Home Secretary expresses regret over gaffe of naming for Bhandara rape victims
Press Trust of India | Monday March 4, 2013
Home Secretary R K Singh has expressed his regret to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for the gaffe of disclosing the names of the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha over which the Minister faced huge embarrassment.
Uddhav Thackeray slams Congress apathy to drought-hit Marathwada
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 3, 2013
Starting his Maharashtra tour from this town in Marathwada region, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Sunday criticized the Congress-led government for its apathy towards the drought situation in the region.
Decision on Telangana may get delayed
Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday January 27, 2013
With barely a day to go before expiry of the deadline set by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde a month ago for a decision on separate statehood to Telangana, Congress sources Sunday said a resolution of the issue may get delayed.
Centre waives Rs 21 crore Maharashtra govt owes it for Kasab's security
Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said the Centre had decided not to recover from Maharashtra government Rs 21 crore on account of deployment of Indo-Tibetan Border Police at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai to guard 26/11 terrorist Ajma...
Grid failures, fuel scarcity spell gloom for power sector in 2012
Saturday December 29, 2012
Fluctuating between hope of fuel supplies and despair of prolonged grid failures, it was mostly a gloomy year for the power sector in 2012, but it is looking forward to brighter days ahead under a new and young minister.
Press Trust of India | Saturday December 29, 2012
Condoling the death of the 23-year-old medical student, whose savage gang-rape on a moving bus provoked outrage and protests through India, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today pledged to strengthen laws to ensure that such incidents are not repeat...
How the plan to fly 'Amanat' to Singapore took shape
Reported by Sandeep Phukan; edited by Mala das | Thursday December 27, 2012
When the specially-equipped Canadian Regional Jet was finally air-borne with Amanat (NOT her real name) late on Wednesday night, it was the culmination of a series of well-coordinated moves by the government to offer better medical facilities to the ...
Delhi High Court clears five fast-track courts for daily hearing of rape cases
Edited by Mala Das | Monday December 24, 2012
On Monday, the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court said all cases related to sexual assaults on women in the city would be handled by fast track courts; a notification for five such courts would be made as soon as courts re-open after the winter br...
Delhi gang-rape: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit raises excessive VIP security with Home Minister
Press Trust of India | Sunday December 23, 2012
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today met Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and urged him to ensure rationalisation of police deployment, including for VIP security, and setting up a separate authority to look into complaints against personnel.
Delhi gang-rape: Protests turn violent at India Gate, constable seriously injured
Edited by Mala Das | Sunday December 23, 2012
Several police personnel of the Delhi Police have been severely injured in the violence that marred massive protests at the India Gate today against the brutal rape of 23-year-old Amanat (NOT her real name). One constable is in critical condition. A ...
Delhi gang-rape case: ensure sense of security in Delhi, PM tells Home Minister
Press Trust of India | Saturday December 22, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure sense of security in Delhi and see that incidents like last Sunday's gang-rape do not recur.
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday December 19, 2012
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, pushing for a strict punishment for the guilty in the gang-rape case of a medical student in the national capital. Later in the eve...
India invites Pak Interior Minister for launching visa pact
Tuesday December 4, 2012
India today invited Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik to visit here on December 11-13 for operationalisation of liberalized visa agreement between the two countries.
Ajmal Kasab's execution: Nobody in cabinet knew, Shinde tells NDTV
NDTV.com | Wednesday November 21, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, says even the Cabinet did not know about the execution of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab till the time it was flashed on TV channels.
Ajmal Kasab hanging: Pakistan informed about it, says Sushil Kumar Shinde
NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday November 21, 2012
Pakistan had been informed about the hanging of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Wednesday.