The court was hearing a petition by three people claiming to be Bangladeshi nationals who seek to be repatriated to their country.

Officials said additional companies of Assam Rifles have been deployed along the Mizoram-Myanmar border to ensure that there is no illegal ...

A review of availability of essential medicines, needed in the wake of floods or heavy rain, for likely waterborne diseases like diarrhoea,...

In a communication to the state governments and Union Territory (UT) administrations, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) highlighted the Su...

The government on September 8, 2015, changed passport and foreigners acts to allow non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh and Pakistan to stay...

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar felt that a "holistic" and "realistic" view needed to be taken by th...

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Railways to strictly impose fine of Rs 5,000 on those throwing waste on rail tracks and act ag...

Report tabled in Parliament said in 7 states, 33,536 beneficiaries were selected from outside permanent IAY wait-lists & paid assistance of...

Assam Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla and his Nagaland counterpart Toshi Aier held a meeting here and discussed prevailing law and order situ...

A new brigade of voters is gearing up for the upcoming LS elections as more than 8,000 homeless people, have been issued voter IDs by the D...

Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan are now part of the National Capital Region (NCR).

In a relief to slum dwellers, the Delhi government today decided to give ownership rights of flats given to them through a central city mod...

Delhi govt will start allotment of low-cost flats to slum dwellers in the city from next month and in the first phase 1,400 dwelling units ...

The provisional ID and the subsequent issuance of UID by the Union government will allow the homeless to seek old age pensions and other be...

After facing allegations of rounding up beggars during the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi government is now drafting a new legislation to fa...

The Unique Identification Number will bring in mobility, transparency and accountability at doorsteps, Nandan Nilekani said.

Landless households below the poverty line (BPL) will be allotted land on priority for housing by the government. This is planned as part o...