Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla to get ‘Y’ category security cover: MHA
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla will get ‘Y’ category security across India by the CRPF, the Union government officials said on Wednesday. The Union government’s decision came after Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), Prakash Kumar Singh hadwritten to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on […]
MHA issues fresh COVID-19 guidelines, says need to be vigilant as new variant emerging in UK
NEW DELHI: The government of India (Centre) or on Monday said there has been a continuous decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country but there is a need to maintain surveillance, containment and caution, keeping in view the surge in the number of cases globally and the emergence of a new […]
95% police stations in India using CCTNS software
NEW DELHI: More than 95 per cent of the total 16,098 police stations across the country have been using the software facility Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), a mission mode modernisation project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Connectivity is available at 97 per cent […]
CPI-M leader moves Supreme Court challenging MHA order on land purchase
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPI-M leader Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami has approached the Supreme Court challenging an October order of the Union Home Ministry which allows people from across the country to buy land including that meant for agriculture purpose. Moving a writ petition, he sought the apex court’s intervention and a stay on the order till […]
Covid-19 pandemic: India rejects lockdown possibilities, issues 19 Standard Operating Procedure
NEW DELHI: In the wake of ongoing Covid-19 cases in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a 19-point Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) giving nod to states and UTs to impose local restrictions if necessary. The SOPs, part of a month-long guidelines issued by the MHA, will be effective from December 1 […]
Rs 58,000 crore foreign funds to NGOs in 3 years: MHA
NEW DELHI: Over Rs 58,000 crore foreign funds were received by NGOs registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act between 2016-17 and 2018-19, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said Rs 18337.66 crore foreign funds were received by NGOs across the country in 2016-17, Rs 19764.64 […]
Don’t stop inter-state movement of people, goods: Ministry of Home Affairs asks states
NEW DELHI: The government of India has asked the States that there should be no restrictions imposed on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods and services during the present prevailing Unlock-3 guidelines. In a communication to Chief Secretaries of all States today, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has stated that it […]
MHA says states can’t dilute lockdown 4.0 guidelines
NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said no state or Union Territory will dilute the guidelines issued for the nationwide lockdown that will continue till May 31. In a communication to the chief secretaries of the states and Union territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the guidelines for the fourth […]
Supreme Court stays MHA circular on full payment of wages during lockdown
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered administrations across India not to prosecute employers who were unable to pay full wages to workers during the Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown. A bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai asked the Centre and states not to prosecute private companies, factories etc. […]
India gives broad hints of extending coronavirus lockdown beyond May 3
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Wednesday gave clear indications that the ongoing nationwide lockdown will be extended beyond May 3 but with “considerable relaxations” to people and services in “many districts”. The Ministry of Home Affairs, however, said there was a need to maintain a strict lockdown till May 3 so that the […]
Over 80 per cent wheat crop harvested: MHA
NEW DELHI: Over 80 per cent of the wheat crop was harvested in the country till April 26 and a majority of “mandis” were also operational now, a senior government official said on Monday. Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), told reporters that over two crore people got […]
India issues fresh guidelines for coronavirus lockdown 2.0
NEW DELHI: Fresh guidelines were issued by the government of India on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Inter-state, inter-district movement of people, metro, bus services continue will be prohibited till […]
Ajay Bhalla appointed OSD MHA; set to become home secretary
NEW DELHI: Power Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla is all set to become the new Home Secretary with the government appointing him Officer on Special Duty in the high-profile ministry on Wednesday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared Bhalla’s appointment as OSD in the ministry with immediate effect. The […]