A week after it issued an advisory to West-Bengal government to contain the political-violence that has kept the state on edge since before the national-elections, centre has sought a report from Mamata Banerjee administration asking what measures it has taken against those responsible, government sources said. The "unabated violence over the years is evidently a matter of deep-concern", the Home Ministry has said, according-to-sources.

Hundreds of retirement and subsequent pension procedures for personnel of various CAPFs have been stuck since May-31 as the Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to take a-final-decision over fixing benchmark superannuation age in these uniformed services. According to the present policy, all personnel in other forces under the MHA the Central Industrial Security Force and the Assam Rifles retire at age of 60.

The Home Ministry has refused to share details on its notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi following a complaint questioning his Indian citizenship, citing provisions of RTI Act barring disclosure of information that will, among other things, impede the investigation. In an RTI-application, the ministry was asked to provide a copy of the notice to Gandhi and details of the response received from him.