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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicMinistry of Home Affairs

Topic: Ministry of Home Affairs

39% drop in Left wing extremism violence, Maoists ousted from ‘strongholds’, says MHA report

The MHA statement also said there was a 26% reduction in deaths of security personnel and 44% drop in civilian casualties due to Naxal violence between 2018 and 2020.

Rakesh Asthana was made police chief due to Delhi’s ‘challenging situations’, Centre tells SC

The home ministry informed the apex court that there was a 'compelling need' to appoint Asthana as Delhi Police chief and was appointed as a 'special case of public interest'.

PM cuts short Punjab visit after ‘major security breach’ on road, MHA wants answers from state

PM Modi was stuck on flyover 'for 15-20 mins' as protesters blocked Bathinda-Ferozepur road, after change of plans due to weather. But Punjab CM Channi says 'no security breach'.

Oxfam among 6,000 organisations to lose FCRA licence, MHA says 5,789 didn’t apply for renewal

The organisations are among a cumulative 12,580 whose FCRA licence — which allows them to get foreign funding — has ceased to exist over the past few years.

No rape, death, mosque vandalisation in Tripura, fake news circulating on social media: MHA

The home ministry said Saturday that the mosque in the Dargabazar area of Kakraban has not been damaged and the Tripura Police is working to maintain peace and tranquillity.

Nangal, Mayur Vihar rape cases of minor girls to be heard in fast track courts, MHA informs

The Home Ministry also noted that Delhi Police will file the chargesheet in the court within 30 days of the registration of the case, in order for the trial to start at the earliest.

Centre tells states, UTs not to register cases under scrapped Section 66A of IT Act

The SC had recently expressed shock that its 2015 judgement striking down the act that made posting 'offensive' comments online a crime punishable by jail has not yet been implemented.

MHA extends deadline for NGOs to open FCRA accounts to get foreign funds

The Centre, citing the pandemic, has given a four-month extension to those whose FCRA registration has already expired or will expire between 29 September 2020 and 30 September 2021.

MHA directs states to ensure local containment measures in districts with high Covid caseload

The Ministry of Home Affairs however did not mention anything about the imposition of a lockdown anywhere in the country in the fresh guidelines issued in view of Covid for May.

Media reports linking letter to Punjab govt on bonded labourers ‘misleading’, says MHA

In a letter to Punjab govt, the home ministry said BSF had found that 58 people, who were brought to Punjab with the promise of good salary, were forced to work in inhuman conditions.

On Camera

Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.