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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicMinistry of Home Affairs

Topic: Ministry of Home Affairs

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.

Qatar court orders review of Mumbai couple’s conviction for drug trafficking, family sees hope

Mohammad Shareeq and Oniba Qureshi have been in jail since 2019 for trafficking 4.1 kg of hashish. Qatar’s highest court has now ordered the appeal court to review its verdict.

Home ministry has time till July 2021 to frame and notify rules for CAA implementation

Extension has been given by a parliamentary committee. BJP is in a bind because Bengal & Assam are going to polls, and their voters hold opposing views on CAA.

Bengal Governor Dhankhar to meet Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi Saturday

The meeting between Shah & Dhankhar comes two days after CM Mamata Banerjee made an 'unscheduled' appearance at Raj Bhavan and held a meeting with the governor.

Possible that cops picked up 36 Tablighi foreigners to ‘maliciously prosecute’ them — court

Tablighi Jamaat was at the centre of a row in March, with authorities alleging that the participants had defied prohibitory orders and had become human carriers of Covid.

Professor leading home ministry’s ‘radicalisation’ study insists it’ll be faith-neutral

National Law University Delhi’s G.S. Bajpai says the year-long study aims to provide a legal definition for ‘radicalisation’, and suggest amendments to UAPA.

Railways to provide coaches with 800 beds for Covid facilities in Delhi, says MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs also said that the DRDO is going to add 250 additional ICU beds to the existing 250 ICU beds in the next 3 to 4 days at its Covid hospital in Delhi.

As online classes drag on, fatigued students ‘losing interest, becoming asocial’, say parents

While some states have reopened schools, others are reluctant as Covid pandemic is yet to recede. Even where schools have reopened, many parents don’t want children to go out just yet.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.