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MHA unveils new cyber structure

Faced with increasing cyber crimes and defacements of Indian websites, the Union home ministry has unveiled a new cyber security architecture to deal with the new threats to national security from cyb

MHA advisory over Northeastern ‘profiling’

The Union home ministry on Friday asked states to adopt a 'zero tolerance' policy against 'racial profiling and discrimination faced by Indian citizens of Northeastern states'.

In an advisory sent t

MHA advisory over N-E ‘profiling’

The Union home ministry on Friday asked states to adopt a “zero tolerance’’ policy against “racial profiling and discrimination faced by Indian citizens of Northeastern states’’.

Mamata opposes UAPA amendments

After virtually blocking NCTC, Trinamul Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has shot down the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) amendments being brought by the Union

MHA to issue SOPs for envoys’ visits

After a standoff with the ministry of external affairs over the European Union delegation’s visit to Nagaland without the mandatory security clearance, the Union home ministry is preparing to issue st

MHA caution on foreigners’ cases

To provide speedier relief to foreign victims of human trafficking in India, the Union home ministry has advised all states and UTs to follow strict procedures to first ascertain whether a foreign nat

MHA defends Pak terror alert

Days ahead of the home secretary-level talks with Pakistan, the Union home ministry defended the terror alert naming three Pakistanis, saying their presence in that country does not immediately give t

W. Orissa Naxal nerve centre

Fresh intelligence inputs have suggested that Maoists are expanding base in Orissa, whose chief minister Naveen Patnaik has taken the lead in opposing the establishment of the National Counter-Terrori

NIA to probe 2 Orissa Naxal cases?

Faced with repeated assa-ults by the CPI (Maoist), the Orissa government has conveyed to the Centre its keenness to hand over two Maoist-related cases to the National Investigation Agency.

PM, PC propose, most CMs dispose

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The Centre failed Saturday to break the impasse on National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) with allies and the Opposition continuing to oppose the proposal.

In his opening remarks at the NCTC meet

The crisis facing Europe today is starker and deeper than any it has encountered before.

With the Indian political league hotting up and general elections barely two years away, (or less, as Mamata Banerjee has claimed), it may be a good time to look at where the major players stand.