In a bid to resolve the Kishanganga Dam dispute between India and Pakistan, a team from Pakistan is expected to visit India this week to participate in a draw of lots or a toss for the appointment of

Efforts have begun in haste to settle the MEA-MHA turf war. Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao, who met home secretary G.K. Pillai on Thursday, is believed to have clarified the MEA’s stand on the failed dialogue between foreign minister S.M. Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart S.M. Qureshi.

The Union home ministry has prepared new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all Central and state security forces engaged in anti-Naxal operations in the country. The fresh SOPs have been evolved after taking the views of the Indian Army, security brass and other experts. Elaborating on pre-deployment tactics in LWE

The Union home ministry has issued advisory to the states asking state police forces to inquire into all complaints and take a decision on filing FIRs “within two days’’.

Vikram Srivastava, DG, CRPF, talks about the Unified Command set-up for anti-Naxal operations, providing anti-riot gear to its personnel in J&K and the need to work overtime to meet the training requi

Following pressure from all parties, the Centre has decided to give five years extension to the three statutory development boards in Maharashtra. The decision is being taken at a time, when the Vidarbha leaders are asking for a separate state. Leaders from Vidarbha, Marathwada and Konkan regions, were accusing the western

The home ministry seems to have failed in achieving complete unanimity on the Centre-state approach towards the Naxal problem. While West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was conspicuous by his absence at the Naxal meet of chief ministers of seven Naxal-hit states convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s name game is likely to be scuppered by the Union home ministry, at least where Metro stations coming up in her state, Uttar Pradesh are concerned.

After months of dilly-dallying, the National Investigation Agency is set to file a chargesheet against American-Pakistani Lashkar-e-Tayyaba terrorist David Headley. Government sources said that the investigation against Headley is complete and now the government can proceed against Headley, who has confessed to his role in the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.

In a shift of its political stance, the CPI(M) is now viewing both the BJP and Congress as “enemy number one’’.