PATIALA: Children of Indians in the black list of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs can now travel home. The order from the Government of India will benefit the relatives of people living in political asylum abroad. The minister of state for external affairs, Preneet Kaur, confirms that a communication in ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana and Punjab politicians make pro-reform noises, but rarely take concrete action. The two state governments have opposed the common annual examination proposed by the Union government for the selection of state service and non-state service officers for induction into the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian ...

JALANDHAR: The Punjab government's claim that the NRI Sabha is a private body' does not conform to facts. Enquiries conducted by HT reveal that the Sabha was always a government agency controlled from the corridors of power. The state government had "disowned" the Sabha following objections raised by the Union Ministry ...

JALANDHAR: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Punjab government to take appropriate action regarding the election of a British citizen as president of NRI Sabha Punjab since overseas citizenship of India (OCI) card holders were not eligible to contest any election here. MHA under Secretary S.N.Garg, in a ...

JALANDHAR: Concerned over the spurt in cases of missing persons and unidentified bodies, state Director General of Police (DGP) P.S. Gill has ordered the setting up of a missing persons desk' (MPD) at all police stations. With a large number of people going missing and number of unidentifiable bodies coming up ...

CHANDIGARH: The Government of India has decided that states need not send legislative proposals to the Centre to seek approval prior to introducing Bills in state legislatures. In a recent communication to the chief secretaries, excluding Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said that as per the "decision ...

LUDHIANA: Dreaded terrorist Harminder Singh, on the 24­ strong list of most-wanted fugitives handed over to Pakistan earlier this year, was arrested by the Punjab Police here on Thursday night, reportedly after laying a trap with the help of his wife. Sources said Harminder, a trained Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) commander ...

CHANDIGARH: Perturbed over the "insensitive" attitude of policemen towards crimes against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and delay in action in such cases, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the state governments, asking them to put in place proper mechanisms for their safety and protection. The ministry, ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Advocate General on Monday advised the government to restart double-digit lotteries, saying the Sikkim High Court stay against the Centre's decision to ban this lottery was applicable across' the country. The government sought the legal opinion of Advocate General Hardev Singh Mattewal, following the legal and administrative wrangling ...

JALANDHAR: A UK citizen, Kamljeet Singh Hayre, was on Thursday elected president of the NRI Sabha, Punjab, despite the Centre's bar on over­ seas citizens contesting polls. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs, in its reply to a US citizen of Indian origin, recently clarified that an overseas citizen of India ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has no objection lf the 12-year-old Mohammad Ateek of Lahore, who arrived at Attari station in Amritsar by the Samjhauta Express without any travel document on February 21, is repatriated to Pakistan. This was stated by DSP (GRP) Narinder Pal Singh in an affidavit filed before the ...