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TopicUnion Home Ministry

Topic: Union Home Ministry

Hizbul chief Salahuddin, Indian Mujahideen’s Bhatkal among 18 designated as terrorists

Home affairs ministry designates 18 new names as terrorists under the amended UAPA 2019. Prior to the law, only organisations could be tagged as terrorist entities.

‘Playing with fire’: Parents oppose Modi govt suggestion to reopen schools from July

An online petition on change.org, which has garnered over 2 lakh signatures, urges the government to not start school until there are ‘zero Covid cases’.

Home Ministry objects to easing of lockdown curbs by Kerala govt

The Home Ministry said Kerala's decision to allow opening of restaurants and MSME industries, and bus travel in cities amounts to dilution of its lockdown guidelines.

Health ministry asks Mamata govt to be prepared for dengue outbreak amid Covid-19 crisis

Health ministry letter says since dengue cases in Bangladesh are rising, Bengal should be prepared to manage the situation, even though it is busy dealing with coronavirus.

Modi govt reaches out to Muslim clerics to appeal for peace as India protests citizenship law

Minority commission & minority affairs ministry have asked clerics to tell the community the law is not anti-Muslim & there’s nothing to worry about.

Modi govt to slash IPS posts by 50% at Centre as ‘states refuse to spare them’

Home ministry has told states that central govt plans to to reduce Central Deputation Reserve quota of IPS officers from 1,075 posts to about 500.

Govt removes 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities from blacklist

These people, who were placed on the blacklist for anti-India propaganda, are now eligible to avail visa services to visit their families in India.

All Central Armed Police Forces personnel to retire at 60 years, orders home ministry

The order follows a Delhi High Court observation that said the previous retirement policy created two classes in the service with certain rank of officials retiring at 57 years and others at 60.

‘Modi sarkar to stalker sarkar’, oppn slams govt over its ‘snoop’ order

The opposition was reacting a home ministry order authorising 10 agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.

Lawyers welcome witness protection scheme, but rue cases it failed to help

The Supreme Court recently approved the witness protection scheme drawn by the home ministry and ordered its immediate implementation.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?