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New Aadhaar card rules 2026: UIDAI expands document list for enrolment; simplifies rules for children; sets Aadhaar validity period for OCI, LTV, foreigners- Kuwait revises citizenship law, introduces stricter eligibility and revocation norms
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- MHA flags rising radicalisation in prisons as urgent internal security threatThe Ministry of Home Affairs has alerted states and Union Territories about the increasing threat of radicalization within prisons, emphasi...13 Jul, 2025, 11.20 AM IST
- Over 9,600 children jailed in adult prisons between January 2016 and December 2021: StudyA study by legal rights body iProbono reveals that over 9,600 children were wrongly held in adult prisons in India from 2016 to 2021. The s...13 May, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
- Transgender prisoners must be treated at par with other inmates: says SC panel on prison reformsThe Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and given the same right...31 Aug, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
- Centre notifies Identification Act, poised to give cops access to biometric dataThe rules have made it mandatory for the National Crime Records Bureau to draw up a standard operating procedure to specify equipment and d...20 Sep, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
- All about Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act and why it is causing concernsThe new law, which replaces a similar colonial era law, authorises police officers to take measurements of people convicted, arrested or fa...04 Aug, 2022, 09.16 PM IST
- Thumbing through the history of handprintsThe debate over giving fingerprints invading one’s privacy is on. But with fingerprint identification for devices on the rise, we may now b...16 Apr, 2022, 12.30 AM IST
- Home Ministry asks states to step up security measures in prisons"Prisons are an important and integral part of the criminal justice system as they not only play a critical role in keeping the offenders i...11 Apr, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
- Parliament passes Criminal Procedure Identification BillThe Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.07 Apr, 2022, 02.52 PM IST
- Lok Sabha passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) BillHome Minister Amit Shah said the bill has been brought in to ensure that police and investigators remain two steps ahead of criminals.04 Apr, 2022, 09.11 PM IST
- New Bill to collect prisoners' physical, biological samplesThe opposition questioned the legislative competence of the House to decide on the matter and called the proposed provisions draconian and ...29 Mar, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
- Home Ministry examines amendments to Identification of Prisoners ActOfficials familiar with the details of the proposal said state governments have suggested the removal of the mandatory one-year rigorous im...13 Sep, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
- Home Ministry asks states to take precautions against COVID-19 in jails, other detention facilitiesThe virus which causes the disease is highly infectious and even pre-symptomatic people can infect others, and any person who is in close c...03 May, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
- Centre will discuss about sharing Aadhaar data with police for crime detection: MoS Hansraj AhirThe Minister was responding to a specific suggestion made by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Director Ish Kumar at the event that limi...21 Jun, 2018, 09.03 PM IST
- NCRB chief in favour of giving police limited access to Aadhaar dataThe move can be instrumental in providing assistance to the police in its efforts to nab first time offenders and identification of bodies.21 Jun, 2018, 06.13 PM IST
- Home Ministry praises the Aadhaar projectIt added that as more and more government services are going to be linked to Aadhaar, it would be of utility to have an Aadhaar card.22 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Release all undertrials who have completed half their term: Supreme CourtTwo months' drive, starting from Oct 1, will see a sessions judge visiting the jails under their jurisdiction to examine such cases.06 Sep, 2014, 12.59 AM IST
- Suspected Babbar Khalsa member arrested in USAn Indian-American man has been arrested by the FBI on charges of providing material support to Sikh separatist groups in India.19 Dec, 2013, 04.30 PM IST
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