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2 super high altitude firing ranges made in Arunachal
Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

Two super high altitude firing ranges were made available to the armed forces for the...

Intelligence gathering posts to be set up along China border
Rediff.com2 Oct 2023

The move bears significance in view of the increased Chinese activities along the...

Arunachal govt building mini power projects along China border
Rediff.com13 Apr 2023

The Arunachal Pradesh government has launched an ambitious plan to build 50 mini...

Centre starts process of eviction, sale of enemy properties worth Rs 1 lakh cr
Rediff.com19 Mar 2023

There are a total of 12,611 establishments called enemy property, roughly estimated to...

326 sedition cases filed between 2014-19; only 6 convictions
Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

According to the home ministry data, 2019 saw the highest number of 93 cases registered...

Pak continues to remain on FATF 'Grey List'
Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

The global agency said there are "serious deficiencies" on the part of the country in...

Pak fails to fulfil 6 mandates of FATF; to remain in 'Grey list'
Rediff.com18 Oct 2020

The mandates which Pakistan has failed include action against all United...

COVID19 effect: Census, NPR unlikely in 2020
Rediff.com30 Aug 2020

'The COVID-19 threat is still looming large. The census and NPR are not in the priority...

Pak trying to sneak weapons into J-K using UAVs
Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

The J-K top cops also said less than 200 militants are currently active in Jammu and...

504 JK separatists signed 'good behaviour bond': Top cop
Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

'Only 50-60 continued to remain behind bars and the rest were released'

31.6 lakh people in quarantine across India, highest in UP
Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

According to the latest available official estimate, more than 11 lakh people are in...

Govt to expedite 32 road projects along China border
Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs...

Nearly 23 lakh in quarantine across India: Govt estimates
Rediff.com28 May 2020

While majority of the state governments and union territory administrations have made...

MHA panel on Assam recommends 1951 cut-off year for indigenous people
Rediff.com17 Feb 2020

The committee has also suggested two formulas for the reservation of seats for the...

From midnight, J-K will cease to be a state
Rediff.com30 Oct 2019

The total number of states in the country will be now 28 while the total UTs will go up...

Pak fails to implement 25 of 27 FATF action points
Rediff.com16 Jun 2019

With this, multilateral lenders like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank...

'Black Cat' commandos likely to join Army, CRPF in Kashmir soon
Rediff.com30 Apr 2018

Their special skills of carrying out house intervention and hostage rescue can act as...

Have undertaken big reforms, changed working of official machinery: PM
Rediff.com3 Feb 2018

Inaugurating the two-day 'Global Investors Summit' hosted by Assam, Modi said the...

Be vigilant along China border: Rajnath Singh to forces
Rediff.com20 May 2017

Singh addresses a first-ever meeting of chief ministers of five Himalayan states.

Rajnath announces Rs 1 crore aid to kin of martyred paramilitary jawans
Rediff.com20 May 2017

He also declared that 34,000 posts of paramilitary constables were upgraded as head...