In a faux pas, NSG Chief R C Tayal on Tuesday claimed his men defused an Improvised Explosive Device recovered from high-security DRDO Bhawan after "no other agency" could handle the situation, but it later turned out to be a bomb of World War II vintage.
Favourites Punjab won the inaugural National Under-17 Hockey Championship for boys, defeating hosts Mumbai 2-1 in the final at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The Sports Ministry on Monday decided to recommend ace shuttler Saina Nehwal for the Padma Bhushan award but insisted that it did not receive her nomination from the Badminton Association of India (BAI) within the stipulated deadline.
In the letter, the Delhi CM urged Baijal to implement the apex court's order in letter and spirit and asserted that the ministry of home affairs does not have powers to interpret the order.
In an effort to make 3G telecom service available while being able to monitor it closely, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said its members were working with the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to formulate rules to allow the intercepting and monitoring needed for national security.
'This is not the first time that a large contingent of Assam armed police led by senior officers attacked and destroyed farm huts, crops and plantations of Mizo farmers.' 'There have been a series of such intrusions in the past and the pace of such intrusions increased in the recent past.'
The petition alleged that the Centre took a series of steps in a 'completely mala fide, arbitrary and illegal manner to ensure that Asthana was given the charge of CBI director'.
Says nothing should move until system is in place to enable full tapping of lines.
In a communication to all states and union territories, the NDMA said due to several weeks of lockdown and the closure of industrial units, it is possible that some of the operators might not have followed the established standard operating procedures.
Interchange fee is the amount charged by ATM operators for every transaction.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday slammed Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao for dubbing as "fascist" the Centre's directives on special powers related to law and order in Hyderabad vested in Governor, and demanded immediate withdrawal of his comments.
The Kerala government has virtually ignored a Union Ministry of Home Affairs letter, warning on the "non-policing in Malappuram district" and Thiruvananthapuram's Bheemapalli, bracketed as breeding grounds of Islamic fundamentalism in the state.
Ishrat Jahan's family is likely to challenge the Union home ministry's decision not to prosecute four Intelligence Bureau officials in the alleged encounter case.
The MHA said all the "glossy statements" about humanitarian work and speaking truth to power are nothing but a "ploy to divert attention" from their activities which were in clear contravention of laid down Indian laws.
The Centre said the remission of sentence will have "international ramifications".
Religious places and places of worship for the public, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services along with shopping malls will be permitted to open from June 8, the ministry of home affairs said on Saturday. However, these facilities will not be able to resume operations inside containment zones designated by authorities in states, said a government notification.
1,605 people were killed, 30,719 were injured in 10,399 incidents of communal violence from 2004 to 2017.
The tussle between the AAP government and the Centre escalated on Tuesday with the cancellation of appointment of nine advisors to Delhi ministers following the Union home ministry's directions which said these posts were "not sanctioned".
McNaughton, an Irish national who won the Pulitzer Prize in May 2018, allegedly travelled to restricted and protected areas in Jammu and Kashmir without permission. He also reported from the state without valid permission.
The Centre had on July 13 opposed the appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries by the Aam Aadmi Party government, saying the post neither finds place in the Constitution, nor does it find a place in the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act of 1997, except for the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister.
A miffed WFI feared that it could be penalised by the world body United World Wrestling (UWW), if Pakistani grapplers were denied Visa.
A Delhi court on Friday issued fresh death warrants for February 1, 6 am against the four convicts. Earlier in the day, President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected Mukesh's mercy plea.
A gamechanger for offices and factories, Shycocan, claims to be able to clear an area of 1000 square feet from coronavirus.
On December 21, MHA promulgated a draft Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Policy, which allows the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (Dipp) to issue licence to large private companies that are capable of producing advanced weapons, and invest over Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million), to manufacture arms and ammunition to be "primarily supplied to the Central Paramilitary Forces, Defence and state governments on tendering basis".
The order said the NGO has transferred an amount of Rs 2.46 lakh from its foreign contribution designated account to Sabrang Trust domestic account, thus mixing of domestic and foreign funds and violating the rules.
In an online chat with readers, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
One of the country's all-time great hockey players and the oldest Olympian, Leo Pinto, breathed his last in Mumbai on Tuesday at the age of 96.
A senior home ministry official will appear as witness on Tuesday in a special 26/11 court to throw light on the sanction given to prosecute Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab and two others on the charge of "waging war against the nation".
In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for transport of such groups of stranded people and these vehicles will be sanitised and will have to follow safe social distancing norms in seating.
India is likely to send a team of investigators in April to question American terrorist David Coleman Headley, who has admitted to plotting the audacious Mumbai terror attack.
A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao directed the state governments to get help from the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and legal services authorities to identify sex workers and maintain confidentiality pertaining to the identity of sex workers.
"In view of the above, the West Bengal government has been requested by MHA to initiate action against the officer and intimate the action taken in this regard," it said.
In an advisory, the MHA has said that the Government of India is of the view that it is not advisable for the Indian pilgrims to visit Pakistan in the prevailing situation when frequent terrorist attacks are taking place in Punjab province of Pakistan, where all gurudwaras are situated.
The Maharashtra Government said on Thursday that the Union Home Ministry has warned it of a possible hijack at the Mumbai airport and advised the authorities to keep a watch on private aircraft.The Union home ministry on Thursday evening has denied that it has at any point of time sent any advisory to the Maharashtra goverment about a hijack threat to the Mumbai airport.
Home Secretary GK Pillai talks to Aditi Phadnis about police reforms
Estimates of what the Maoists extract from their nationwide extortion vary from Rs 1,200 crore a year to Rs 2,000 crore.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed Greenpeace India to use two of its accounts for the purpose of receiving and utilising fresh domestic donations for its day-to-day functioning.
In a zone-wise classification of districts in the country, the Union health ministry has designated all 11 districts of Delhi as red zone. The city has 272 wards.
MHA officials told Business Standard that Radha Vinod Raju, the recently-appointed Director General of the NIA, had been functioning from a room in the Sahastra Suraksha Bal headquarters located in the CGO complex in New Delhi ever since his appointment on February 15.
Chinese characters were seen on the website, indicating that Chinese hackers may be involved in it.
