Centre to withdraw troops from Darjeeling

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked states not to treat paramilitary forces as "substitute" to the state police. The ministry directive comes in the wake of the West Bengal governments objection to the withdrawal of central forces from Darjeeling, ...

In its bid to speed-up project implementation, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has now given powers to Joint Secretaries to spend up to Rs 50 crore for executing works and purchasing land. These officers also can make procurement through open or limited ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed all NGOs receiving foreign funds to register with the NITI Aayog. The ministry said existing NGOs registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and those which are seeking registration or prior ...

A group "concerned citizens", including former Home Minister P Chidambaram and ex-Home Secretary G K Pillai, on Monday urged the government not to deport Rohingya Muslims from India, saying it will be against its own humanitarian principles and traditions. In ...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday took on critics of governments policy on Rohingyas, saying why they have an objection to the deportation of "illegal immigrants" when Myanmar is willing to take them. His comments came at the National Seminar on ...

The Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the first National Conference on “Uniformed Women in Prison Administration” here today. The two-day Conference for women officers in the ranks of Jailors to Dy. Superintendent of Prisons ...

Union Minister of state for Home affairs Kiren Rijiju today reviewed security situation in the Valley.Rijiju, accompanied by Special DG CRPF, S N Srivastava, and IG operations Kashmir Zulfiquar Hasan and local police officers,visited the headquarters of 116 ...

BADARPUR, Oct 13 - Maintaining complete secrecy, the Border Management Committee of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) suddenly inspected the international Karimganj border river areas on Wednesday. The members of the committee reached here Wednesday ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has expressed solidarity with Bangladesh over the Rohingya crisis and said India is putting pressure on Myanmar to take back refugees who have fled the Buddhist-majority nation, a top aide of Bangladesh prime minister has said. More than 3,00,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25, adding to around 300,000 refugees already living in Bangladesh, close to the border with Myanmar.   "She (Swaraj) ...