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Explained: How India’s Vibrant Villages scheme in Arunachal is a way to secure borders along China
Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ambitious Vibrant Villages programme from Arunachal Pradesh. While the overall objective of the scheme is to develop the areas along the borders, it also has tactical and military significance and is aimed at countering China along the Line of Actual Control
Home Ministry designates 10 individuals as terrorists under UAPA Act
Habibullah Malik was the key handler of the terrorists who carried out an attack on Indian soldiers in Poonch and has been involved in air-dropping of arms and communication systems through drones in the Jammu region for terrorists based in Jammu and Kashmir, the MHA said
Hyderabad Islamist Farhatullah Ghori declared terrorist by home ministry; works for LeT, JeM
Farhatullah Ghori had fled India to Saudi Arabia in 1994. He then reached Pakistan in 2015 and joined the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Farhatullah Ghori works to provide funds for terrorist activities in India
MHA orders dismissal of Ishrat Jahan probe IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma from service; court stays order
Satish Chandra Verma had approached the Delhi High Court challenging the home ministry order and the court barred the central government from implementing the order
Home ministry orders CBI probe in Sonali Phogat Murder Case
The decision comes after multiple people incuding Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and oifficials of Khap Mahapanchayat in Hisar, Haryana demanded inquiry by the agency into the case
2,399 Bangladeshi intercepted, found using fraudulently obtained Indian documents from 2017 to 2022: Union Home Ministry
Nityanand Rai said the Centre has issued instructions to state governments and Union Territories for taking appropriate prompt steps for identification of illegal migrants
Jet Airways a step closer to relaunch, gets security clearance from home ministry
A letter sent by the civil aviation ministry to the airline on 6 May informed it about the grant of the security clearance by the Union home ministry
India reports over 40,000 cases for second day; active cases surge to 4,03,840
With India ramping up the testing capacity, weekly and daily positivity rates have been restricted to below 5 percent as the number of recoveries cross 3 crore
Centre says no room for complacency in COVID fight; asks states to conduct their own serosurveys
The government has advised all states/UTs to conduct seroprevalence surveys in consultation with the ICMR to generate district-level data on seroprevalence
Centre asks states to order police not to register cases under scrapped section of IT Act
The direction came after the apex court said it was shocking that its 2015 judgment, which struck down a section making ‘offensive’ comments online punishable, has not been implemented
Centre tells states, UTs to carry out fire safety reviews at hospitals, takes note of accidents in Delhi, Thane
The home ministry noted that high temperatures and increased power loads in summer lead to a higher chance of short circuits
Post-poll violence in Bengal: MHA asks TMC govt for report after BJP claims Hooghly office was set ablaze
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged TMC supporters to maintain peace and asked them not to fall prey to provocations
Mizoram objects to Centre's hard stance on Myanmar refugees; here are key reasons behind dispute
Several conflicting factors are at play in the ongoing dispute — including ethnic ties across borders, international relations and concerns about illegal immigration
Assam NRC notification up in air, home ministry seeks issue of rejection slips to delisted, reveals RTI
Last week Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was quoted by the media as saying that NRC was not final and Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma filed an affidavit before the apex court making a case for reverification
MHA allows foreign journalists with visas to come to India; strict health guidelines still apply
Other foreigners from these countries have also been allowed to avail Indian visa facility for business, medical and employment purposes.
Action against Rajiv Gandhi Foundation 'illegal'; govt wants to fight Congress rather than China, says Manish Tewari
Tewari said the 'illegal , arbitrary and malafide action' against the organisation is yet another example of how low the government can stoop.
Union home ministry allows universities to conduct examinations, asks them to follow SOPs to prevent COVID-19 spread
The MHA said it has sent a letter to the Union Higher Education Secretary permitting universities and institutions to conduct examinations.
SC asks Centre if individual orders cancelling visas were served to foreign attendees of Tablighi Jamaat meet; matter posted for 2 July
Thirty-four foreigners from 15 countries, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in March, approached the Supreme Court claiming they were not issued individual orders regarding blacklisting and FIRs
SC extends order directing govt not to take coercive action against employers for non-payment of wages till 12 June
The Supreme Court said there was a concern that workmen should not be left without pay, but there may be a situation where the industry may not have money to pay and hence, the balancing has to be done.
Economy on course for full-year contraction this fiscal; recovery from COVID-19 disruptions remain clouded: DBS Bank
According to DBS, consumer discretionary sectors, production and services are likely to take longer to recover.