The Ministry of Home affairs has handed over the case of the killing of Indian fishermen allegedly by Italian marines to the National Investigation Agency.
Home Ministry has given its nod for setting up special courts to expedite trial in cases related to terrorism. Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan has revealed that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has fully backed the proposal to set up special courts.
In a strongly worded statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warns Italy, over its refusal to hand over two marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, of dire diplomatic consequences. Meanwhile, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asks Ministry of External A...
Ministry of External Affairs seeks details of the Italian marines case from the Home Ministry to take up the issue with Italy and take it to the next level.
Ram Singh, one of the accused in the infamous Delhi gangrape, has committed suicide by hanging himself inside Tihar Jail, where was lodged. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the suicide. Ministry of Home Affairs has demanded a report into the suicide o...
Ministry of Home Affairs demands a report from the DG of Tihar into the suicide of Delhi gangrape prime accused Ram Singh. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the suicide. Meanwhile social activists are demanding immediate response from the jail authorit...
After the CEO of Italian aerospace giant Finmeccanica Guiseppe Orsi was arrested in Milan, the Indian government has sprung into action and ordered a CBI probe into the deal with the company that got India 12 swank new AW-101 helicopters. There are serious all...
Sources with the Ministry of Home Affairs have revealed that security agencies are planning to question separatist leader Yasin Malik who was seen hobnobbing with LeT chief Hafiz Saeed at an event organised to mourn the execution of parliament attack convict A...
Centrestage | President Pranab Mukherjee has sought the Ministry of Home Affairs' advice on eight more mercy petitions. The mercy petition of Devinder Singh Bhullar is also pending with the President.
There is a sort of blame game happening between ministries as the Ministry of External Affairs blames the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Enforcement Directorate for Anil Bastawade leaving the country after the mining scam. The external affairs ministry says ...
Sources say that the Ministry of Home Affairs is preparing a Cabinet note, ahead of the Cabinet meeting tomorrow, considering whether an ordinance should be passed to amend the rape laws in the country. Justice Verma in his report had suggested that the govern...
India has barred Pakistani diplomats from attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, without offering a reason. The permission was denied by the External Affairs Ministry after consulting with the Home Ministry. The organizers of the event, however, do not appe...
India has barred Pakistani diplomats from attending the Jaipur Literature Festival without offering a reason. Such denial of permissions is nothing out of the ordinary as there were instances in which Indian diplomats too were denied permission to enter into P...
India has barred Pakistani diplomats from attending the Jaipur Literature Festival without offering a reason. Such denial of permissions is nothing out of the ordinary as there were instances in which Indian diplomats too were denied permission to enter into P...
The Ministry of Home Affairs is upset with Justice Verma's brief because of the personal attacks he made on the negligence of the government. Justice Verma had yesterday made a lot of personal remarks on the Home Secretary, DGP and others in the government and...
Looking at the mass agitation by the youth against the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old Delhi girl, Justice JS Verma says that he feels 'humbled' and 'greatly indebted' by the spirit of the youth in bringing good governance. He received thousands of suggestio...
The MHA has given a visa to former Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad, who is a relative of India's most wanted gangster-turned-terrorist Dawood Ibrahim to watch the third ODI match between India and Pakistan in Delhi. A political row has erupted over the ...
Centrestage | Why has the Indian government given a visa to former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad, who is a relative of India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim?
The Shiv Sena has slammed the Centre for giving a visa to former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad. Raj Thackeray claims that Miandad is helping notorious terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Javed Mianded was granted a visa by the Ministry of Home Affairs to watch an In...
President Pranab Mukherjee has returned seven mercy petitions, including that of Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament attack case for consideration of the Union Home Ministry. Ministry of Home Affairs is expected to give an opinion on the mercy petitions wi...
Mumbai police is now facing heat for the way it handled the FB post arrest and subsequent vandalism. The police had arrested and booked 21-year-old Shaheen Dhada and her friend under the IT Act (2008), but dragged its feet on the arrest in connection with the ...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has sent an advisory to both the Assam government as well as the ministry of defence. The police and the army have been put on high alert. The Ministry of defence has been asked to deploy the army in the state without any delay.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has rejected the mercy plea of Ajmal Kasab and recommended that the plea be turned down by the President. The MHA has categorically said that the mercy plea had been turned down by the Maharashtra government and there is no reason ...
Taking cognizance of the allegation by Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar that the attack on him was in fact an assassination attempt, Ministry of Home Affairs is set to probe if a lapse in security is responsible for the attack. Sources have revealed that the MHA ...
In what appears as a huge blow for the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Central Review Committee of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the state government to revoke the suspension of Sanjiv Bhatt. After receiving the news of the revocati...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Telecom to initiate legal action against the mico-blogging site Twitter as it has not responded to the Govt's request to remove offensive posts. Ethical hacker Ankit Fadia says a blanket ban on Facebook ...
BJP President Nitin Gadkari criticises the Ministry of Home Affairs' lack of quick response to the North East exodus. He claims some of the hate videos posted to trigger the panic are still online. He hopes that the security measures employed by Israel are imp...
Ministry of Home Affairs sources have revealed that the role of ISI is suspected behind the infiltration attempt in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir which was foiled by Border Security Forces. One Pakistani infiltrator has been reportedly killed in the firi...
Even as the hate videos, messages and morphed images allegedly propagated by anti-India elements based on Pakistan has caused massive exodus of people from northeast from major Indian cities, the Ministry of Home Affairs has failed to remove these videos and ...
Responding to the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) report that Pakistan based anti-India elements have been promoting hate messages in India, causing mass exodus of northeast people from Indian cities especially from Bangalore, Pakistan Foreign Office has denie...
Times Now has managed to access a copy of Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) preliminary report on how social media is misused to create unrest in India. The report suggest that 76 websites were uploaded with fake images from Pakistan to propel unrest in India. A...
As the role of Pakistan based anti-India elements in the rumor mongering and threatening messages that propelled the exodus of northeast people from many cities stands exposed, India has demanded an answer from Pakistan authorities. Sources in the Ministry of ...
Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs have said that offering asylum to Pakistani Hindus who are migrating to India following persecution and religious discrimination in Pakistan is a complex issue and will be mulled on.
There seems to be a ray of hope for Pakistani Hindus who have sought asylum in India following forced conversion and persecution in Pakistan as the Ministry of Home Affairs sources have revealed that the government is planning for visa extension for them. Mean...
There are indications that the Ministry of External Affairs is set to meet the Home Ministry to take up the issue of the plight of minority communities in Pakistan. The large exodus of Pakistani Hindus to India and the persecutions and forced conversions faced...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to oversee a minor reshuffle the Cabinet before the monsoon session of Parliament. Home Minister P Chidambaram has been pitched as the most suitable candidate for the post of Finance Minister, left vacant after Pranab ...
Taking on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who had blamed the centre for failing to act promptly to quell the violence in Assam, Ministry of Home Affairs releases the figures of the number of central forces deployed in violence-hit Assam.
The Ministry of Home Affairs holds a crucial meet to formulate an action-plan to deal with the Maoist menace. The meeting will take stock of the ongoing anti-Maoist offensive being carried out in numerous states. The meeting is held in the backdrop of the cont...
The Home Minister's insensitive comment that the middle-class complain too much about the rising prices has drawn much flak from the Opposition. The BJP has called the comments 'heartless', saying that Chidambaram is merely rubbing salt on the common man's wou...
While the BJP and SP are lashing out at Home Minister P Chidambaram's insensitive comments, Sharad Yadav takes his side. The JDU Chief says that there should be a limit to extravagance and questions why no one objects when the prices of consumer goods go up. ...
Under attack for his jibe on the middle-class saying that they complain too much on the price rise, the Home Minister cries foul. P Chidambaram backtracks on his statements, saying that he did not mock or chide anyone while making the 'matter-of-fact' statemen...
Home Minister P Chidambaram is facing flak from all quarters for taking a potshot at the middle class, which is apparently complaining too much about the price rise. Political parties, both opposition and allies, are ganging up against Chidambaram, who is wide...
The Ministry of Home Affairs seems to be provoking the middle class. In the latest of a series of attacks, P Chidambaram lashed out at the middle class saying that it cribs too much about price rise. The jibe could prove costly for UPA-II as they might lose th...
Centrestage | The Ministry of Home Affairs is considering the prospect of overriding the Railway Ministry's jurisdiction over the RPF following repeated instances of gross indiscipline and unionism in the Railway Protection Force. The MHA fears that the 'union...
After repeated instances of gross indiscipline and unionism in the Railway Protection Force, the Ministry of Home Affairs is considering the prospect of overriding the Railway Ministry's jurisdiction over the RPF. The Home Ministry fears that this unionism cou...
External Affairs Ministry and Home Ministry are finalising an extradition proposal after the Saudi government confirmed that suspected terrorist Fasih Mohammad, wanted in connection with the Chinnaswamy stadium blast in Bangalore, has been detained in Saudi Ar...
Ahead of the decision on Jagan Reddy's bail petition, the Home Ministry has come to the aid of the AP government with regards to any law and order turmoil arising out of the bail plea verdict.
Home Minister P Chidambaram, presenting the monthly report of Ministry, remarks that the government looks forward to informed discussions over the J&K Report.
Home Minister P Chidambaram, reading out the monthly report of the Ministry, says the government looks forward to informed discussions over the J&K Report.
The External Affairs Ministry is coordinating with the Ministry of Home Affairs, after the latter questions the Nagaland visit of EU Ambassador without a valid clearance.
Yielding to the demands of Mamata Banerjee, the Centre decides to hold a meeting of Chief Ministers on May 5th to discuss the National Counter Terrorism Centre row.
Reacting to the UN's recent comment that India should revoke AFSPA, Home Minister P Chidambaram says the MHA believes there should be amendments in the Act.
In a bid to allay fears on the NCTC, the Centre has called for a meeting of state secretaries, while many state governments remain firm on opposing the anti-terror body.
The Supreme Court slams the Delhi Police for abusing its power and violating people's fundamental right; the question here, on this segment of Newshour, is, is the Government equally responsible for the crackdown?
The Supreme Court has observed that the Police should exercise its right in such a way that it does not interfere with the right of assembly of anybody.
Manish Tewari, Congress spokesperson, says that if the BJP disagrees with the Supreme Court order on Ramlila Maidan crackdown case, they are free to challenge the verdict.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has appealed against legalising homosexuality as it is considered immoral and against the public sentiment of the country.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the order on powers given to the National Counter Terrorism Centre.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issues advisory to Rajasthan and Delhi to provide adequate security arrangements for Salman Rushdie during his visit to Jaipur Literature Festival.