The Election Commission will announce on Saturday the dates for assembly polls in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
Upset over the ruling of a Pakistani court on the 26/11 case, India on Tuesday said evidence collected by a Pakistani judicial commission in New Delhi had evidential value to punish those involved in the worst ever terrorist attack in the country.
A top United Liberation Front of Asom leader along with an Indian journalist and a photographer was detained in Myanmar but the two mediapersons were later released.
The National Investigation Agency will soon file a charge sheet against Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley, a mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Almost all states in principle agreed on the need to have an effective anti terrorism mechanism like National Counter Terrorism Center at the meeting of chief secretaries/director generals of police/inspector generals of states and UTs called by the Union home ministry, the government said on Monday.
In the wake of reports that several NGOs are under the scanner of the government, Home Secretary R K Singh today said funding of around 12-13 Indian voluntary organisations are being probed but made it clear that no such foreign entity was being investigated.
The residents or junior doctors went on strike on Tuesday when agitated relatives of a patient, who had died during treatment, clashed with the medicos.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said saving lives and extending all help to the families of the deceased is the state government's priority.
India on Sunday said Pakistan is continuing to harbour terrorists on its soil and despite repeated requests it has taken no steps to dismantle the terror infrastructure there.
Accepting a key recommendation of the Sachar Committee, the Centre has asked the states to appoint at least one Muslim officer in police stations in areas with a high concentration of Muslim population. In a communication to chief secretaries of all states, Union Home Secretary R K Singh asked them to send a status report on it by the end of June.
Centre to provide Bihar with helicopter and an additional battalion of the central para military force to fight Maoists. M I Khan reports.
As investigators try hard to find clues, Union Home Secretary R K Singh on Tuesday said there was no evidence till now to suggest involvement of any country in the bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday held a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation in the wake of the Delhi high court blast even as investigators got preliminary forensic reports with regard to the explosion.
India has sought dates from Pakistan for a bilateral meeting between the home secretaries of the two countries after May 22 when the Budget session of Parliament comes to an end.
Experts said attempts from China have increased in the last year, which further amplified after the Indian government banned Chinese applications post the Galwan clash.
The Centre on Tuesday held talks with the top leadership of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom and discussed various aspects of its 'charter of demands' which sought amendment in the Constitution to find a lasting solution to the three-decade-old insurgency problem in Assam.
The Union home ministry on Tuesday acknowledged there was a lack of coordination between the Delhi police and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in the probe into the July 13, 2011 serial blasts in Mumbai but downplayed the rift between them.
Investigators have made some arrest in connection with the Delhi high court blast case and the suspects are being questioned, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on New Delhi.
Security agencies probing the Delhi high court blast are taking every email seriously, but they haven't ruled out the possibility that they may have been sent by someone who wanted to play a prank, the government said on Saturday. Talking to reporters after a day-long National Integration Council meeting, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said, "We are not dismissing any email. We are investigating each and every email we have got."
The home ministry on Thursday said Home Minister P Chidambaram did not have any role in the withdrawal of three FIRs against a Delhi-based hotelier, who was accused of cheating and forgery and is said to be a former client of the minister.
Union Home Secretary R K Singh has said that strict action will be taken against those who are found involved in the Sopore custodial death and Surankote fake encounter cases in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Centre on Thursday said the person killed in an encounter in West Midnapore was most probably top Maoist leader Kishenji and it was awaiting a final confirmation from the West Bengal police about the matter. "Most likely it is Kishenji. The officers on the spot said that it is Kishenji and most likely, 99 per cent it is Kishenji," Union Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters while reacting to reports about the killing of the Maoist leader.
Investigation into the July 13 serial blasts in Mumbai has made 'important progress' and the probe was on right track, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Thursday.
An email sent out after the Mumbai serial blasts has come under scrutiny of investigating agencies. Union Home Secretary R K Singh said in New Delhi on Friday that apart from the 16 CDs containing CCTV footage from the blast sites, the mail that is also being verified.
Security agencies have identified the owner of the two-wheeler in which the explosive material was planted at Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai while some cyber experts are looking into an email which may have some cross-border links. Union Home Secretary R K Singh said the investigation into the serial blasts in the metropolis was going on and several people were being questioned based on their "previous known linkages".
The government has not ruled out the possibility of the involvement of a suicide bomber in Mumbai serial blasts, Home Secretary R K Singh said on Thursday.
The National Investigation Agency on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone providing clues about the Delhi high court blast even as investigators were quizzing a Patna- based man in the case.
Terror struck Delhi when nine people were killed and at least 45 injured in a blast on Tuesday morning outside the high court premises jampacked with visitors waiting to get entry passes.
India on Saturday said the arrest of Kashmiri separatist leader Ghulam Nabi Fai in the United States was long overdue as the government had suspected for a long time that he was receiving funds from Pakistani agencies. "Yes, his (Fai) arrest was long overdue," Union Home Secretary R K Singh said when asked about the arrest of the US-based chief of a Kashmir advocacy group in America. "We had a fair degree of suspicion that he got money from agencies in Pak," Singh said.
ONGC Videsh Managing Director Ranbir Singh Butola was selected to head Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest refining and fuel marketing firm.
BJP leader R K Singh says Pakistan's consistent denial of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav suggests him already being executed.
Union Home Secretary R K Singh said since Hazare has been released he is free to go wherever he wants to.
Former Research and Analysis Wing chief Sanjeev Tripathi on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, following the footsteps of several retired bureaucrats and diplomats finding a career in politics.
ONGC Videsh Managing Director R S Butola and Bharat Petroleum Director (Refineries) R K Singh are among the 17 candidates in the fray for the top job at Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil firm.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday refused to react to R K Singh's allegations against him, saying he no longer considered the retired bureaucrat as being a former home secretary but saw him as a politician and Bharatiya Janayt Party man.
Shah also said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's unfulfilled dream of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country was accomplished on August 5 when Article 370 and 35A were repealed.
India on Friday said it would come out with a new Defence Production Policy in the next two months under which domestic industries would certainly get orders for products developed by them after indigenous research.
The new Council of Ministers has representation from almost all the states, except Andhra Pradesh and the north-eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.
A Jamshedpur court on Tuesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray.This is the third such warrant issued against him on the charges of hurting religious sentiments and abusing Biharis.Two other non-bailable arrest warrants issued by the court of Judicial Magistrate A K Tiwari are already pending against Thackeray.
A group of students on Tuesday set afire four air-conditioned bogies of Patna-Delhi Shramjeevi Express at a station near Patna after being stopped by security personnel from forcibly occupying reserved seats.
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