Islamabad: The inconclusive India - Pakistan talks on easing visa rules have once again shown how it is the common man who gets affected the most. Sumaira Fareed runs a chain of salons and boutiques in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore. She is eager to visit India. "I really want to see the jewellery and the saris there. I want to see the Taj Mahal too," Sumaira said. Many others like...
10:21 AM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Talks between India and Pakistan at the Home Secretary level will begin in Islamabad on Thursday. This is the second such meeting of Home Secretaries since the 26/11 attacks in 2008 in Mumbai. A 12-member delegation, led by Home Secretary RK Singh, on Wednesday left for Pakistan on Thursday where a relaxed visa regime is expected to be inked apart from New Delhi pressing for action against perpetrators...
09:50 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security on Thursday cleared a bilateral visa agreement between India and Pakistan. Under the agreement, children below 15 and senior citizens from Pakistan will be issued with Indian visas on arrival. The number of cities which they can visit in a trip has also gone up to 5 from 3. Business visitors will be allowed to visit up to 10 cities. The agreement will...
08:41 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: A day after a press conference by the Maharashtra ATS chief sparked off a controversy over a possible rift with the Delhi Police over the 13/7 Mumbai blasts probe, the Ministry of Home Affairs came out to bury the hatchet. Home Secretary RK Singh said on Tuesday that although the suspect arrested (Naqee Ahmed) may have been a Delhi Police informer, it did not rule out his involvement...
11:34 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Lucknow: The Election Commission on Saturday night transferred Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal and Principal Secretary (Home) Kunwar Fateh Bahadur after major opposition parties accused the two officials of working as "agents" of ruling BSP. BSP slammed the EC decision alleging the removal of Lal and Bahadur would "shatter the sense of security among Dalits and the downtrodden that they would be able to exercise their franchise in a free...
10:54 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said the person killed in an encounter in West Midnapore was most probably top Maoist leader Kishenji and it was awaiting a final confirmation from West Bengal police. "Most likely it is Kishenji. The officers on the spot said that it is Kishenji and most likely, 99 per cent it is Kishenji," Union Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters reacting to reports about the...
07:28 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Home Secretary RK Singh on Sunday denied any terror angle, saying the explosives recovered in Rewa district were meant for illegal mining in and around Madhya Pradesh. "The gelatin stick, detonator and chords recovered seem to be for the purpose of illegal mining. No terror angle involved," Singh said. "MP police had received inputs that the man arrested was involved in illegal mining. They raided him and found...
05:27 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday said Anna Hazare was free to go wherever he wants to and that Delhi Police will take a decision on whether he will be allowed to hold protest at JP Park. Union Home Secretary R K Singh said since Hazare has been released he is free to go wherever he wants. "He is in the office of the DIG, Tihar Jail. He rested at night ...
10:42 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: Day I of India-Pakistan Home Secretary level talks have ended on a positive note, claimed the Indian delegation. Indian Home Secretary GK Pillai met his Pakistani counterpart Chaudhary Qamar Zaman on Monday in New Delhi and discussed several issues including counter terror co-operation, visa and humanitarian issues as well as how to control drug trafficking. "The talks were positive and things are moving in the right direction. We...
05:53 PM, Mar 28, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Home Secretary GK Pillai meets his Pakistani counterpart Chaudhary Qamar Zaman on Monday for first ever Home Secretary level talks between the two rivals since 26/11. The Secretary for Internal Security UK Bansal and other MHA officials on Monday arrived at the Ashok Hotel, where Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik was also present. The issues related to speedy trial for 26/11 accused, dismantling of terror camps and...
11:42 AM, Mar 28, 2011
Home Secretary Nirupama Rao says Operation Safecoming is moving quite satisfactorily. ...
10:40 PM, Mar 01, 2011
New Delhi: Home Secretary G K Pillai will chair the first round of the much-awaited talks with the ULFA while Home Minister P Chidambaram may have an introductory meeting with the leadership of the banned group during the February 10 meeting. Centre's interlocutor P C Haldar said the proposed meeting in Delhi will be a familiarisation exercise for both sides to know each other's view before the formal dialogue process....
10:59 AM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi: In Jammu and Kashmir though it seems like its the army versus the government after the union home secretary announced a possible 25 percent troop reduction in the valley. The statement is seen as part of the trust building measures in the valley but the army responded and said decisions on troop reduction must be taken after consultation. After two months of relative peace towards the end of...
09:59 PM, Jan 14, 2011
Srinagar: There was chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Thursday as opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Panthers Party legislators tore papers and snatched mikes to protest Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's speech a day earlier. The legislators, who gathered near the speaker's podium, were marshalled out of the House. In the process, BJP legislator Durga Das was injured and received stitches in a hospital. He said he was hurt...
12:40 PM, Oct 07, 2010
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday reviewed final security arrangements for the Village and the various venues where the Games are to begin on Sunday. Chidambaram met his officials amid concerns that terrorists could target the event. The meting was attended by Home Secretary G K Pillai, chiefs of the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing, Delhi Police commissioner Y S Dadwal and officials dealing with...
09:35 PM, Sep 28, 2010
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