Former advisor to the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, K Vijay Kumar, has been appointed as a senior-security advisor in the Union Home Ministry headed by Amit Shah, an official order said. The 1975-batch officer of the IPS will "advise the ministry on security-related matters of Union Territory of JK and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States," the order said.

Only two of the 314 Sikh foreign nationals who were blacklisted by the government remain in the list after 312 Sikh foreign nationals were removed from the Central Adverse List or blacklist containing the names of foreign nationals. Those whose names have been taken off the list can enter India. The government says this review is a continuous and dynamic process.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has refused to provide information related to the Narendra Modi government's decision to abrogate special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. Lucknow based activist Nutan Thakur had sought copy of the official file of MHA related to scrapping of special status of Jammu and Kashmir earlier provided under Article 370 of the Constitution.