday created a new division to deal with all issues of women safety in coordination with relevant ministries, departments and state governments. The Ministry has appointed a 1993 batch AGMUT cadre officer, Punya Salila […]

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the finances of states and Centre are under severe strain, due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the coronavirus pandemic. And Rs 4 lakh compensation can't be paid to all those who died due to Covid-19 as it would exhaust the disaster relief funds, and also impact the Centre and states' preparation to address future waves of COVID-19.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has released an order authorising security and intelligence agencies for purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource under the Information Technology Act. “Not just calls or emails, but any data found on a computer can be intercepted. […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to hand over the probe of the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Monday. “The MHA is likekly to issue a notification shortly,” an MHA source told IANS. The Jammu […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday sought a report from the West Bengal government on the measures it took to contain political violence in the state and the steps it took to bring the culprits to book. Sources said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also issued an advisory to the West Bengal government, expressing […]

Jammu: Twenty years after Tiger Hills in Kargil became a household name in the entire nation, the hill might soon be opened for the general public as a tourist destination. Apart from this, at least 16 other peaks in Kargil that saw action during the 1999 India-Pakistan war may soon be thrown open for domestic, […]

Guwahati: After retired Indian Army Captain Md. Sona Ullah, a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam has recently declared a serving officer of the Border Security Force (BSF) and his wife as illegal foreigners. Muzibur Rahman, a Border Security Force Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) currently posted in Punjab, and his wife were declared as foreigners by the […]

New Delhi: The government has withdrawn the Special Protection Group (SPG) security cover of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said on Monday. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Manmohan Singh will have a Z + security cover after a routine assessment taking the inputs of all the agencies. “The current security cover […]

New Delhi: Over three crore people were found eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, whereas 19,06,657 people who did not submit claims were left out, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Saturday. A total of 3,11,21,004 people were found eligible. On Saturday morning, hard copies of the supplementary […]