New Delhi,  The Finance Ministry has not provided Rs 1,500 crore to the Home Ministry as announced in the General Budget, forcing the latter to tell state governments that no fresh proposal under the modernisation of police force (MPF) scheme will be entertained in this fiscal.In a letter, the HomeRead More

Hyderabad,  Hyderabad: Two women, one from Telangana and the other from Andhra Pradesh, are reported to be infected with swine flu. Both states reported 88 cases of swine flu in 2014. Last year’s death toll from the virus was pegged at ten persons. The Telangana government has said it wasRead More

Badaun, A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by two constables inside a police station here in Uttar Pradesh, prompting the authorities to suspend the accused who are absconding. The girl was allegedly abducted from her house on December 31 by constables Veer Pal Singh Yadav and Avnish Yadav,Read More

New Delhi,  Two Bangladeshi nationals, suspected to be members of a terrorist organisation, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh and a laptop allegedly containing sensitive information was seized from them. Mohammad Raktullah, a resident of Faridpur in Bangladesh, was arrested by a joint team of West Bengal and UP Police fromRead More

New Delhi, Giving women security prime importance, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today launched a mobile phone application “Himmat” in New Delhi.The app, an initiative of the Delhi Police, will allow smartphone users to call the police control room and also trigger a 30-second audio and video recording at the pressRead More

Mumbai, In a major relief to BJP president Amit Shah, a special CBI court on Tuesday discharged him in the case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing in 2005.”I am of the opinion that the inference drawn by CBI is not accepted in totality and he (Shah) cannot be chargedRead More

New Delhi,  Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh was today discharged from Army Research and Referral hospital here in a “minimally conscious state” and will continue with “supportive care” at home, four months after he was admitted there with severe head injuries. “Jaswant Singh is in minimally conscious state and isRead More

Hyderabad,  VHP’s national general secretary Praveen Togadia today demanded “a strong legislation” to stop conversions, but defended the ‘ghar wapsi’ programme.Speaking on the outcome of a meeting of central board of trustees and management committee of VHP, Togadia said, “We are against conversions. If someone is accepting another way ofRead More

New Delhi,  The Union Government has sanctioned over Rs 1,244 crore for scholarships for minority students under various schemes during 2014-2015. The schemes launched by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs (MOMA) have been prioritised to ensure natural flow of welfare efforts to maximise benefits, a government official said.“The governmentRead More

New Delhi,  The Ministry of Defence today said “Make in India” will be the way forward and the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex decision-making body of the Ministry, has cleared proposals worth over Rs1,50,000 crore for the services within this year alone.Many of the equipment and platforms will beRead More