Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, bringing together the governments of five southern states and representatives of the Union Territories to discuss long-pending inter-state issues, regional development and internal security.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has criticised Congress Soniya Gandhi over an alleged incident involving the singing of Vande Mataram at Congress headquarter on Independence Day.
With Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju reiterating Monday that the government is ready for a discussion in Parliament on police action on protesters on July 20 and that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to reply, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi demanded that Shah should first answer “who ordered the firing on students” and said that the people are not interested in Shah’s “fantasy conversations”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that central armed police forces will remain deployed in West Bengal for 60 days after the elections, aiming to ensure peace and prevent post-poll violence.
The Red Corridor took root in areas marked by multiple state abdications and political failures. It’s fallout was the long stretch on which Maoist insurrection cast a shadow for almost six decades.
In a landmark session of the Lok Sabha on March 30, 2026, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah officially declared that Maoist extremism has been “eradicated” from the
country.
The most direct issue in the upcoming Assam elections is the BJP’s plan to implement the
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) immediately if they return to power. During recent campaign rallies
in March 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
have made it clear that a win for the party is a mandate for this legal shift. The central goal is
to replace religious personal laws with one common law for everyone, focusing specifically
on a total ban on polygamy.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (March 5, 2026) unveiled two mascots, ‘Pragati’ and ‘Vikas’, for the upcoming Population Census 2027. Mr. Shah also soft launched four digital tools to be used during the exercise.
