The Centre had alerted the Uttar Pradesh government of possible communal flare-up ahead of the festive season but despite the warning, communal unrest in Faizabad and Barabanki areas flared up.

Communal clashes are rising across the country, buckling a trend over the last few years, which had seen a decline.

The Centre has asked all states to furnish details of Pakistani Hindus who have sought long-term visas after several hundred of them arrived in India following alleged atrocities in Pakistan.

The CPI (Maoist) military commanders and other tribal cadres who have undergone forced sterilisation to keep them “battle-fit’’ can restart their family life now by having children with the Central go

Who will pay for protecting 26/11 terrorist and death row convict Ajmal Aamir Kasab in jail?

Indian agencies have decided to seek the help of the US Secret Service, whose agents guard the President of the United States and other VIPs, to check the menace of fake Indian currency.

The Centre has rejected the mercy plea of lone surviving 26/11 terrorist and death row convict Ajmal Amir Kasab and sent its recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee for a final decision.

The Union ministry of home affairs has initiated a probe into allegations that both the BJP and the Con-gress received large donations, of about `5 crores each, from certain foreign firms.

The Centre has been alerted about Pakistan’s ISI fresh efforts to bring the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi) and CPI (Maoist) fronts together in West Bengal to stroke Maoist unrest.

The Centre has finalised a uniform Naxal hostage policy for the states, drifting clearly from a no-negotiation stand, as suggested by certain state governments.