Page 112 - Amit Shah

Hindi isn't our national language, will never let it happen: Siddaramaiah

Asserting that Hindi is not India's national language, former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the ruling BJP of trying to unleash its agenda of "cultural terrorism" against non-Hindi speaking states. Taking offence to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment regarding the official language, the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly accused him of betraying the former's home state Gujarat and mother-tongue Gujarati for Hindi, for his political agenda. Shah on Thursday said Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. Presiding over the 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, Shah had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that the medium of running the government is the official language and this will definitely increase the importance of Hindi. "As a Kannadiga, I take strong offence to @HMOIndia @AmitShah's comment on Official language & medium of ...

Ensure disaster alerts reach remote areas timely; engage all agencies: Shah

The minister said special focus should be given to cases of lightning strikes where time is less and it should be ensured that accurate alert reaches the intended village and its inhabitants.

Parliament passes criminal procedure (identification) bill

The Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks to make the investigation of crime more expeditious and increase the conviction rate

Home Minister Amit Shah to be in West Bengal from April 16 to 17

This will be Shah's first-ever visit to the state since the disappointing performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last year's West Bengal Assembly polls

BJP fulfilling aspirations of poor, says Amit Shah on BJP's foundation day

Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the journey of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been about national service while the party has worked for the fulfilment of the aspirations of the poor

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai likely to meet Amit Shah, JP Nadda in Delhi

Elevating the probability of discussing cabinet expansion of his eight-month-old government, Karnataka chief minister Bommai on Tuesday said that he is likely to meet BJP top brass

Parliament nod to bill for unification of 3 Delhi municipal corporations

Replying to the discussion on the bill, Home Minister Shah said it was a mistake by the previous Congress regime to trifurcate the Municipal Corporation of Delhi

HM Amit Shah elaborates on the objectives of Criminal Procedure Bill

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill has been brought with the sole objective to improve the conviction rate in the country

I don't scold anyone, have a high-pitched voice: Amit Shah in LS

The Home Minister's remarks came after an Opposition member quipped that he responds sometimes in an angry manner.

Amit Shah sets 150-seat target for Karnataka BJP in 2023 assembly polls

Shah attended the state BJP core committee meeting which discussed induction of leaders from other political parties ahead of elections, and strengthening the organisation

PM Modi 'robbing' Punjab of its rights, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Bhagwant Mann on Friday accused PM Modi of "robbing" the state of its rights amid a political row over Amit Shah's recent announcement that central service rules will apply to employees of Chandigarh

Amit Shah in Karnataka, set to hold BJP core committee meeting

Shah arrived here on Thursday.

PM Narendra Modi assured action on TN's demands: CM Stalin

He said he would meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday

Shah announces reduction of areas under AFSPA in Nagaland, Assam, Manipur

The AFSPA has been in force for decades in the three Northeastern states to assist the armed forces operating there to tackle insurgency

Lok Sabha nod to bill to merge three municipal corporations of Delhi

Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to merge three municipal corporations of Delhi into a single entity

BJP wants to win polls on basis of ideology, not by violence: Shah in LS

The BJP wants to fight and win polls everywhere on basis of its ideology, programmes, leadership's popularity and performance of the government, and not by unleashing violence against rivals

Polls in Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation exercise: Amit Shah

The Modi government had bifurcated the state into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in August 2019

Shah led high-level committee approves Rs 1,887 cr to 5 calamity-hit states

The high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Union Home minister has approved the additional central assistance under the NDRF to five states

Centre tables Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill in Lok Sabha

Opposition members Manish Tewari, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Saugata Roy and N K Premachandran forced a vote on the introduction of the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill

Mann slams Shah over central service rules to Chandigarh UT employees

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Punjab said that the party will oppose the Centre's decision and fight the issue from 'streets to Parliament'