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New Delhi, April 1 The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, by voice vote on Wednesday, amid an opposition walkout.The bill aims to create a unified legal framework governing personnel across different Central Armed Police Forces, replacing...

New Delhi, April 1 The Delhi Police has a vacancy of approximately 14.5 percent of its sanctioned strength, with 152 posts out of 346—nearly 44 percent—remaining unfilled at the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) level.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai...

New Delhi, April 1 As many as 26 incidents of violence perpetrated by Maoists have been reported in the country as of March 15, resulting in the deaths of five civilians, one security force personnel, and 52 Naxals, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.In a written reply, Minister of...

New Delhi, April 1 The Rajya Sabha passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, by a voice vote on Wednesday, amidst an opposition walkout.The bill aims to create a unified legal framework governing personnel across different CAPFs, replacing the current...

New Delhi, April 1 Kerala recorded the highest number of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in 2023, at 30,697, while Jammu and Kashmir topped among Union Territories with 2,232 cases, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.In a written reply to a...

The Rajya Sabha has taken up the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, for consideration and passage. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, introduced the Bill last week, which aims to regulate the general rules governing the recruitment and service...

March 27, Kohima: The Nagaland Legislative Assembly has referred the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) Bill, 2026, back to the state government for further examination.The Bill, introduced yesterday by Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Home, Yanthungo Patton, was scheduled for...

Canberra, March 26 – The Australian government has moved to block the entry of temporary visa holders from Iran amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.Tony Burke, the Minister for Home Affairs, announced on Wednesday night that he had used laws passed by the federal parliament earlier in...

Mumbai, March 25 – Both houses of the Maharashtra Legislature adjourned sine die on Wednesday after a month-long budget session.Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde and Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar announced in their respective houses that the monsoon session of the state legislature...

On Wednesday, opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha condemned the CAPF Bill, arguing that it undermined the Supreme Court's landmark judgment and was not an administrative reform, but rather an attempt to undermine the future and promotional opportunities for personnel in central armed police...

New Delhi, March 25 The government on Wednesday introduced the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha, dismissing opposition notices on its introduction through a voice vote.The bill seeks to create a unified legal framework governing personnel...

New Delhi, March 25 The Centre has allocated ₹450.53 crore for the next fiscal under the 'Modernisation of State Police Force' scheme, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha.Responding to supplementary queries during Question Hour, the minister said the budget...

Jagdalpur, March 25 – The Bastar region, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh, has largely overcome the decades-long "Naxalite insurgency," with plans underway to convert nearly 400 security camps, which were once the focal points of the anti-Naxalite campaign, into public infrastructure such as...

New Delhi, March 25 As many as 458 prisoners have benefited so far under the Centre's 'Support to Poor Prisoners' scheme, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.This information was provided in response to a question by TMC MP Saket Gokhale, who asked whether the government could...

New Delhi, March 25: Congress MP Manish Tewari criticised the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, stating that the proposed legislation suffers from "serious constitutional maladies."The Bill was introduced by Union...

New Delhi, March 25 A new law introduced by the Union government on Wednesday for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) will regulate recruitment, deputation, promotion, and other conditions of service for their officers.All CAPFs – CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP and SSB – are governed by their...

New Delhi, March 22 – The Central Industrial Force (CISF) and the Indian Army have collaborated to enhance the professional competence of the central security force in drone operations.A media statement said that a professional Drone Training Session for CISF personnel of ASG Indore was...

New Delhi, March 18 A leader from the Trinamool Congress has written to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, highlighting the large, unfenced stretches along key international borders in West Bengal, and raising concerns about the...

New Delhi, March 17 Despite increasing operational responsibilities, no additional battalion of the National Disaster Response Force has been raised in the last three years, a parliamentary panel has noted.In its report presented in both houses of Parliament, the Parliamentary Standing...

New Delhi, March 17 Prolonged stagnation at supervisory levels may adversely affect the morale and career progression of Central Armed Police Force personnel, a parliamentary panel noted on Tuesday, and recommended a "comprehensive cadre review" of the ranks to examine vacancy positions and...