Congress’ Karnataka in-charge KC Venugopal has released an official list of Ministers with their suggested portfolios and submitted it to the chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. Writing a letter to the Chief Minister, General Secretary Venugopal said that “the following ministers should be assigned portfolios as suggested.” As per the notice,[Read More…]
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Secretaries’ panel submits report on separate law for lynchings
A committee of secretaries, formed to deliberate and make recommendations for a separate law to deal with the incidents of lynching, has submitted its report to Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, officials said on Wednesday. The panel headed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba[Read More…]
Delhi gets free Wi-Fi, fast broadband under ‘smart city’ project
Parts of the national capital will now enjoy free Wi-Fi and high-speed broadband as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a slew of “smart city” projects on Monday. During the inauguration at the Charkha Park in Connaught Place, Singh said that the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), by successfully launching[Read More…]
Mob Lynching: Rajnath for social media checks, opposition walks out
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time admitted in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that fake news on social media has resulted in many mob lynching incidents in the country, saying the government has asked service providers to put a check on rumour mongering on social[Read More…]
Amarnath yatra attack: All Kashmiris are not terrorists, says Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has come under fire on Twitter after he saluted the people of Jammu and Kashmir who had condemned the attack on pilgrims and kept the spirit of Kashmiriyat alive. A twitter user lashed out at Singh, saying it was not the Home Minister job to[Read More…]
Probe confirms five died of police firing in Mandsaur, Congress slams the Centre
Amidst the ongoing tension in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday confirmed that five farmers have died in the region because of police firing. The confirmation of this news comes after the probe and the government suspended two top district officials. Manoj Kumar Singh, SP Neemuch, said[Read More…]
North-East to soon produce bio-fuel from bamboo
In Assam, a biofuel refinery, set up at the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) is soon to produce biofuel from bamboo. Significantly, bamboo is abundantly found in the north-east. The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NRL for funding three lakh tonnes of bamboo per year from[Read More…]
ISIS has not been able to establish itself in India, says Rajnath Singh
On Saturday, Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, said that the NDA government has successfully completed three years in power under the strong and decisive leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking about defence and security in the country, Singh said that security condition in India has improved, as the Centre has[Read More…]
Similarities exist between Infosys and Al-Qaeda, says Rajnath Singh
While addressing the gathering at the 30th convocation ceremony of Kurukshetra University, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that there are a number of similarities, and certain differences between Indian MNC, Infosys and the militant Islamist group, Al-Qaeda. He said that people of both the organisations function for the society, but[Read More…]
We should be more proactive: Rajnath Singh after Sukma attack
In order to discuss ways to deal with the Naxal violence, Home minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday, hosted a meeting with the Chief Ministers and representative of 10 Maoist-affected states namely– Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. The meeting comes soon[Read More…]
Sukma Maoist attack: CRPF man slams Rajnath Singh, PM Modi for bad governance
A video of a CRPF man, who can be seen venting his anger and expressing anguish against the home minister Rajnath Singh, after losing kin in Monday’s Sukma Maoist attack, has gone viral now. Posted by Pankaj Mishra of paramilitary force’s 221 battalions at Durgapur in West Bengal, this video[Read More…]
Home minister Rajnath Singh to inaugurate two-day ‘Civil Services Day’ today
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a two-day Civil Services Day event in New Delhi on Thursday. The opening session will be followed by a plenary session. Chaired by Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel Jitendra Singh, the plenary session will be on creating value through human capital management[Read More…]
Minister justifies Muslim man’s murder in Alwar
‘344 soldiers committed suicide in three years’
‘Nineteen cases related to ISIS registered by NIA’
PM Modi is our icon, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking in the Lok Sabha. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as an icon and set an example in the world,” Adityanath said in his speech before submitting his resignation from the lower House of Parliament.[Read More…]
Bangladesh: Suicide bomber targets security forces camp, 2 injured
A day after a series of raids on alleged militant hideouts in the nation, a man blew himself up at a camp for Bangladesh’s elite security forces, wounding two others on Friday, in an apparent botched suicide attack. A man carrying explosives entered the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) camp near[Read More…]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh not to play Holi
Saddened by the killing of 12 CRPF personnel in a Maoist encounter at Sukma, Chattisgarh, Rajnath Singh has declared that he will not play Holi on Monday, a Home Ministry spokesperson said. The attack on the security forces killed 12 CRPF personnel and their arms were looted. Home Minister had visited[Read More…]
Bengaluru women molestation case: Home Minister says ‘it happens’
After a large number of women were allegedly molested on MG Road and Brigade Road in the heart of Bengaluru by a mob during New Year, Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara reacted on it by saying “these kinds of things do happen”. “In events like New Year or Christmas Day,[Read More…]
Rajnath Singh points to cyber terrorism as the biggest threat to society
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday, said that cyber terrorism was one of the biggest threats to the society. Singh was addressing the Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer Trainees of 2015 batch, who came to meet him. “There is a steep rise in the cyber-crime these days. Cyber terrorism is[Read More…]
Two-point breach helped terrorists carry out Uri attack
Two successful breaches one at the Line of Control (LoC) at Uri and second the perimeter of the Army base that saw the fencing wire being cut, resulted in the Uri attack. Agencies are probing the two-point breach that helped suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad fidayeen access heavily-guarded camp and execute one of the deadliest[Read More…]
No more pellet-scarred lives in Kashmir
In an update to Kashmir unrest, central government has decided to review the usage of pellet guns in Kashmir. Addressing the Lok Sabha on Thursday, home minister Rajnath Singh said that an expert committee will be constituted which will recommend alternatives to pellet guns in Kashmir. The much criticised weapon,[Read More…]