Home Ministry approves renaming of Manduadih railway station in Uttar Pradesh as BanarasA 'no objection certificate' has been issued for changing the name of the Manduadih railway station to 'Banaras', a Home Ministry official ...
17 Aug, 2020, 09.33 PM IST
40 websites of banned group Sikhs For Justice blocked by government"Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an unlawful organisation under the UAPA,1967, launched a campaign for registering supporters for its cause. On re...
05 Jul, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
ED charge sheets 13 entities in Manesar land scandalED had initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of FIR registered by Manesar, Gurgaon police station and thereafter investigat...
07 Jun, 2020, 02.54 PM IST
MHA lists its achievements in Modi Govt 2.0: Proactive action against COVID, repeal of Article 370Empowerment of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with extra territorial jurisdiction and declaration of Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz M...
30 May, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Census data confidential; guaranteed under laws: RGI"While confidentiality about your data is guaranteed by Census Act, 1948; the same law specifies penalty for BOTH public AND census officia...
21 Jan, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
No question of extending Article 371 to J&K: Jitendra SinghArticle 371, which has special provisions and is applicable in some states especially in the Northeast, safeguards the rights of native peo...
15 Dec, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
Government continues British-era exemption given to Kodavas of Coorg for arms licenceThe Kodavas are the only community in the country who are exempted from obtaining arm licenses. The exemption has been given for a tenure o...
30 Oct, 2019, 08.14 PM IST
Several hundred prisoners to be released on Gandhi JayantiThe third phase of release is due on October 2 and the action is underway by states and UTs, the official said.
29 Sep, 2019, 01.02 PM IST
Centre sends advisory to West Bengal govt, expresses deep concern over continuing violenceIn an advisory to the West Bengal govt, the Ministry of Home Affairs also asked it to maintain law and order, peace and public tranquility.
09 Jun, 2019, 05.56 PM IST
Centre sanctions Rs 4,000 cr for women safety projects under Nirbhaya FundA total of Rs 200 crore has been released for the Central Victim Compensation Fund.
26 Apr, 2019, 03.57 PM IST
Government warns Twitter of strict action if it fails to check hate messagesUnion Home Secretary directed Twitter's legal, policy and trust and safety lead, to ensure a round-the-clock mechanism for prompt disposal ...
13 Nov, 2018, 08.07 AM IST
Government asks Google, Twitter, WhatsApp to check rumours, messages inciting unrestThe govt has asked social media firms to monitor rumours that could be detrimental to the national security.
25 Oct, 2018, 11.51 PM IST
Inform people mob violence to invite serious consequences, Centre to statesTo check incidents of lynching, the Centre on Wednesday asked all states to make the general public aware that mob violence of any kind wil...
26 Sep, 2018, 05.06 PM IST
No prisoner convicted for rape, murder, corruption to be released under government amnesty schemeThe central government has already conveyed to all states the guidelines on who all eligible for amnesty and asked them to prepare a list b...
13 Aug, 2018, 05.55 PM IST
President gives assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) ActThe amendment replaces the criminal law amendment ordinance promulgated on April 21 after the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua and...
12 Aug, 2018, 02.37 PM IST
Centre asks states to appoint nodal officer, task force to check lynchingThe advisory has been sent to the states and Union territories following a Supreme Court directive issued in this regard on July 17.
24 Jul, 2018, 09.29 PM IST
1,662 defamatory websites, contents blocked by social media platforms: GovtFacebook has blocked 956 URLs against requests for 1,076 URLs, Twitter 409 URLs against 728 requests and YouTube 152 URLs against 182 reque...
24 Jul, 2018, 08.58 PM IST