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Topic: MHA

‘Paresh Baruah must know about changing realities of Assam’ — Himanta reaches out to ULFA (I) chief

CM highlights advantages of the newly signed Memorandum of Settlement with ULFA (pro-talks) faction & asserts it gives highest level of protection to people of Assam.

Roads to 4G connectivity, how govt pushed to bolster border infra in 2023 with eye on China

Launch of Vibrant Villages Programme in April was major decision to develop areas along remote frontiers. Another important decision was to upgrade cellular network & mobile services.

Govt declares Canada-based Lakhbir Singh Landa of Babbar Khalsa International as ‘individual terrorist’

In a gazette notification Friday, home ministry said Landa has been involved in several ‘terrorist activities’, including 2022 attack on Punjab State Intelligence Headquarters.

Master’s from Harvard, President’s medal, oversaw Sheena Bora probe — CISF’s 1st woman head Nina Singh

The Bihar-born officer, who has been appointed as chief of Central Industrial Security Force, also headed CBI’s special crime zone in the past, when her unit cracked several cases.

NIA files chargesheet against doctor from Pune, 5 others in Maharashtra IS module case

National Investigation Agency says that all 6 were 'Islamic State members' & conspired to further terrorist activities to 'strike fear among people and to threaten country's security'.

Ahead of blast, Israel Embassy received ‘threat messages’, flagged security concerns in October

On 16 October, embassy reached out to MHA regarding online threats. Sources say threats included 'abusive language' with slogans of ‘Free Palestine’.

96% conviction rate in NIA cases in last 5 years, home ministry tells Rajya Sabha

Between December 2018 & November 2023, ministry handed 324 cases to counter-terrorism agency. Out of 84 judgments in cases NIA probed and chargesheeted since 2019, 81 were convictions.

NIA busts ‘Ballari module’ with arrest of 8 ‘IS operatives’ after raids in four states

Arrests made barely a week after similar action carried out in Maharashtra & Karnataka. Accused were circulating documents for 'recruitment of Mujahideen', says anti-terror agency.

Progress slow, MHA unlikely to finish fencing India-Bangladesh border by March 2024 deadline

There was 915.35 km of border remaining to be fenced from this January. ThePrint analysis shows that with just 35km fenced last year, meeting target seems to be an uphill task.

What India plans to do to crack down on gangsters & Sikh separatists based abroad

Between August 2021 and September 2023, NIA shared information with Ottawa eight times through MoU route regarding involvement of Canada based elements but to no avail.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.