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India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday set out an ambitious vision for the country’s border communities by urging officials to make villages along frontiers “vibrant, secure and self-reliant” under the government’s flagship Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) . Image Source: Home Minister Amit Shah Speaking at a two-day workshop in New Delhi, Shah said the initiative, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to curb migration from sparsely populated frontier regions, was not only about development, but also about national security.  “If villages have all facilities and employment opportunities, local residents will not wish to migrate,” Shah said, noting that strengthening the population base along borders was critical to maintaining sovereignty. The programme, which targets villages in states such as Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Ladakh, aims to provide 100% coverage of government schemes while promoting infrastructure, tourism, cultural preservat...

India's Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha that seek to disqualify the Prime Minister, Union ministers, Chief Ministers or State and Union Territory ministers who remain in judicial custody for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges. Image Source: Daily Excelsior on X The bills--Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025--were tabled amid heavy opposition protests and sloganeering, with members tearing copies of the documents and throwing paper bits toward the minister. The proposed legislation states that if any elected office-bearer is in custody for 30 straight days in connection with offences carrying a punishment of five years or more, they will automatically cease to hold office on the 31st day.  Shah also moved a motion to refer the bills to a joint parliamentary committee for further discu...