Deported Nepali national Neetu Singh, who was packed off to her country by police in Pune last month, will soon return to complete her interrupted studies at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), officials said.
Neetu Singh, a final year editing student at the film institute, was ordered by the state government to [...]
Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday lashed out at the union home ministry, saying it lacked seriousness in tackling the Maoist menace in West Bengal. She also accused the central government of giving ‘oxygen’ to the state’s ruling communists by deploying joint security forces in Lalgarh.
A day after the Maoists shot dead [...]
The Mizoram government will begin a fresh initiative to take back the 35,000 Reang tribal refugees from Tripura, refugee leaders said Friday after meeting the Mizoram chief minister in Tripura.
Reang tribal refugees have been sheltered in six north Tripura camps since 1997 after they fled Mizoram following ethnic clashes with the majority Mizos.
‘Mizoram Chief Minister [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The union home ministry Monday decided to strip former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, of the police medal he was given for meritorious service in 1985.
The award committee, headed by Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, took the decision to withdraw [...]
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The union home ministry Sunday asked Delhi Police to explain how three Pakistani terrorists awaiting deportation escaped from a city hospital even as police claimed they were not at fault as they were not informed about the visit.
While Delhi Police announced a reward of Rs.50,000 on clues leading to the [...]
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Miffed with the Delhi Police over the escape of three Pakistani terrorists, the union home ministry Sunday asked it to explain how the three men awaiting deportation gave police the slip while being taken to a city hospital.
According to official sources, the home ministry has sought a report as soon [...]
Raipur, Jan 2 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police has said that it has devised a new strategy to combat Maoists by packing a small area with adequate security personnel to force the Maoists to flee and develop it later.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police [...]
New Delhi / Raipur, Jan 2 (ANI): The anti -Maoist offensive has gathered momentum with the Union Home Ministry clearing the induction of more Central paramilitary forces into the operation.
According to sources, the Central police personnel who were deputed for [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday appealed to the central and Haryana governments to slap serious charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. It also assured that civil damages will be filed after legal consultation.
‘We have asked the union home ministry [...]
Chandigarh/Panchkula/New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As support built up for Ruchika Girhotra’s case on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday and appeals grew for convicted former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore to be slapped with more serious charges, the government said the molestation and suicide of the teenager would be reinvestigated.
Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas Tuesday appealed to the central and Haryana governments to slap serious charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
‘We have asked the union home ministry and the Haryana government to slap serious charges – abetment [...]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has decided to issue direction to all states asking them to ensure that all complaints received by police stations should be treated as FIRs, after repeated complaints from people over non-registration of cases by the police.
The [...]
New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today accepted the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari.
Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Governor Narasimhan has been given the additional charge of Andhra Pradesh.
On Friday, Tiwari became the centre of controversy after a regional channel broadcast some footage allegedly showing him in compromising positions with women.
The major [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari is reported to have resigned from his post on Saturday owing to health reasons.
Tiwari is reported to have sent his resignation letter to President Pratinbha Patil.
On Friday, Tiwari became [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari resigned Saturday citing ‘health grounds’ after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.
The 86-year-old Tiwari submitted his resignation to the president, official sources said.
The state government had also sent a report on the alleged scandal to the union home ministry.
ABN channel owned by [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari may resign later in the day over allegations of his involvement in a ’sex scandal’.
A day after the Telugu television channel ABN showed pictures of an elderly man purported to be Tiwari with three young women in bed, pressure is mounting on the octogenarian leader to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued a show cause notice to former Haryana Director General of Police S.P.S Rathore asking him to provide reasons why his police medals should not be withdrawn and his post-retirement pension be reduced in connection with [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Thursday expressed its satisfaction on the overall internal security situation in the country but expressed concern over the increasing Naxal menace in some states.
In its [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Union Home ministry has given a go ahead for creation of 38 new battalions including two women battalions in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
In its year end review report, the MHA has said that out of 38 battalions [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Government has revealed that in 2009 the Naxal menace remained a major concern and it is serious concern over the growing naxal menace in some parts of the country.
Ministry of Home Affairs in the year-end review report [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the improving internal security situation in the Jammu and Kashmir and in the northeastern States.
Ministry of Home Affairs in its year end [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has assured the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the state of all government assistance, as also allotment of vending booths and low income group (LIG) and medium income group (MIG) dwellings to the eligible beneficiaries, an official said Thursday.
‘Booths, as well as LIG [...]
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) For the first time, Indian and Sri Lankan players would be driven straight to the Eden Gardens dressing room during practice and Thursday’s One-day International match as part of heightened security following reports of Taliban-trained terrorists sneaking into the city.
A senior city police officer said that in a departure from the [...]
New Delhi, Dec.16 (ANI): Indian Army Chief Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday (December 16) confirmed the construction of fortifications by Pakistan along the northwestern borders and also in other places, but said it could be [...]
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 16 (IANS) The much-awaited process of repatriation of 35,000 Reang tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram hangs in the balance despite pressure from the Centre, the Tripura government and rights bodies on the Mizoram government to resolve the 12-year-old ethnic crisis.
A fact finding team (FFT) from the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) [...]
Agartala, Dec 14 (IANS) The central government may amend the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, to set up a separate high court in Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday.
All the seven northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Guwahati High Court. Sikkim has a separate high court.
All parties in Tripura [...]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (ANI): Union Government on Friday urged the Jharkhand voters to come out in large numbers and vote for the candidate of their choice.
In a statement Union Home Minster Chidambaram said: “I would urge the voters in these constituencies to turn out in large [...]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) India’s premier defence research organisaton has indigenously developed technology and equipment for use in low-intensity insurgency and warfare.
The equipment was showcased by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at an exhibition Thursday.
The two-day exhibition is being held at the New Delhi headquarters of India’s premier defence [...]
Ayodhya, Dec 6 (ANI): Security was beefed up at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on the Babri demolition anniversary on Sunday.
In 1992, on the same day, the disputed mosque was brought down by Hindu fanatics, as they believed it to be the birth place of Lord Rama.
The event ending [...]
Ayodhya, Dec 5 (ANI): On the eve of the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, some Muslims organizations here recalled the event that resulted in horror in various parts of the country.
Recalling, Azmad Ullah, a local, whose brother and nephew were killed in riots following the event demanded that mosque [...]
