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The city police has registered a case against Shiv Sena workers for flouting Noise Pollution Control Rules during the party's Dusshera rally, held at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. "A case under Bombay Police Act has been registered against the organisers of the rally for exceeding the 50 decibel noise level," Assistant Commissioner of Police Madhukar Sankhe told PTI.
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Gopal Krishna Pillai, senior Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1972 batch, is going to be the next Union Home Secretary. Pillai, who is serving as the Union Commerce Secretary, will take over from current Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta in mid-June. Gupta is slated to be appointed as the governor of Tripura.
Facing pressure from the media and other political parties, the Rajasthan government on Wednesday asked a special wing of the police to trace and arrest a former Indian Police Service officer, who is absconding after being accused of raping a tribal woman 13 years ago. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told reporters in Jaipur that this was a 'serious incident' and the Special Operations Group of the state police has been asked to arrest former DIG Madhukar Tandon.
With Lok Sabha elections drawing near, the Union Home Ministry and the Election Commission are engaged in an exercise to work out requirement and deployment of paramilitary personnel to ensure free and fair polls.
Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Tuesday directed the Committee of Secretaries to formulate a unified command for coastal districts to counter the terrorist threat from the sea.
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Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and his Pakistani counterpart Syed Kamal Shah met to discuss issues of terrorism, afflicting both the countries, with New Delhi expected to dwell upon Islamabad for extradition of some of the most wanted fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in 1993 Bombay blasts cases.
Amidst reports that 400 trained terrorists were waiting to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt the coming Lok Sabha polls, the government has ordered stepping up of security in the border state to thwart any attempts to cause violence ahead of the elections.
The Election Commission is all set to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections after having elicited views of Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on Tuesday on the security scenario and those of political parties.
The three-member Commission will hold discussions with the Home Secretary on the law and order situation across the country and availability of Central paramilitary forces to decide on the number of phases. Assembly polls in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim will also be held along with the Lok Sabha polls.
Former commerce secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai on Tuesday took over as the new Union Home Secretary after the superannuation of Madhukar Gupta.
Various political leaders and other VIPs who have been enjoying security cover for unjustified reasons for a long time may find it tough to avail this government facility any longer, as they Government is going to keep a check on it.
A high-level meeting in Jammu on Tuesday took stock of the volatile situation in the state and reviewed arrangements for security of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the Valley's lifeline for supplies.A central team comprising Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Defence Secretary Vijay Singh had a detailed meeting with senior state government officers, led by Chief Secretary S S Kapur, and reviewed the overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir today.
The Union Home Ministry is closely monitoring the situation in Bengaluru in the wake of Friday's serial blasts, which killed one person and injured four others. Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and other senior officials are in constant touch with the Karnataka government officials, a ministry spokesman said.
In the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Cabinet Committee on Security held a meeting on Tuesday to chalk out future plans for enhancing internal security through tough laws and establishment of a federal agency. The CCS meeting, held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence, was attended by Home Minister P Chidamabaram, Defence Minister A K Antony, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and National Security Advisor M K Narayanan.
As the operation to flush out terrorists in Mumbai got over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday held a meeting with the chiefs of defence services and intelligence agencies to discuss the unprecedented attacks and ways to prevent such recurrences.
Pakistan on Tuesday released 101 Indian prisoners, mostly fishermen, as a goodwill gesture as the crucial meeting between the home secretaries of the countries got underway today, which is likely to focus on setting up a mechanism to deal with the detainees.
Union Home secretary Madhukar Gupta confirmed that the government is in touch with officials of the Indian Premier League to work out a schedule for the upcoming Twenty20 tournament that does not clash with the Lok Sabha elections. Sources said various security agencies have suggested that there should be no IPL matches days before and after polling dates in cities where the franchisees are based.
The meeting attended by National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, Border Security Force Director-General M L Kumawat and representatives of Navy and Coast Guards had a detailed discussion on the situation along the coastline and the steps being taken to beef up security.
As the Maoists have intensified their attacks on security personnel and infrastructure, the Centre on Wednesday decided to set up six jungle warfare and counter-insurgency schools to train security personnel to deal with the Naxals. "Six jungle warfare and counter-insurgency schools will be set up within this year to train commando forces being raised by the Naxal-affected states," Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta told reporters in Delhi.
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India on Tuesday asked Pakistan to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh as the Home Secretaries of the two countries held talks in Islamabad on terrorism and security and signed a pact to curb drug smuggling.The demand for the release of Sarabjit, an Indian national languishing on death row since he was convicted of alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Punjab province in 1990, was raised by Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, sources said.
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The special riots court on Saturday issued a bailable warrant against Police Inspector (PI) Madhav Khanolkar, prime witness in the 1993 riots case against Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar. The warrant was issued after Khanolkar failed to appear before the court at the last two hearings despite summons served to him. Khanolkar, now retired, was a police inspector at the Nirmal Nagar police when the case against Sarpotdar was registered.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde's nephew was allegedly stabbed by two persons in Parli Vaijanath, Marathwada, on Tuesday and has been hospitalised in a critical condition, police said.
Viewing terrorism as a 'serious threat' to South Asia's peace and development, members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on Thursday decided to have regular exchange of information to combat the menace and push efforts for establishing a convention for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
The Rajasthan government on Friday constituted a Special Investigating Team to probe the terror attack on Khwaja Mohiuddin Chisti's dargah at Ajmer which had killed three persons and injured many more on Thursday. Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said that the SIT will interact with central security agencies to find out which organisation had masterminded Thursday's blast. The blast had aimed at disturbing the communal harmony in the city, Gupta said.
Constable Vijay Khandekar died in a grenade attack by terrorists at Cama hospital. He was 35.
