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March 13, 2026 5:00 PM

Home Secretary Govind Mohan inaugurates national dialogue on online crimes against women and children

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Friday inaugurated the National Dialogue on Online Crimes Against Women and Children (OCWC) in New Delhi, stressing the need for stronger coordination and institutional capacity to tackle cyber offences targeting vulnerable groups. The event was organised by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs and brought together stakeholders from government, law enforcement agencies, digital platforms, academia and civil soci...

March 5, 2026 2:15 PM

Home Minister Amit Shah soft-launches digital tools for Census 2027

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday soft-launched a set of digital tools and unveiled two mascots - “Pragati” and “Vikas” - for the upcoming Census 2027 in New Delhi, marking a major step towards conducting the country’s first fully digital census. The census, which will be conducted in two phases, is expected to be the world’s largest enumeration exercise and will involve more than three million enumerators, supervisors and officials across India. During the event, HM Shah i...

January 4, 2026 10:09 AM

New criminal laws to ensure time-bound Justice by 2029: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs at Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, underscoring the Centre’s push to strengthen forensic capabilities and deliver time-bound justice under the new criminal laws. The meeting focused on the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) and was attended by Union Ministers of State for Home A...

May 9, 2025 5:22 PM

MHA urges states, UTs to strengthen civil defence amid rising hostile threats

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday urged all States and Union Territories (UTs) to strengthen civil defence measures under the Civil Defence Act and Rules of 1968. The call for enhanced civil defence readiness follows the coordinated drone and missile strikes launched by Pakistan on Thursday night along the India-Pakistan border In a letter titled "Augmentation of Civil Defence Measures in the States/UTs," the MHA highlighted Section 11 of the Civil Defence Rules, 196...

May 6, 2025 3:36 PM

Union Home Secretary reviews readiness ahead of tomorrow’s nationwide mock drill

Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to finalise preparations for a nationwide mock drill scheduled for Wednesday (May 7). The exercise—prompted by heightened tensions with Pakistan following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam—will be conducted across 244 designated civil defence districts, extending down to the village level. Top officials from the Civil Defence and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) attended the meeting at the Ministry of Ho...