NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to insurgents in the North-East to follow in the footsteps of nearly 10,500 militants who have surrendered across the region since 2014, by also abjuring the path of violence and joining the mainstream.“I appeal to all those insurgents who have not surrendered yet, to lay down…
Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar was appointed the 26th Chief Election Commissioner on Monday as the tenure of incumbent poll body chief Rajiv Kumar ends on February 18.The former IAS officer from Kerala cadre was appointed by a panel led by Prime Narendra Modi, Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union home…
NEW DELHI: A committee chaired by PM Modi will convene on Monday at his official residence to select the next chief election commissioner, prior to the retirement of current CEC Rajiv Kumar on February 18, according to sources quoted by PTI on Friday.The panel will include Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi and Home Minister…
NEW DELHI: Sharing that 805 applications and 3,266 website links were blocked, 19 lakh mule accounts caught and suspicious transactions worth over Rs 2,000 crore suspended due to the intervention of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), home minister Amit Shah told a parliamentary panel on Monday that efforts are underway to employ AI…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Amit Shah on Saturday mocked Congress for yet another poor performance in the Delhi assembly elections and accused the party of prioritising the Gandhi family over fighting elections.In a social media post on X, Shah took a potshot at the grand-old-party and said that it’s security deposit was forfeited in 67…
NEW DELHI: Directing the security forces and agencies to counter infiltration and acts of terror in Jammu & Kashmir with a ruthless approach, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asked them to set their sights on achieving two key goals – ‘zero infiltration’ and ‘uprooting the existence of terrorists’ in the Union Territory.Chairing a…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday assured Arvind Kejriwal of strict legal action after he posted on X a clip of men seen encircling AAP’s campaign van and tearing down the party’s posters.The New Delhi DCP, responding to Kejriwal’s post, claimed that “no PCR call or complaint was received in police station”. The top cop…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday hit back at Congress over party chief Mallikarjun Kharge questioning the relevance of people taking the holy dip at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.“Congress under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi has consistently insulted our Sanatan Dharma. There is no compulsion for them to practice it…
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on AAP convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally, accusing him of corruption, failed governance, and misleading the public on key issues.Responding to Kejriwal’s recent allegation that the Haryana government had mixed poison into the Yamuna River, which…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge at MP’s Mhow NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday took a vitriolic dig at Union home minister Amit Shah over his Maha Kumbh visit, saying Shah’s “dip in Ganga won’t remove poverty“.Launching a massive broadside against the BJP, the Congress chief said the leaders of the saffron party were…
