Raipur: Anti-Naxal operations will be intensified with more security forces and modern weapons being provided by the Centre to the affected regions, Union Home Secretary RK Singh on Tuesday said. "We will coordinate with naxal-hit states adjoining Chhattisgarh and forces and modern weapons would be provided by the Centre for anti-naxal operations," Singh told reporters here after taking a meeting of senior officials at the police headquarters.
He said anti-Naxal operations in the affected (Bastar) region would be intensified. Singh is in Raipur to hold a review meeting with senior state officials regarding the Saturday's Naxal attack on Congress leaders.
When asked about the press release issued by naxals in which they regretted killing some innocent people, Singh said, "Yes, they were not on their hit-list, inspite of that they were shot dead."
He said a judicial inquiry has been ordered by the state and NIA is also probing the attack. When asked about the role of the Army against naxalites, he said, "There is no need to use Army in the region."...
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02:01 PM, May 28, 2013
Being on time is rare for committees in India. Justice JS Verma Committee submitted its recommendations to Home Ministry within the time given on what can be done to make women safe. The retired judge spared no one - on the firing line were police DGPs, ministries and the governing class. ...
10:59 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Home Secretary RK Singh on Wednesday got a rap on his knuckles from former Chief Justice of India JS Verma for his praise of Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape incident. Justice Verma said he was shocked to hear the praise when instead an apology was expected. ...
06:15 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A day after Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were running terror camps in the country, Home Secretary RK Singh on Tuesday claimed that he had 10 names on terror list with past links with the RSS. ...
07:19 PM, Jan 22, 2013
There can be no basis to distinguish between rural and urban India when it comes to crimes against women, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said Friday following Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's remark that "westernisation" in Indian cities was the reason behind increasing cases of rape. ...
01:05 AM, Jan 04, 2013
In the wake of the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus in the national capital and nationwide protests over it, the government on Friday assured that Delhi would now be a safer place where both men and women would be able to move freely anywhere at any point of time. ...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Union Home Secretary RK Singh on Friday said the government will seek maximum punishment for the accused in the Delhi gangrape case of a 23-year-old girl who is battling for her life in Safdarjung Hospital. Singh said that till now five accused in the case have been arrested while the hunt is on for the sixth accused. ...
05:30 PM, Dec 21, 2012
India on Sunday reacted strongly to Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik statement that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal was an operative of an elite Indian intelligence agency, saying it was a "ridiculous" remark. "Such a statement is ridiculous. Jundal was working with the LeT in Pakistan's soil when the Mumbai terror attack was carried out," Home Secretary RK Singh said. ...
07:33 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Jammu: The presence of more tunnels along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan cannot be ruled out, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Friday after arriving in Jammu to review the security situation. "We cannot rule out more tunnels along IB," he said, referring to the discovery a tunnel on the border originating from the Pakistan side in July. On the recent spurt of firing from Pakistan on Indian border...
03:13 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary RK Singh is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the security situation and take stock of border fencing work in the state. Singh, who is likely to meet Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, is also scheduled to visit border areas to review the border fencing work going on in the region, official sources said here. The Home Secretary would...
01:21 AM, Aug 24, 2012
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
