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Home Ministry forwards December 16 convict’s mercy plea to President, recommends rejection

Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 16 December gangrape & murder case, filed the mercy plea, which will likely delay the execution scheduled for 22 January.

Internet access, type of cereal & water consumed ⁠— questions in new census exercise

The new census exercise is scheduled to take place between 1 April and 30 September.

MHA recommends to President Kovind to reject mercy plea of Nirbhaya gang rape convict

The Home Ministry has forwarded to President's office the Delhi government's recommendation against granting mercy to one of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape.

Only one from BJP among 177 politicians arrested in Kashmir after Article 370 move

As many as 71 politicians from National Conference and 35 from PDP were placed under house arrest after Modi govt scrapped Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir.

Why Chennamaneni Ramesh, a 4-time Telangana MLA, has been stripped of Indian citizenship

This is the third time MHA has passed an order cancelling the citizenship of Chennamaneni Ramesh, the TRS MLA from Vemulawada.

Govt says J&K returning to normal, but doesn’t give details on release of political leaders

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla informed a standing committee on home affairs Friday that internet would not be restored immediately as it may be still be misused.

No pay parity with IPS yet, govt to grant rank benefit to a section of armed police

Central Armed Police Forces officers are outraged as MHA office memorandum says grant of Non-Functional Selection Grade will only be extended to director rank.

Relax rules for CAPF officers and give them pay parity with IPS, DoPT tells home ministry

The Department of Personnel and Training has recommended that Central Armed Police Force officers be given Non-Functional Financial Upgradation.

Kamal Nath’s ‘role’ in 1984 riots: Has politics helped or hurt victims’ families?

The Home Ministry has ordered the reopening of seven 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, including one against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.

Stop publicising standoff with IPS officers on social media, Home Ministry tells CAPFs

Several CAPF officers have formed Twitter accounts like ‘We the OGAS’ and ‘Movement for OGAS to CAPFs’ to bring attention to their demands.

On Camera

Kashmiri jihadists more resilient than we think. Rebuilding J&K Police is key to counter them

The new jihadists in J&K have harried Indian forces, staged a series of ambushes, and now begun to target Indian civilian infrastructure projects.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.