Killing of Panchs in J&K being probed: MHA

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 16:31

J&K govt is probing whether the recent killings of panchayat members were carried out by militants or resulted from personal enmity and criminal nexus.

States must be careful in sending cops to other states: MHA

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 19:24

Home Ministry is likely to ask all states to verify the antecedents of such persons before providing security cover and coordinate with local police.

Mahatma Gandhi`s `Father of the Nation` title unconstitutional: MHA

Last Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 14:56

Mahatma Gandhi cannot be accorded the `Father of the Nation` title by government as the Constitution does not permit any titles except educational and military ones, the Home Ministry has said.

MHA writes to MEA about NIA team`s visit to Pak

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 21:10

The Home Ministry on Wednesday asked the Ministry of External Affairs to convey to Pakistan its desire to send a team of NIA to examine the evidence.

MHA declines permission to IPRS to receive foreign aid

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 15:52

Besides this, the government has frozen accounts of 32 NGOs and banned 72 other voluntary organisations from receiving foreign contributions for alleged irregularities.

Start bar coding of detonators: MHA tells DIPP

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 20:39

The Home Ministry has asked the DIPP to initiate bar coding of detonators to check their rampant use in triggering terror strikes.

MHA med wing: HIV/AIDS funds used to procure ACs, LCD devices

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 13:31

Air conditioners, LCD monitors and furniture were found to have been purchased from welfare funds meant for procuring HIV/AIDS.

Bijapur Naxal encounter: MHA calls meet on July 13

Last Updated: Thursday, July 5, 2012, 16:20

The Home Ministry on Thursday called for a high-level meeting of nine-Naxal affected states on July 13 to deal with the issue.

MHA transfers 5 IAS officers from Delhi

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 00:04

Union Home Ministry ordered transfer of five senior IAS officers attached with the city administration.

Odisha rejects MHA remark on Naxal violence

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 14:02

Odisha Director General of Police on Tuesday claimed that Naxal violence had declined in 2011 compared to the year before.

MHA mulling amendments to IPC provisions on rape

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 17:36

Government Friday said that amendments to certain provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to rape were being considered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.