A day after the Union Cabinet finalised a plan to strengthen Delhi Police in the wake of the serial blasts, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patel on Friday held a high-level meeting to discuss implementation of measures to be taken in a "time-bound" manner.

With the UPA government's image coming under scanner over Home Minister Shivraj Patil's handling of internal security, his party Congress on Tuesday delivered a blunt message to him to act fast on acts of terror in the country.

Announcing Rs 3 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those killed in communal violence in Orissa, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said the situation in riot-hit Kandhamal was neither volatile nor normal.

Asserting that communal harmony will not be allowed to be disturbed, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday said the Amarnath land row will be resolved in a manner that its does not hurt either people of Jammu or Kashmir regions.

Seeking to corner Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, the BJP on Friday demanded an "unqualified apology" from him over the illegal immigrants row and for his comments equating Sarabjit Singh with Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.