The CIC ruling came on the plea of an RTI applicant seeking to know if autopsy was done on Shastri who had died on January 11, 1966 in Tashkent in a Soviet dacha.  

Speaking at an interactive event at a management institute in Lucknow, his Lok Sabha constituency, Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party always believed in differing on political and ideological issues and never took things to personal level.  

Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s allegations based on former French President Francois Hollande’s statement to a magazine, Rajnath Singh said that the verification of the French media report will reveal the truth.

Rajnath Singh's stern message was conveyed to the top brass of the border guarding force which is deployed along the highly volatile Indo-Pak border.

"Whatever initiatives India could take, we have taken,” said the home minister who is on a one-day visit to Jammu.

Singh will also be visiting the forward areas near the International Border (IB) in Jammu. 

“It is absolutely necessary to know who are Indians and who are foreigners,” Singh added.

While individual gold medal winners were given away Rs 40 lakh, the silver and bronze winners took home Rs 20 and Rs 10 lakh each.

The committee of secretaries, headed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, held consultations with a cross-section of society and other stakeholders before submitting its report to the GoM.

On August 23, replacing N N Vohra, he took oath as the 13th governor of J&K.

“In order to supplement the efforts of the state government, just before leaving for Kerala I have approved the release the second instalment of Rs 80.25 crore in advance for the SDRF,” Singh said.

93-year-old Vajpayee was admitted to the AIIMS on June 11 with kidney tract infection, chest congestion, urinary tract infection and urine output on the lower side.

Rajnath Singh while describing the Deoria incident as  shameful and unfortunate and assured that guilty won't be spared.

Singh also reiterated that this was not the final NRC, but a draft and adequate time would be given to settle all claims and objections.

Rajnath Singh stressed that the Assam NRC draft, which has triggered a huge debate across the country, is completely transparent.

BJP president Amit Shah was not allowed to speak over the issue in Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive day as Opposition MPs resorted to sloganeering as soon as he stood up present his views.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Centre has issued new advisory to state governments concerning Rohingyas and made is clear that they would be deported to Myanmar.

Over 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out from the the NRC, which is being prepared to identify illegal migrants in Assam.

"People are being isolated through a game plan. We are worried because people are being made refugees in their own country," Mamata Banerjee said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said affected people will get adequate opportunities to register their claims and objections after the release of the draft NRC in Assam next week and there was "no cause for worry"