Animesh Singh

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NIA nabs 2 for aiding Pahalgam attackers

5 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

In a major breakthrough in the Pahalgam terror attack case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two men for allegedly harbouring the terrorists responsible for the horrific attack that claimed 26 lives and left 16 grievously injured. Those arrested have been identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar of Batkote and Bashir Ahmad Jothar of Hill Park, both in Pahalgam, have reportedly disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack.
Pahalgam terror attack: NIA arrests 2 men for harbouring accused terrorists

6 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

In a major breakthrough in the Pahalgam terror attack case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two men for harbouring the terrorists behind the incident that had left 26 dead and 16 injured.
Rahul cries foul as EC revises poll footage guidelines, body cites privacy concerns

6 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

The ongoing tussle between Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Election Commission (EC) took another turn on Saturday, after the Raebareli MP hit out at the poll panel for revising its guidelines on preserving video footage and pictures of elections, and reducing the retention period to 45 days.The Election Commission, on its part, said, “Sharing the footage would enable easy identification of electors by any group or individual.
Govt to digitally update National Population Register during Census

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

As the Centre gears up for the forthcoming Census-2027, the National Population Register (NPR) will be updated digitally as part of the humungous exercise. Sources aware of the development said that the digital update of the NPR would include self-updating, under which it is proposed to allow residents to update their own data fields after following authentication protocols on a web portal.
Cabinet Secy holds meet to work out Census modalities

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

With the government having notified the process of conducting the Census on Monday, Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan on Tuesday held a meeting with the Registrar General of India (RGI) and other senior Home Ministry officials. The meetings is learnt to have focused on modalities of the exercise, especially on inclusion of castes.
Shah reviews preparation for Census

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the preparation for the forthcoming Census exercise with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and Registrar General of India (RGI) Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan. The Tribune had reported about the review meeting on June 15. The notification to conduct the Census will be published in the official gazette on June 16.
Forces avert ethnic flare-up over ploughing of field in Imphal East

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Security forces averted a major standoff between Kuki and Meitei farmers over a land dispute in Manipur's Imphal East district on Sunday. The incident occurred around 10 am when a Meitei farmer from Leitanpokpi arrived on a tractor to cultivate a paddy field at Sadu Lampak village near a Kuki settlement. Local Kuki residents challenged the farmer’s right to plough the land, claiming he had no ownership of the field.
Rupani’s death evokes memories of Gujarat CM’s killing in 1965

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025Home / India / Rupani’s death evokes memories of Gujarat CM’s killing in 1965Balwantrai Mehta died after his plane was shot down during the India-Pakistan warRemains of the crashed Air India plane lie on a building in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
NDRF dispatches 3 teams to Ahmedabad crash site, Amit Shah speaks to Gujarat CM

2 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Soon after an Air India plane crashed near Ahmedabad airport, three National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising 90 personnel, have been moved from Gandhinagar to the plane crash site, while three more teams are being moved from Vadodara, an official spokesperson of the force said. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and took stock of the situation. "Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight crash in Ahmedabad.
Govt to revive battalions of border home guards in wake of Pahalgam terror attack

2 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Union Home Ministry is fast-tracking a proposal to revive and modernise Border Wing Home Guards Battalions in frontier states, aiming to strengthen India’s civil defence infrastructure. The battalions — originally created to serve as auxiliary forces to the Indian Army and the Border Security Force (BSF) during times of external aggression — have, over time, become largely defunct, barring Rajasthan.