Tag: Rajnath Singh

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is reportedly mulling to hike the minimum pay of the Central government employees beyond the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission. A hike in the minimum pay is a long-standing demand of the CG employees. On January 28, Chief of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), Shiv Gopal Mishra […]

After Shiv Gopal Mishra, the Chief of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), mentioned in his Facebook post that Home Minister Rajnath Singh was serious about the minimum pay hike issue of the Central government employees and called for a meeting on February 8, it was expected that a decision would be taken soon. However, […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday held a meeting with RAW chief A. K. Dhasmana, Additional Director IB Arvind Kumar, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and NSA Ajit Doval in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack that left 49 CRPF troopers dead. What transpired between them was not immediately known or officially […]

Bhadrak: Home Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today reiterated that the sacrifice of CRPF jawans, martyred in Pulwama terrorist attack on February 14, will not go in vain. Addressing BJP’s booth level workers at Ranital in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, Singh said, “The country stands beside the jawan and security persons. Prime Minister Narendra […]

Bhadrak: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh today lashed out at the ruling-BJD and questioned why Odisha is still lagging behind in development despite the fact that the State has a stable government. Addressing a public rally at Ranital in Bhadrak, Singh said that the CM is answerable to the people of […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting here to discuss internal security, border management and an early morning air strike by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Indian military installations, a day after the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest training camp at Balakot in […]

Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that India was getting the cooperation of Islamic countries in its fight against terrorism. “All countries are coming on one platform to fight terror. There should be a decisive war against terror,” the Minister said while inaugurating the office and a residential complex of the National […]

New Delhi: A United States-based activist from Gilgit has claimed that more than 200 militants of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group were killed in Indian Air Force air strikes in the Balakot region of Pakistan on February 26, while citing reports of the local Urdu media in the neighbouring country. According to an ANI report which […]

Lucknow: Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, will be contesting against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency. According to reliable sources, Poonam Sinha will contest on the Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket with the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) support. The Congress, sources said, has decided not to field a candidate from […]

New Delhi: The BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls promised a major infrastructure push, including setting up of “next generation infrastructure” like gas and water grids, information superrhighway (i-way), doubling functional airports in the country and wayside amenities along all national highways. It also promised to set up a new Water Ministry which […]

Jajpur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh came down heavily on BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today for not implementing Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Odisha. Addressing a poll meeting in Bari of Jajpur district today, Rajnath said that while the Ayushman Bharat Yojana has been implemented by other states of the country, people […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday talked to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over phone and took stock of situation in the state after the blast in Guwahati. The Home Minister also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. “HM Shri @rajnathsingh spoke to Assam Chief Minister, Shri @sarbanandsonwal regarding the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to relax NDRF norms to provide for actual cost of restoration of the entire power infrastructure damaged by extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani. In a letter to the Home Minister, the Odisha CM said, “The power infrastructure in the district of Puri […]

Srinagar: Two policemen from Jammu and Kashmir have scaled the Mount Everest, police said on Tuesday. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh greeted the policemen for their achievement. He tweeted: “The team comprised nine personnel from the IB and 2 of @JmuKmrPolice. I am proud of their achievement and wishing them success in their future endeavours.” […]

New Delhi: National security strategy, military and equipment modernisation, defence reform besides garnering more funds for the ministry are the areas of challenge for the new Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to analysts here. Defence experts are also of the view that the helicopter fleet of all three services require extensive replacement. Singh, on Saturday, […]