Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has upgraded the security of Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai to 'Z' category for all India level, sources said on Tuesday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday directed his ministry to seek a detailed report from Delhi Police over the Kanjhawla incident in which a woman's body was dragged for several kilometres by a car after it hit her scooter.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 56 locations in Kerala in the Popular Front of India (PFI) conspiracy case, on Thursday, sources said.
The Ministry said that the representatives of the armed group agreed to abjure violence and join the peaceful democratic process as established by law of the land.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its approval to the Uttar Pradesh government to change the name of Gorakhpur district's 'Mundera Baazar' municipal council to 'Chauri Chaura' and Deoria district's 'Telia Afghan' village to 'Telia Shukla'.
Prisoners convicted for heinous offences against women and children are not eligible to be granted special remission as part of the celebrations for 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', said Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has strengthened the 'E-prisons' portal by providing financial assistance to the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to the tune of Rs 100 crores recently, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra informed the Rajya Sabha.
Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that there are 150 vacancies in seven Central Forensic Science Laboratories under the Directorate of Forensic Science Services.
A total of 864 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are currently vacant across the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Member of Parliament Girish Chandra has asked question on the number of private security agencies in the country and whether any special privilege/immunity has been provided to private security agencies and their security guards under Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005.
Responding to his question, Minister of State in the ministry of home affairs Nityanand Rai, said that to address Left Wing Extremism (LWE) menace holistically, the Government of India (GoI) approved the 'National Policy and Action Plan to address LWE' in 2015.