Amit Shah takes charge as Union home minister
5 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah takes charge as Union home minister

Live Mint  

Newly appointed Union home minister Amit Shah took charge on Saturday afternoon, two days days after taking oath of office, at the Capital’s North Block. Shah was welcomed at the ministry of home affairs by Intelligence Bureau director Rajiv Jain and Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, amid airtight security. Shah, who is also the current president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, takes over as the Union home minister after former home minister in the first NDA government, Rajnath Singh, took over as the Union Defence minister on Friday. The Union home ministry is also dealing the mammoth exercise of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, while also awaiting the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill also awaits passage in the Rajya Sabha.

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Union home minister Amit Shah to visit Odisha’s Sambalpur on December 28
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Union home minister Amit Shah to visit Odisha’s Sambalpur on December 28

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Sambalpur on December 28 as part of his upcoming tour of Odisha, according to Sambalpur MLA and senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra. “The home minister will inaugurate three to four projects, including the newly established Super Specialty Hospital in Burla,” said Mishra. Mishra also mentioned that Odisha Chief Minister Mohan …

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Manipur on May 29: Rai
1 year, 7 months ago

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Manipur on May 29: Rai

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit violence-hit Manipur on May 29 to resolve the ongoing ethnic crisis. "Union Home Minister Amit Shah would stay for three days and would work to end the ethnic crisis and deliver justice to all the people," Mr. Rai said. Mr. Shah, while laying the foundation stone of the tenth campus of …

Maharashtra: Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Mumbai to discuss polls strategy
1 year, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Mumbai to discuss polls strategy

India TV News  

BMC polls 2023: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening arrived in Mumbai. Home Minister Shah will meet BJP leaders of Maharashtra ahead of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, other civic polls to chalk out the strategy of the party. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar, Tourism …

BJP defers Amit Shah’s visit to Sasaram in view of communal tension
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP defers Amit Shah’s visit to Sasaram in view of communal tension

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has deferred the proposed visit of Union home minister Amit Shah to Sasaram to take part in a function amid the reports of violence. Union home minister Amit Shah At least 14 people were injured in a clash that broke out between two groups following a Ram Navami procession on March 31. “With regret, we have …

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Gujarat\'s Gandhinagar
1 year, 9 months ago

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Gujarat\'s Gandhinagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Gandhinagar : Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is scheduled to attend the 49th dairy industry convention organised by the Indian Dairy Association in Gandhinagar arrived in the city on Saturday. Shah will later launch a Free food campaign at Civil Hospital in Gandhinagar in the afternoon, and then inaugurate Nardipur pond and lay the foundation stone and e-inaugurate various …

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his team of 16 working on Kashmir, NRC
5 years, 5 months ago

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his team of 16 working on Kashmir, NRC

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Prime Minister's most trusted lieutenant in Modi 2.0, is learnt to be focusing on vital aspects of national security with 16 key bureaucrats to fix the structural crises -- the insurgency in Kashmir, the NRC, and the situation in Northeast and Maoist-affected areas. Amit Shah's private secretary Saket Kumar is also among his top …

Amit Shah Takes Charge as Home Minister, Chairs First MHA Meeting
5 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah Takes Charge as Home Minister, Chairs First MHA Meeting

The Quint  

Quoting sources, The Indian Express reported that Shah was also briefed by Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and the joint securities of the 19 divisions in the ministry over the course of the meeting. Ahead of the meeting, Shah was received at the North Block – where the ministry is housed – by Gauba and IB Chief Rajiv Jain, and other …

Amit Shah gets home, Rajnath defence, Piyush Goyal retains Railways
5 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah gets home, Rajnath defence, Piyush Goyal retains Railways

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Amit Shah will be the new home minister, Rajnath Singh the new defence minister and Nirmala Sitharaman the new finance minister, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday. Former foreign secretary turned minister S Jaishankar has got the external affairs ministry while Smriti Irani will be the new women and child development minister along with retaining the Textile Ministry, …

Amit Shah gets home ministry, Rajnath Singh defence in PM Modi’s new cabinet
5 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah gets home ministry, Rajnath Singh defence in PM Modi’s new cabinet

Hindustan Times  

Amit Shah, the big entry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s freshly-minted Cabinet, has been given the Home Ministry, Rajnath Singh moved to Defence Ministry and Nirmala Sitharaman appointed the Finance Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, according to a Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué. NDA elected leader Narendra Modi with BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah before taking oath as the …

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