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News The latest intelligence estimates on infiltration bids on the LoC suggest that in the first quarter of this year, only one attempt was made by militant groups to breach the border. In contrast, troops along the disputed border had their hands full last year when militants attempted to infiltrate ...

News Utilising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet scheme, the Jan Dhan Yojna, the home ministry has asked all states to transfer the relief meant for distraught farmers to bank accounts opened under the scheme. A top home ministry official said direct disbursement of the compensation into the farmers’ bank accounts ...

News The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have in a joint operation, intercepted a “suspicious” boat off the coast of Porbandar in Gujarat on Monday and seized a large quantity of narcotics, suspected to be heroin worth Rs. 600 crores, and satellite phones from it. The ministry said eight ...

News The coastal security mechanism for the Sunderbans delta stands to receive a big boost as a proposal has been floated for a radar surveillance system for this area in West Bengal which shares a maritime boundary with Bangladesh. According to a senior state home department official, a team of ...

News The Centre is planning to create a second rung of defence along 202-kilometres long International Border (IB) in the region as many terrorists have managed to successfully infiltrate through Samba and create havoc in neighbouring areas. A high-level team of Home Ministry and state officials toured the entire IB, ...

News Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday night spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on the issue of anti-India rally held at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. He has asked the CM to take tough and immediate action against the separatists. Singh told Sayeed that “any ...

News I-T Dept publishes list of 31 big tax defaulters. This is the second such list released by the department within one month. The earlier list had names of 18 entities who owe over Rs 500 crore in tax to the exchequer. The initiative, according to a senior tax official ...

News In view of serious concerns about women security, the Centre said it was trying to ensure deployment of police women in all police stations across the country rather than having all-women police stations. He stressed the need for Central government taking the lead in collaborating with all concerned stakeholders ...

News India is working with North African country of Morocco and even contemplating a Joint Working Group on terrorism and Extradition Treaty to fight the menace amid the growth of Islamic State (IS) and various offshoots of Al Qaeda in the region spanning from Africa to the Gulf. “The setting ...

News Government is all set to set up a national body to combat human trafficking that will be controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The government realized the need for this as  there is little effort by the cops to nab members of gangs active on the borders with ...