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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicUnion Home Ministry

Topic: Union Home Ministry

‘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.

Tighter security for PM Modi, MHA says ‘threats to life at an all-time high’

Not even ministers and officers will be allowed to come too close to the prime minister unless cleared by his special security.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.