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Drug menace emerges as key plank in Amit Shah’s campaign for Punjab polls

April 26, 2026 admin

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Scarcely would the campaign trail for the West Bengal elections grow cold that Union home minister Amit Shah will be directing his attention to Punjab, with a visit scheduled for next month and targeting the drug menace in the State that shares an international border…

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Amit Shah announces three-year nationwide campaign against drugs from March 31

January 10, 2026 admin

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (January 9, 2026) announced a crackdown on narcotics from March 31 with a three-year nationwide campaign to weed out the drug menace from the country. Addressing the 9th Apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD), Mr. Shah said that as part of the collective campaign, a working methodology…

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Why Gyanesh Kumar’s Appointment As Poll Chief Sparked Row: Explained

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner last year, has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. He took…

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Ensure Full Implementation Of New Criminal Laws In J&K By April: Amit Shah

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a review meeting on the implementation of three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in New Delhi on Tuesday. The meeting reviewed the implementation and present status of various new provisions related to…

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Amit Shah Felicitated By Pushkar Dhami At National Games Ceremony

February 14, 2025 admin

Haldwani: The closing ceremony of the 38th National Games was held at the International Sports Stadium, Golapar, Haldwani, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday. Mr Dhami welcomed Amit Shah with a memento, a shawl and a bouquet of flowers. #WATCH | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami…

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Centre Approves Rs 3,027 Crore For Disaster Mitigation Projects Across States

January 29, 2025 admin

New Delhi: A High-Level Committee (HLC), chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved Rs 3,027.86 crore for disaster mitigation projects across various states. The committee, which includes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog as members, reviewed proposals for mitigation projects related to lightning…

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Ownership Rights To Refugee Colonies, 50,000 Jobs: BJP’s Delhi Poll Promise

January 25, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched the third part of the BJP manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled for February 5. The party has announced several promises, ranging from granting ownership rights to people in refugee colonies to reopening 13,000 sealed shops in the national capital. Addressing the event,…

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Congress On National Voters’ Day

January 25, 2025 admin

New Delhi: The Congress hit out at the Election Commission on Saturday, saying the “self-congratulation” on National Voters’ Day would not obscure the fact that the poll panel as it has been functioning makes a “mockery” of the Constitution and is an insult to the voters themselves. The opposition party also alleged that over the…

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16 ‘Mystery’ Deaths In J&K Village, Amit Shah Forms Inter-Ministerial Team

January 18, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered the constitution of an inter-ministerial team to visit a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the causes of deaths in three incidents in the past six weeks. The team will be headed by a senior Union home ministry officer and consist of experts…

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Amit Shah Inaugurates Development Projects Worth Rs 241 Crore In Gujarat

January 15, 2025 admin

Mansa: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Wednesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for several development projects worth approximately Rs 241 crore in Mansa, Gujarat, according to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The event was graced by the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel,…

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