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April 17, 2026 10:29 PM

Amit Shah targets opposition over Delimitation, Women’s Reservation Bills in Lok Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday mounted a strong defence of the Delimitation Bill, 2026, the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, while sharply criticising the opposition over its stance on women’s reservation and delimitation. Replying to an extensive debate in which 130 members, including 56 women MPs, participated, HM Shah alleged that the opposition’s resistance was not about implementation but about...

April 1, 2026 2:42 PM

Census 2027 begins today; India’s largest enumeration exercise goes digital

India’s 16th Census exercise, and the eighth since Independence, began on Wednesday with the launch of the first phase of Census 2027, marking a historic shift as the survey will be conducted digitally for the first time. The massive nationwide exercise will be carried out in two phases, with the initial phase - House Listing and Housing Census (HLO) - starting today across select states and Union Territories. For the first time, citizens will also have the option of self-enumeration through ...

March 16, 2026 12:18 PM

Nominations for Padma Awards 2027 open; submissions to close on July 31

The Centre has opened nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2027, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. The nomination process began on March 15 and will remain open until July 31, 2026. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), nominations will be accepted only through the online Rashtriya Puraskar Portal. The awards will be announced on the occasion of Republic Day in 2027. Instituted in 1954, the Padma Awards are among India’s highest civilian honours and ...

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...

February 11, 2026 1:32 PM

Centre issues detailed protocol for rendition of Vande Mataram at government/public events

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued comprehensive guidelines formalising the official protocol for the rendition of Vande Mataram, outlining when and how India’s national song should be performed at government and public functions. The Ministry forwarded the “Orders relating to the National Song of India” for strict compliance and necessary instructions to concerned agencies. The MHA guidelines seek to standardise the ceremonial status of Vande Mataram, originall...

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...

November 11, 2025 4:43 PM

Home ministry hands over probe into Delhi blast case to NIA

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday handed over the investigation into the Delhi car blast case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a day after the explosion killed at least eight people and injured several others. The NIA will formally take over the case from the Delhi Police and examine all aspects of the incident, including the materials used in the blast and possible external connections. Earlier, teams from the National Security Guard (NSG) and the Forensic Science Labor...

October 16, 2025 5:26 PM

Amit Shah calls for time-bound action to bring fugitives hiding abroad back to India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called for a ruthless and time-bound approach to bring back fugitives hiding abroad and ensure that India's criminal justice system reaches offenders wherever they are in the world. Speaking at the two-day national conference on 'Extradition of Fugitives: Challenges and Strategies', Shah said India must not only maintain zero tolerance against corruption, crime, and terrorism within the country but also extend it to those who "operate from across the bo...

October 15, 2025 8:35 PM

Amit Shah to inaugurate conference on extradition of fugitives in Delhi on October 16

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a two-day national conference titled “Extradition of Fugitives - Challenges and Strategies” in New Delhi on October 16. The conference, organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), aims to chart a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen India’s efforts in bringing back fugitives wanted for crimes including narco-terrorism, cybercrime, organised crime, and economic offences. Senior officers from central and state police agencies, along ...