With poll related violence claiming five lives in Cooch Behar district’s Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in West Bengal during the fourth phase of polling and political temperature rising, the poll panel has barred – with immediate effect- all political leaders from entering the district for next 72 hours. It has further said that the ‘silence period’ … Read more
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has expressed concern over the slow pace of ongoing vaccination drive in the country and observed that at this rate it will take many years to vaccinate the entire population. In its report on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs tabled in Rajya Sabha … Read more
New Delhi: The government plans to set up more secure accommodation inside southern Kashmir where militants have intensified attacks on political workers, sarpanchs and elected representatives. None of the three BJP workers killed in a terrorist attack in Kulgam district were part of the vulnerability review and neither enjoyed security cover, said officials. Ahead of … Read more
So far, 1,21,903 cases to be exact have been reported among state police forces and CAPF. Coronavirus infection has been increasingly spreading among the frontline workers in India. After healthcare workers, police officers have been severely impacted by the viral infection. Data collected by the Indian Police Foundation (IPF) shows that 1.21 lakh state police … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre has ordered “immediate” withdrawal of about 10,000 paramilitary forces personnel from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. They said the decision was taken after the Ministry of Home Affairs reviewed the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the union territory (UT). A senior … Read more