Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) News

India will conduct a major civil defence mock drill, Operation Shield, on May 31 in border states including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. The exercise follows the Pahalgam attack and aims to improve readiness against cross-border threats.  

Delhi Police on Friday suspended 11 of its personnel who were on PCR and picket duty on the route at which a 20-year-old woman was killed. MHA had on Thursday directed Delhi Police to suspend all its personnel deployed on the route following a report into the accident submitted by an inquiry committee. Anjali Singh was killed in the early hours of the New Year after her scooter was hit by a car which dragged her for 12 kms.

India and Bangladesh agreed to enhance the level of cooperation to prevent smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and contraband across borders. The Indian delegation was led by Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Union Home Secretary.

On July 27, the top court had asked the UGC to file a consolidated reply to the batch of petitions challenging its revised guidelines to conduct final year examinations by September 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Act allows Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who faced religious persecution, and came to India before December 31, 2014, to get citizenship in India

The suspension of internet services was necessitated to keep a check on the law and order situation which arose due to intense protests after the abrogation of Article 370.

BSF Director General V.K. Johri said that they are making consistent efforts to infiltrate through the border and they have also taken measures to deal and handle recent drone intrusion incidents in the border area.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an alert to all security agencies asking to tighten the safety arrangements in airports, train-metro stations and bus depots in every state.