The Union Home Minister Amit Shah further said that the Budget for "new India" has set the stage for fulfilling collective dreams of water for every citizen, ensuring electricity connectivity across India and boosting manufacturing especially in sunrise sectors. "The Budget will enable India to become a more vibrant start-up hub."

It also sets the stage for fulfilling our collective dreams of water for every citizen, ensuring electricity connectivity across India and boosting manufacturing especially in sunrise sectors, Shah said, adding that the budget will enable India to become a more vibrant start-up hub.

Ahead of the annual Jagannath Yatra, the cabinet minister along with his wife Sonal Shah offered prayers to Lord Jagannath. Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to Gujarat. This is his first visit to Gujarat after he took over as Union Home Minister.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday summoned Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik over the communal clashes and temple vandalism that took place on Sunday night in central Delhi's Hauz Qazi area.

A clash had broken out between two groups over parking. Later, the 100-year-old Durga temple in the area was vandalised. On Wednesday, one more person was arrested in connection with the incident in old Delhi. Three persons including a minor were arrested earlier.

Amit Shah will reach Ahmedabad by 3 pm and outside the airport he will be welcomed.

"BJP MLA Leena Jain has complained to police that she has received a hand-written letter threatening to kill her and also BJP president and Union Home Minister in a bomb blast whenever he visits Ganjbasoda town," Vidisha Superintendent of Police Vinayak Verma said.

Rajya Sabha approves statutory resolution to extend President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir for a period of 6 months with effect from 3 July, 2019. The Upper House also passes J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

The Centre had no option but to extend the President's rule for six months in Jammu and Kashmir as the Election Commission intends to hold assembly polls there towards the end of the year, Home Minister Amit Shah told Rajya Sabha on Monday as he moved a statutory resolution in this regard.

Calling the bus-accident  "heart-wrenching", Modi tweeted: "We mourn all those who lost their lives and express condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest."

Amit Shah, on Friday, had said Article 370, which provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was "temporary in nature" and "not permanent".

The minister was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day annual conference organised here by the NDRF on capacity building of state disaster response forces (SDRFs) in consultation with home guards, civil defence and fire services.

For the first time, the Home Minister of India has unambiguously said in Parliament that  Article 370 is not sacrosanct. This has given rise to speculations about fresh delimitation in Jammu & Kashmir that had been put on hold by the Assembly, and the Centre's stand on Article 35A issue, which is presently before the Supreme Court. 

For the new Union Home Minister the drawing lines on the chessboard are clear -- those supporting separatism cannot expect any wooing or concession from Amit Shah.

The Lok Sabha on Friday gave its nod for the extension of President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir by six months from July 3 even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Centre was ready to hold Assembly polls in the state as and when the Election Commission (EC) decides.

Home Minister Amit Shah took Congress party head-on in Lok Sabha in a debate over the issue of President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah reminded Congress that Jammu and Kashmir was divided under then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's watch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not in the country but the government's business in Parliament has been usual. One name you can credit this for is of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Amit Shah today spoke on an array of topics. We bring to you 10 things that Amit Shah spoke about in Lok Sabha today. 

Home Minister Amit Shah has moved Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha. As per the new bill, people living along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir will get benefits of reservation in direct recruitment, promotion, and admission in professional courses.

Restoring democracy and eliminating terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir are the top priorities of the government, Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said in the Lok Sabha.  

On Friday, Amit Shah moved a statutory resolution in the Lok Sabha to extend President's Rule the state for a period of six months. Moving the resolution, he said since the state assembly has been dissolved and the Election Commission has decided to hold fresh elections in Jammu and Kashmir later this year, it is essential that the President's Rule be extended for another six months with effect from July 3, 2019.