Home Department
Coverage of Home Department in the Nexus archive.
- Kerala govt forms high-level panel to draft Sidharthan Anti-Ragging and Student Welfare Act
The Kerala government has established a high-level panel to draft the Sidharthan Anti-Ragging and Student Welfare Act. The committee will be chaired by Achuthsankar S. Nair, vice-chairperson of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, and is constituted by the Home Department.
- ‘Will plant drugs’: Mumbai cop threatens protesting students, police order probe
A Mumbai police officer threatened protesting students with the phrase 'Will plant drugs,' leading to an internal probe. The officer, previously stationed at Sion Police Station, was transferred following the incident.
- Home Dept refuses to grant sanction for prosecution against four police officers in bitcoin case
The Home Department refused to grant prosecution sanction against four police officers in a Bitcoin case. The officers, whose names were previously included in the investigation, are Dy SP Sridhar Pujar, Police Inspector Chandradhar, D.M. Prashanth Babu, and Lakshmikantayya.
- Odisha govt. alleges two inquiry reports went missing from CMO during Naveen Patnaik tenure
The Odisha government alleges two inquiry reports disappeared from the Chief Minister’s Office during Naveen Patnaik's tenure. The Home Department has sought an FIR regarding the missing reports on the Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati killing and the SUM Hospital fire incident.
- IAS transfers: Several officers in Karnataka given additional charge
Several officers in Karnataka have been given additional charges. Rajender Kumar Kataria, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department, has been entrusted with the concurrent role of Additional Chief Secretary for the Home Department.