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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
TopicMinistry of Home Affairs

Topic: Ministry of Home Affairs

NCRB records animal cruelty for the first time in India’s crime statistics. 9,000+ cases in 2024

NCRB's latest report does away with older practice of grouping animal cruelty cases under general Special and Local Laws.

98,375 kids went missing in India in 2024, an 8% jump from 2023. But there’s a silver lining

Latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report shows West Bengal has highest total of missing children at 22,742, followed by MP with 19,131 cases and Odisha with 13,495 cases.

24 hearings, 5 months, a pending verdict—and then Centre dropped NSA against Sonam Wangchuk

The habeas corpus petition filed by Wangchuk’s wife was listed about 24 times before the Supreme Court over the past five months, with many hearings lately ending in adjournments at the Centre’s behest.

Centre revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention, says step aimed at peace & dialogue in Ladakh

Centre said it has been engaging with stakeholders in Ladakh to address local aspirations. However, it added, frequent bandhs & protests in recent months had adversely affected daily life & economy.

Home Ministry’s 14C has blocked over Rs 8,031.56 crore in fraud. Here’s how it works

The ministry also said in Parliament that India has a total of 459 dedicated cybercrime police stations, as of 2024.

The Chandigarh debate: Why proposal to replace Governor with L-G isn’t just ‘simplifying’ law-making

Bringing Chandigarh under Article 240 will simplify law-making, says MHA. It'll shift the 'centre of gravity' of governance from Parliament to the home ministry, Punjab worries.

Amit Shah’s warning to Delhi blast culprits—‘will hunt them down even from depths of hell’

Home minister made the remarks at the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council in Faridabad. Meanwhile, the toll in the blast rose to 15 on Monday.

‘Punishment,’ says Wangchuk as MHA scraps FCRA license of NGO linked to him day after Leh violence

MHA’s foreigners division said responses by SECMOL, of which Sonam Wangchuk is founding-director, to show cause notice issued on 10 September differed from details in annual reports.

Breakthrough before PM’s likely Manipur visit: MHA, Kuki-Zo groups renew arms-down pact, NH-2 to reopen

Suspension of Operation pact between Centre, Manipur & 2 umbrella organisations representing insurgents was not renewed in wake of ethnic strife.

OCI cardholders charged with offence inviting 7 yr jail term now liable to lose registration

In a gazette notification Tuesday, MHA declared that the decision was taken in exercise of powers granted to it under the Citizenship Act, 1955.

On Camera

Maa Behen and the sleeveless blouse—a lazy symbol to stage a real conflict

Suresh Triveni’s Netflix film wants viewers to believe that a sleeveless blouse attracts judgement in an urban neighbourhood today. Have we all time-travelled to the 1970s?

OMCs losing Rs 600-700 cr daily despite LPG price hike, diesel under-recovery at Rs 30 a litre

Difficult to assess any substantial impact of price hike as Saudi Contract Price benchmark for LPG continues to remain elevated due to strong demand, says a senior official.

Rajnath’s stern message to HAL—stick to your commitment, don’t overpromise

Defence minister helmed a review meeting of HAL projects which was attended by CDS Gen N S Raja Subramani, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, CMD of HAL Ravi Kota and others.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.