MHA

2023 - 3 - 20

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MHA recommends CBI inquiry against Harsh Mander's NGO Aman ... (The Indian Express)

The NIA, which was handed over the investigation by the Ministry of Home Affairs on March 6, registered an FIR against the 10 Pakistani nationals three days ...

“The consignment of weapons and drugs was sent by foreign-based drug mafia, which is being run by Haji Salim Baloch Wala… THREE MONTHS after 10 Pakistani nationals were arrested with 40 kg of heroin and a cache of arms and ammunition in a fishing vessel off the Gujarat coast, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found in its probe that they were sent by Haji Salim Baloch, a drug lord in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, to commit terrorist activities in India and to provide funds to terror groups in Punjab and North India. “A foreign boat, ‘Al Soheli’, having registration number BFD 14460 was intercepted and 10 foreign nationals were arrested and seizure of six foreign made pistols with six magazines and 120 live cartridges along with 40 kgs heroin was recovered,” the FIR said.

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MHA recommends CBI inquiry against Harsh Manders NGO for ... (Business Standard)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended a CBI inquiry against Aman Biradari, an NGO established by writer and human rights activist Harsh Mander, ...

A CBI inquiry has been recommended against Aman Biradari for violation of various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, they said. [NGO](/topic/ngo) established by writer and human rights activist Harsh Mander, for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, officials said on Monday. -

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MHA recommends a CBI inquiry against Harsh Mander's 'NGO ... (OpIndia)

The MHA has recommended a CBI inquiry into Harsh Mander run 'Aman Biradari' for FCRA violations. | OpIndia News.

[penned a letter](https://www.opindia.com/2019/12/activists-intellectuals-join-liberal-mob-to-oppose-citizenship-amendment-bill-write-another-letter-read-details/) against the CAB. He has also [spread great lies](https://www.opindia.com/2019/06/activist-harsh-mander-weaves-a-web-of-lies-to-scaremonger-about-nrc-and-foreigners-tribunals-in-assam/) about the NRC in the past and the foreign tribunals in Assam. Karwan-e-Mohabbat had also [urged people to join the protests](https://www.opindia.com/2020/02/shaheen-bagh-george-soros-harsh-mandar/) at the notorious Shaheen Bagh protests. [review petition](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ayodhya-verdict-40-prominent-persons-file-joint-review-plea/article30260846.ece) in the Court against the Ayodhya Verdict that paved the way for a Bhavya Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. Harsh Mander has taught courses in numerous highly esteemed colleges and universities including the Jamia Milia Islamia. He was also part of the coterie that had filed a [petition](https://www.barandbench.com/news/activists-and-academics-dyfi-move-supreme-court-against-citizenship-amendment-act-2019) against the Citizenship Amendment Act. [Ishrat apologist](https://www.opindia.com/2016/05/harsh-mander-the-obsessive-ishrat-apologist/), the female LeT operative who was [killed](https://www.opindia.com/2018/02/ex-gujarat-dgp-pandey-discharged-by-cbi-court-in-ishrat-jahan-encounter-case/) in an encounter along with three others by Crime Branch Officials in Gujarat. Harsh Mander had also [promised to register](https://www.opindia.com/2019/12/harsh-mander-register-muslim-citizenship-amendment-bill/) himself as a Muslim if the CAB was passed but OpIndia has not been able to confirm yet if he has gone through with his promise after the CAB became CAA. Last year, Harsh Mander filed a petition in the Supreme Court [seeking the recusal](https://www.opindia.com/2019/05/activist-who-signed-mercy-petition-for-yakub-memon-now-bats-for-illegal-immigrants-moves-petition-for-cji-to-recuse-himself-from-case/) of then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi from hearing a case relating to the condition of detention camps and deportation of illegal immigrants from Assam. [inciting Muslim mobs](https://www.opindia.com/2020/03/harsh-mander-secularism-ayodhya-supreme-court-caa-nrc-mob-violence-viral-video/) against the Indian State and judiciary went viral on social media. Harsh Mander had worked in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for almost two decades and quit the services ‘in protest’ against the ‘state-sponsored riots’ in Gujarat in 2002. He was also one of the individuals who had signed a mercy petition for the Mumbai Attack Terrorist Yakub Memon, was among the 203 persons who had signed the mercy petition for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and had signed the mercy petition for Afzal Guru also.

MHA recommends CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander's Aman ... (ThePrint)

Mander was among the most ubiquitous faces in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi. He has also been called a Congress sympathiser, ...

A case of child sexual abuse was also alleged in one of the shelter homes. The FIR was filed for criminal breach of trust. Aman Biradari, on its website, has mentioned that it is a people’s campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world.

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MHA calls for CBI probe into Mander NGO funding (Times of India)

India News: NEW DELHI: The home ministry has recommended a CBI probe against Aman Biradari, an NGO established by activist Harsh Mander, for having ...

The ED case is based on one registered by Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing against the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), where Mander is a director. Aman Biradari is run by Mander who was a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA government. The action followed directions from home minister

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70000 works likely to be completed in J&K during current FY: MHA (Daily Excelsior)

Conduct fresh mapping of Dal lake: Parl Panel. Mohinder Verma. JAMMU, Mar 20: Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has told the Department-Related ...

The Committee also sought to know about the rehabilitation policy framed for houseboat owners in Jammu & Kashmir who want to cease their houseboat business. JAMMU, Mar 20: Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has told the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs that nearly 70,000 works/projects are likely to be completed in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the end of current financial year. Similarly, 48012 projects were undertaken under DDC, BDC, PRI and District Schemes out of which 28000 were completed till December 2022 and remaining will be completed by ending March 2023.

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MHA seeks clarification from Delhi govt on allocation for ... (Times of India)

India News: NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Monday sought a clarification from the Delhi government on its budget proposals in which it has allocated ...

However, the AAP government sources denied the charges saying the total budget size was Rs 78,800 crore, out of which Rs 22,000 crore was earmarked for expenditure on infrastructure and just Rs 550 crore on advertisements, they claimed. Sources said the home ministry has sought clarification from the AAP government as its budget proposal had high allocation for advertisement and relatively low funding for infrastructure and other development initiatives. claimed that the Centre has put on hold the presentation of the Delhi government's budget for 2023-24 in the Assembly on Tuesday.

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Delhi budget stalled over MHA queries; AAP, LG trade charges (Times of India)

In an unprecedented development that has escalated the face-off between the Centre and the Delhi government to a new level, the latter was on Monday v.

“It is now learnt that the MHA expressed some concerns over the Delhi government’s budget and refused to give approval through a letter sent to the chief secretary on March 17, 2023. “The budget can easily be passed before the end of the financial year,” he said. Being a Union territory with a legislative assembly, the Delhi government must send the annual budget to the home ministry for its approval. The annual budget was to be presented on Tuesday. “The concerns raised by MHA are irrelevant and this has been seemingly done only to scuttle the budget,” said Delhi finance minister Kailash Gahlot. “A clarification was sought on this from the Delhi government and it has not been received yet,” a senior official told TOI

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Day before Delhi Budget, Arvind Kejriwal says Centre has 'stopped it' (The Indian Express)

The Budget was to be presented at 11 am Tuesday by newly appointed finance minister Kailash Gahlot, who tabled the economic survey and outcome budget on ...

The role of the Chief Secretary and Finance Secretary of Delhi in delaying Delhi’s budget ought to be investigated.” The Delhi budget has remained in news ever since former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s arrest. If the Budget is not being tabled, the Finance Minister will make a statement. The ministry then sends it to the President for approval, after which the Budget can be tabled by the Delhi government. The Delhi Budget has to be presented in the Delhi Assembly tomorrow morning. The Centre has stopped the Delhi Budget from being presented.

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MHA hits back after AAP alleges that Centre stalled Delhi Budget on ... (PTC News)

Centre and the Kejriwal government in Delhi have been at odds on a number of issues. In the latest feud, the Aam Aadmi Party claimed on Monday that the ...

The Budget was to be presented on March 21," the office added. "Delhi Government thereafter sought the approval of the President Droupadi Murmu by sending a letter to the Home Ministry. In response to the MHA's point, the Delhi government stated that the budget allocation for advertising has not been increased this year.

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​Delhi Budget 2023-24 approved by MHA, say LG office sources (Times of India)

Sources from the lieutenant governor's office on Tuesday said the Ministry of Home Affairs had approved the Delhi government's budget for fiscal 2023.

MHA for CBI enquiry against Harsh Mandar's NGO for flouting FCRA (Daily Pioneer)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended a CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander's NGO 'Aman Biradari'. MHA officials on Monday said a CBI ...

“Aman Biradari works closely with other people’s organisations and groups for the defence of secularism; for public compassion; and for promoting the values of the constitution,” it states. MHA officials on Monday said a CBI inquiry has been recommended against the NGO for violation of various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended a CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander’s NGO ‘Aman Biradari’.

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MHA approves Delhi Budget, likely to be presented tomorrow (Hindustan Times)

Finance minister Kailash Gahlot on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Budget and said an elected government has been stopped from presenting it for ...

Gahlot said the development has left the elected government and the chief minister irrelevant. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed at an event that the Union government blocked the Budget. “I have come to know that the Budget cannot be tabled today [Tuesday],” Goel said when the assembly proceedings began. “In the morning, [Verma] informed me that the file has been sent to the MHA on Tuesday morning,” said Gahlot. “At 10:30pm, the file was returned. He said at 6pm on Monday, the file accordingly came to him and he responded and sent it to the lieutenant governor (LG).

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MHA recommends CBI inquiry against activist Harsh Mander's Aman ... (Organiser)

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended CBI enquiry to Aman Biradari NGO, owned by Harsh Mander, for allegedly violating Foreign Contribution Regulation ...

A case of child sexual abuse was also alleged in one of the shelter homes. The FIR was filed for criminal breach of trust. On its website, it is mentioned that it is a people’s campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world.

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MHA calls for CBI probe into Mander NGO funding (Times of India)

India News: NEW DELHI: The home ministry has recommended a CBI probe against Aman Biradari, an NGO established by activist Harsh Mander, for having ...

The ED case is based on one registered by Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing against the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), where Mander is a director. Aman Biradari is run by Mander who was a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA government. The action followed directions from home minister

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Delhi Budget 2023: Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot resubmits file to ... (India TV)

Image Source : PTI Chaotic scenes were witnessed in Delhi Assembly today. Delhi Budget 2023: Amid the tussle between the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), ...

On allegations of breach of privilege regarding sharing of budget details, he said, "It's an issue pertaining to the House and the Speaker will take a call on it. The government then sent it to the MHA. The file has been sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs for approval."

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