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Amit Shah talks digital census in 2021, floats multipurpose ID card idea

Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the 2021 census will be a digital exercise and a mobile app will be used to collect data. Shah said that the transformation from a paper to digital census would be completed in 2021 itself. The Home Minister also floated the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts. The Home Minister also added that there should also be a system that when a person dies, the information is updated in the population data automatically.

23 Sep 2019
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India gets a new home minister in BJP president Amit Shah

Amit Shah has been the mind behind every strategy of the BJP – big or smallShah became the BJP president after the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was formed

2 min read31 May 2019
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States to issue safety check advisory to shelter homes: Rajnath Singh

Advisory to be followed by physical checks to avoid future lapses, says home minister Rajnath Singh

1 min read7 Aug 2018
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Government approves chairmanship of home minister for North Eastern Council

Cabinet approves Union home minister Rajnath Singh as chairman of the NEC and minister of state (Independent Charge) for DoNER as the council's vice chairman

1 min read13 Jun 2018
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Indian Army fires back at Pakistan, kills two soldiers across LoC

The government has recorded 200 ceasefire violations by Pakistan so far this year

2 min read2 Mar 2018
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Supreme Court will take a call on Rohingya, says Rajnath Singh

The Supreme Court will take a call on the central government's plans to deport Rohingya Muslims, says home minister Rajnath Singh

1 min read18 Sep 2017
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LoC residents in Kashmir seek ‘individual bunkers' as Rajnath Singh meets them

People living along borders in Jammu and Kashmir demand setting up of individual bunkers at their residences near the LoC

3 min read12 Sep 2017
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Stone pelting cases decline in Jammu and Kashmir due to NIA: Rajnath Singh

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath suggested holding a meeting every six months between the NIA and state agencies

1 min read20 Aug 2017
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Bandipora attack: Rajnath Singh praises ‘unmatched bravery' of CRPF jawans, police

The terrorists who tried to storm CRPF's Sumbal camp were armed with rifles, grenades and incendiary material, home minister Rajanth Singh said

1 min read5 Jun 2017
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Insurgency incidents in north-east have reduced: Rajnath Singh

Home minister Rajnath Singh said the backbone of the insurgent group NDFB(S) has been broken, resulting in a reduction in violent incidents in the north-east region

1 min read3 Jun 2017