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Budget 2020: Govt depts to create over 260,000 jobs between 2019 and 2021

The highest 79,353 jobs are estimated to be created in policing

Despite anti CAA protests, 57% 'very much satisfied' with Shah as HM: Poll

His home state Gujarat, apart from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, remains bullish on him

No Indian will be harassed by asking to submit old documents: MHA on CAA

A well laid-out procedure in this regard will be issued by the home ministry

Muslims among 4,000 granted citizenship in last 6 years: Home Ministry

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been in public domain since 2016. It was cleared by a 30-member parliamentary committee consisting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: T V Somanathan appointed Expenditure Secy

Senior IAS officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Somanathan, a 1987-batch IAS officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Tamil Nadu. He has been appointed as the Expenditure Secretary, a Personnel Ministry order said. Former Expenditure Secretary Girish Chandra Murmu was named as the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 25. Ravi Mittal has been named Information and Broadcasting Secretary in place of Amit Khare. Mittal, a 1986-batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is at present Special Secretary, the Department of Financial Services. Khare will now serve as Secretary, the Department of Higher Education, in place of R Subrahmanyam, who has been appointed as Secretary, the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. Senior bureaucrat Sushil Kumar will be Secretary Mines. He is Additional Secretary, Departmen

Home ministry sanctions Rs 100 cr for women help desks in police stations

The ministry has sanctioned a sum Rs 100 crore from the Nirbhaya fund for setting up and strengthening of the women help desks in police stations, the statement said

The sound of silence

Rahul Bajaj said nothing new but the govt should listen all the same

Tribal Affairs, Home Affairs Ministries lead in RTI rejections: CIC report

The number of RTI applications received by Central government ministries and departments increased by 136,000, about 11 per cent higher than 2017-18

"Article 370 is temporary, not permanent", says Amit Shah in Parliament

He blamed former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Congres for the political problems and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir

Modi govt sensitive to the concern of industries, says Amit Shah

Fiscal puritanism must not be allowed to sacrifice growth, caution experts

We will not tolerate even an inch of breach of our territory: Amit Shah

'We will not tolerate even an inch of breach of our territory', said Amit Shah

Exclusion from NRC doesn't make one foreigner, people can appeal: Govt

The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and others

J&K-based terror group Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen banned: Home Ministry

The Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen came into existence in 1990 with the objective of "liberation of Kashmir" and has been actively pursuing the same by way of acts of terror, the ministry said

Rs 235.26-bn shortfall for MHA; may hamper operations, says Parl panel

The allocation under the demand for the police was 23% lower than the amount projected by the ministry

Home Ministry site not hacked: Official

The Home Ministry website remained inaccessible throughout Sunday morning

5,700 reserved posts in Home Ministry remains vacant

Out of these vacant posts, approximately 3,000 posts are to be filled up through direct recruitment and 2,500 by promotion

Home Ministry denies reports of phone tapping of judges

Earlier in the day, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there were allegations of judges' phones being tapped

Home Ministry holds high-level security review meeting

The sources said that following the meeting, NSA was likely to apprise PM Narendra Modi of the overall security scenario