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Amit Shah

Amit Shah

DOB: 22/10/1964

Amit Shah is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Union Home Minister since 2019. He has also been serving as the Union Minister of Co-operation since 2021. Shah was the president of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Gandhinagar constituency of Gujarat since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shah won the Gandhinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Dr CJ Chavda with a margin of 5,57,014 votes. He was the Minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defence, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs in Gujarat in the Narendra Modi-led government from 2002 to 2012. Shah won the Sarkhej Assembly constituency in Gujarat in 1997 (bypoll), 1998, 2002 and 2007. He also represented the Naranpura Assembly seat from 2012 to 2017. Shah also served as the Rajya Sabha member from 2017 to 2019. Amit Shah is again contesting from the Gandhinagar constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel (L) and former CM

Vijay Rupani opens up on why did he resign as Gujarat Chief Minister | Exclusive

India | Sep 15, 2021, 05:13 PM IST

Days after his resignation as Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani in an exclusive conversation shared why did he resign and talked about other developments in the state.

Speculation, however, is rife in the media that her

Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya resigns, two years before completing her tenure

India | Sep 08, 2021, 05:07 PM IST

Sixty-five-year-old Maurya who has long been associated with the BJP was sworn in as the Uttarakhand governor on August 26, 2018, taking over from Krishna Kant Paul at the end of his five-year tenure.

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PM Modi holds high-level meet on Afghanistan; Shah, Rajnath, Sitharaman, Doval participate

India | Sep 06, 2021, 06:48 PM IST

Sources said the ongoing situation in Afghanistan figured in the meeting among other important matters.

Mirabai Chanu

Don't be content with silver medal, aim for gold next time: Amit Shah to Mirabai Chanu

Other Sports | Sep 04, 2021, 04:11 PM IST

Amit Shah said Chanu brought honour for the country by winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic games and is now a proud member of the police force.

Beat constable most important person who makes democracy

Beat constable most important person who makes democracy successful: Amit Shah

India | Sep 04, 2021, 01:08 PM IST

The beat constable, the cop in-charge of the smallest unit under a police jurisdiction, is the main and the most important person who makes the democracy successful, the Union home minister said.

HM Amit Shah honours Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu

HM Amit Shah honours Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu

Other Sports | Sep 04, 2021, 12:01 PM IST

Chanu had clinched a silver medal in the 49kg category weightlifting that opened India's account at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Amit Shah to honour Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu

Other Sports | Sep 03, 2021, 07:07 PM IST

Chanu had clinched a silver medal in weightlifting in the 49kg category that opened India's achievement account at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.

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Government checking anti-national activities in Karnataka: CM Basavaraj Bommai

India | Sep 02, 2021, 08:15 AM IST

"Our police have kept a vigil in coastal and forest regions. We will not tolerate anti-national activities. We'll always fight against these divisive forces. These forces are handled with the help of the NIA," Bommai said.

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PM Narendra Modi extends best wishes to people on Rakshabandhan

India | Aug 22, 2021, 08:48 AM IST

VP M Venkaiah Naidu also greeted the nation on Rakshabandhan and urged people to ensure a safe environment for the women.

It is a matter of great pain that Kalyan Singh is no more

Hero of Ram Janmabhoomi movement: Home Minister Amit Shah condoles death of ex-UP CM Kalyan Singh

India | Aug 22, 2021, 12:03 AM IST

Crores of people across the country including me are in pain due to the demise of Kalyan Singh. He was a senior BJP leader and hero of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He fought for the rights of the backward communities for many years, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

UP Assembly elections 2022: Amit Shah meets Nadda, Yogi

UP Assembly elections 2022: Amit Shah meets Nadda, Yogi Adityanath in Delhi

Elections | Aug 20, 2021, 07:13 AM IST

Sources said that in view of the elections, the strategy for the upcoming party programmes in the coming months was discussed, including the party's Booth Vijay Sankalp program which is going to start on August 23.

Home Ministry spokesperson on Friday clarified in a series

Chandigarh full-fledged administrator row: Home Ministry responds to Sukhbir Singh Badal's tweets

India | Aug 13, 2021, 05:32 PM IST

The SAD president said Chandigarh was an inseparable part of Punjab and should be transferred to the parent state as soon as possible.

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Arunachal IPS awarded MHA excellence award for leading investigation into APSSB recruitment scam

India | Aug 12, 2021, 11:46 PM IST

Harsha Vardhan was posted as the Super Intendent, Special Investigation Cell in Arunachal Pradesh, where he led the investigation into a major recruitment scam in the exam conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB).

The award was presented to KPS Malhotra for the rescue of a

Delhi Police DCP gets MHA excellence award for Delhi riots case, Sushant Singh Rajput death probe

India | Aug 12, 2021, 10:27 PM IST

The first darknet vendor of psychotropic substances, the first cyber terror case and the espionage case was solved under the leadership of KPS Malhotra.

Six Delhi Police officers receive Union Home Minister's

6 Delhi Police officers get Union Home Minister's 'Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2021'

India | Aug 12, 2021, 08:28 PM IST

This medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize Excellence in Investigation by investigating officers. 

AMIT SHAH, CASTE BASED CENSUS

BJD MPs meet Amit Shah, demand caste based census

India | Aug 11, 2021, 06:21 PM IST

A delegation of BJD MPs from both the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his Parliament chamber and submitted a memorandum in this regard.  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday met Union

Repeal farm laws, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh urges Amit Shah

India | Aug 10, 2021, 09:00 PM IST

Expressing concern over the fear of "inimical powers from across the border trying to exploit the resentment and disgruntlement against the government", Amarinder Singh sought an enduring and expeditious solution to the farmers’ concerns.

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PM ensured pace of development continues even during COVID-19 pandemic: Amit Shah

India | Aug 07, 2021, 05:05 PM IST

Shah said projects worth around Rs 900 crore (of the total project cost of Rs 5,300 crore) are taken up in his Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency while projects worth Rs 630 crore were inaugurated and foundation stones were laid for other projects worth Rs 241 crore.  

Rape of 9-yr-old in Delhi: 'Culprits should be hanged,'

Rape of 9-yr-old in Delhi: 'Culprits should be hanged,' says CM Arvind Kejriwal

India | Aug 04, 2021, 01:45 PM IST

The four accused persons, including a priest, allegedly cremated the body of the girl without her parent's consent or informing the police. The matter surfaced after the victim's family staged a protest along with the local people on Sunday night.

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NCP chief Sharad Pawar meets Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi

India | Aug 03, 2021, 03:36 PM IST

Sharad Pawar, the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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