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TopicAjay Kumar Bhalla

Topic: Ajay Kumar Bhalla

What’s behind Centre’s decision to send ex-home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla to Manipur as governor

The Retd IAS officer has 'extensive crisis management experience'. Officers believe he may be able to 'find solution' to Manipur crisis, bring warring factions to the table for dialogue.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla gets one year extension, says personnel ministry

Bhalla, a 1984-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as the Home Secretary in August 2019. Last year, his tenure was extended till 22 August 2021.

Govt yet to take call on China’s entry into 5G trials in India, says Union home secretary

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla also said the penetration of the neighbouring country into India's existing telecom hardware and software network is too extensive.

Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asks states, UTs to create fact-check portal about Covid-19

Bhalla said states & UTs should create a mechanism to battle fake news amid the Covid-19 outbreak, similar to the web portal being created by Govt of India.

Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as new Union home secretary

A 1984-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer, Ajay Kumar Bhalla replaced Rajiv Gauba, who has been appointed the new cabinet secretary.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.