
The Union Home Minister insisted that his statement was made responsibly, adding that there was evidence to support what he said. ...

11:40 PM, Jan 21, 2013

The BJP also threatened a nationwide protest over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's statement on Hindu terror. ...

09:05 PM, Jan 21, 2013

It is an all out war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress over Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's claims that the former and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are fanning Hindu terror in the country. While the BJP demanded the sacking of Shinde over his statement and called for a nationwide protest on January 24, the Congress backed the Home Minister. ...

06:55 PM, Jan 21, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hit out at the UPA government for Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's remark that the BJP and its ally, the RSS, were promoting Hindu terrorism through their training camps. The BJP demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demand an unconditional apology and also the resignation of Shinde. ...

04:04 PM, Jan 21, 2013

Parliament attack convict Hafiz Saeed on Monday praised Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his remark that the principal Opposition party, the BJP and its ally, the RSS, were promoting Hindu terrorism through their training camps. Praising the minister, Saeed said, "Shinde has spoken truth finally. We consider this a help from Allah for Pakistan which is always (accused) by India for terrorism." Terrorist group, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa too tweeted, saying,...

02:58 PM, Jan 21, 2013

The BJP, the RSS and the Congress are yet again involved in a war of words, this time over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's remarks that the training camps run by them were promoting Hindu terrorism. At the last day of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, Shinde took to stage and while talking about the security situation in the country, flayed the BJP and the RSS for what "promoting...

02:42 PM, Jan 21, 2013

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Sunday backed Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's accusation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were conducting terror training camps and promoting "Hindu terrorism" in the country. "He (Shinde) is the Union Home minister. Will he tell a lie?" Prasad asked while talking to reporters after being unanimously elected the party's president for the eighth time. ...

09:10 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday alleged that the training camps run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were promoting Hindu terrorism. He also alleged that the RSS and the BJP were behind the Samjhauta Express, Meccca Masjid and Malegaon blasts. ...

02:03 PM, Jan 20, 2013

Union Home Secretary RK Singh has called the Andhra Pradesh DGP and the Chief Secretary for a meeting at 2 pm on Thursday at the Home Ministry. The meeting comes amidst speculation that the government is set to make an announcement on the Telangana statehood. ...

12:43 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit opened up to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate and admitted to lapses on part of the police and the government in ensuring the safety of women. ...

08:28 PM, Jan 13, 2013

Indicative of its impressive growth, Bihar's per capita income has almost doubled since 2004. But it is still well below the national average, a state minister says. Planning and Development Minister Narendra Narayan Yadav said that Bihar's per capita income in 2011-12 was Rs 15,268, which was still far behind the national average of Rs 35,993. ...

07:37 PM, Jan 13, 2013

The central government on Thursday released an aid of Rs 778 crore as drought assistance to Maharashtra from National Disaster Response Fund, an official statement said. ...

02:38 AM, Jan 11, 2013

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said he was yet to take a decision on the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru after it was sent by the President. ...

02:18 AM, Jan 11, 2013

Two days after the Pakistani army killed two Indian soldiers near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said that Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed was recently present in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on the basis of intelligence reports. ...

05:08 PM, Jan 10, 2013

Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna had written two letters recommending changes in the Juvenile Act. ...

06:44 PM, Jan 05, 2013

Punjab government favours death sentence in brutal rape cases, state DGP SS Saini said on Friday. ...

12:43 AM, Jan 05, 2013

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday met Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries from all the states over providing more security to women. Several aspects of crimes against women were discussed at the meeting in the national capital. ...

06:10 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday reiterated his stand on increasing the number of women police officials. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, the Home Minister said that women representation in police force must be increased. ...

04:59 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Maintaining that crimes against women like rape are unacceptable, the government on Friday said they need to be curbed with an iron hand. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the role of the law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system have come in for critical comment after the December 16 brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old woman in the national capital, who died in a Singapore hospital on December...

02:56 PM, Jan 04, 2013

Close on the heels of all-party meeting on Telangana issue, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday held consultations with senior party leaders as it prepared to take a decision on the vexed matter by the promised month end. Gandhi held consultations with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, his predecessor and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as also Union Ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad and Vayalar Ravi, who have been looking after party affairs...

12:40 PM, Jan 04, 2013