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Helter-skelter shelter: Why are Rohingya refugees in the news again?

No sooner did the union minister Hardeep Puri hail giving Rohingyas a permanent shelter than the MHA denied any such order

FCRA-registered NGOs aggrieved by MHA can file review pleas online from Sep

An official notification said the revision application can be filed within a year from the date on which the order in question was communicated to the aggrieved NGO registered under the FCRA.

Independence Day: Centre issues advisory to states over Covid protocols

Ministry of Home Affairs advisory comes at a time when India is reporting over 15,000 Covid-19 cases each day

CAG flags data non-sharing between IT dept, MHA on foreign contributions

The CAG has slammed the income tax department for not formulating a data sharing mechanism with the Home Ministry to keep track of foreign contributions received and their utilisation for the declared purpose by charitable trusts and institutions. The Comptroller & Auditor General's (CAG) Performance Audit report on 'Exemptions to Charitable Trusts and Institutions' noticed 35 assessment cases where the trusts/institutions received foreign contributions without having registration under FCRA, mismatch of figures of foreign contribution shown in ITR and that disclosed with the MHA, donation of foreign contribution by recipient trust to other trusts that were not registered under the FCRA 2010 or investment in foreign contribution in speculative mode. In all the cases, the department had allowed exemption on such foreign contributions involving tax effect of Rs 182.10 crore, said the report tabled in Parliament on Monday. Non-government organisations (NGOs)/ trusts are allowed to ...

MHA gives security clearance to Air India CEO-designate Campbell Wilson

The appointment of Wilson as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India was announced by Tata Sons on May 12.

No Kashmiri Pandit working under PM's development package has resigned: MHA

MoS for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha that as per information provided by the Govt of J&K, no Kashmiri Pandit working under PM's Development Package has resigned recently in protest

SC issues notice to Centre on plea for delimitation exercise in northeast

A bench sought a response from the Central Ministries and others on the plea urging to conduct delimitation exercise in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland

Over 163,000 renounced Indian citizenship in 2021, US top choice: Govt

MoS for Home Nityanand Rai, in a written reply, said that reasons for these Indians renouncing their citizenship, which also means they have to surrender their Indian passport, was "personal to them".

Delimitation commission by MHA eyewash, tactic to delay civic polls: AAP

The party also contended that the home ministry cannot set up a delimitation commission before it determines the total number of municipal wards and termed the move "illegal".

MHA sets up panel for delimitation of municipal wards in Delhi: MCD

The exercise will pave the way for the civic polls in Delhi, which would be the first since the recent reunification of the city's three corporations.

Phone tapping of NSE employees: CBI books ex-Mumbai top cop, Ramkrishna

The agency has alleged that under the guise of this study, top NSE officials had issued a work order to iSec for intercepting the phone calls of its employees by installing machines at NSE's office

Amit Shah chairs Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting in Gujarat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the topic "Forensic Science Capabilities

10% vacancies in CAPFs, Assam Rifles to be reserved for Agniveers: MHA

The MHA also announced age relaxation for 'Agniveers' for recruitment in the CAPFs and Assam Rifles

Govt allots CRPF security to 10 Bihar BJP leaders after Agnipath violence

Those provided Y category cover include Bihar Deputy CM Renu Devi, state BJP president and Paschim Champaran MP Sanjay Jaiswal, Bisfi MLA Haribhushan Thakur, Darbhanga MLA Sanjay Saraogi, others.

Fire breaks out at MHA's telephone exchange in North Block, no casualties

A fire broke out in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the North block post-Tuesday midnight.A fire broke out in the telephone exchange room in the North Block at around 12.18 am.Around 12:18 am, the fire department received a fire call from North block (Home Ministry room number 82 A, B in telephone exchange," said an official of the fire department.Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze."The fire has been brought under control. The fire stop message was given by the fire department at 1:05 am. No causality has been reported so far," the official added.

'By transferring IAS couple over stadium misuse Centre gave strong message'

Union home minister (Amit Shah) and the department took action against them and they were transferred to give a strong message that stadiums are meant for sportspersons, Union Sports minister said.

MHA transfers IAS officer to Ladakh over alleged misuse of Delhi stadium

Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga have been transferred to Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh from Delhi respectively, states MHA order

Former Tripura CM Biplab Deb's security cover downscaled, says police

Deb, who had stepped down as chief minister on May 14, however, is still being provided Z'-category security by the Ministry of Home Affairs

Home ministry officials among 14 arrested as CBI probes FCRA bribe case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested 14 persons, including six officials of the MHA in connection with Tuesday's raid at 40 places which led to the recovery of Rs 3.21 cr cash

FCRA violations: MHA officials, NGOs under lens as CBI conducts searches

CBI carrying out major countrywide operation at 40 locations against MHA officials, NGOs for facilitating alleged FCRA violations