CRPF will have an expanded role in Manipur: Centre

CRPF will have an expanded role in Manipur: Centre

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said on Saturday that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is seeing a “further increase” in its role in maintaining law and order in Manipur, which has been wracked by ethnic conflict for over a year. “We are … Read more

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

Security personnel stand guard as students protest against the “killing” of two missing students by unknown miscreants and demand peace in Manipur, Imphal, on September 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Top officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on October 18 discussed the evolving law and order situation in the country in the light … Read more

Income Tax officials get CRPF protection, expand searches at premises linked to T.N. Minister V. Senthilbalaji in Karur

Income Tax officials get CRPF protection, expand searches at premises linked to T.N. Minister V. Senthilbalaji in Karur

IT officials at the premises of a government contractor in Karur on Friday, May 26, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI A day after Income Tax officials faced hostile reactions from DMK workers when they carried out searches at the premises of persons linked to Minister for Electricity, Excise and Prohibition, V. Senthilbalaji, Central Reserve Police … Read more

Congress faces heat in Rajasthan over demands of CRPF personnel’s widows

Congress faces heat in Rajasthan over demands of CRPF personnel’s widows

Widows of Pulwama attack victims Rohitash Lamba, Jeetram Gurjar and Hemraj Meena during a protest against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in Jaipur, on March 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress government in Rajasthan is facing heat over the demands raised by the widows of three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, killed … Read more

No security breach during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: CRPF after Congress raises concern

No security breach during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: CRPF after Congress raises concern

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leaders during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, near ITO in New Delhi, on December 24. | Photo Credit: PTI Day after the Congress wrote a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah expressing concern about security breaches during Delhi leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra, the CRPF on Thursday said that security … Read more

Four, including police officer and CRPF constable, arrested in J&K sub-inspector recruitment scam

Four, including police officer and CRPF constable, arrested in J&K sub-inspector recruitment scam

Among the 13 accused arrested so far are two constables of the J&K Police, one CRPF official, one ex-CRPF constable, one teacher, one commandant of the BSF and one ASI of the J&K Police Among the 13 accused arrested so far are two constables of the J&K Police, one CRPF official, one ex-CRPF constable, one … Read more

Mamata Banerjee slams police ‘inaction’

Mamata Banerjee slams police ‘inaction’

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the police ‘inaction’ in Bagtui village in Rampurhat and ordered a 10-day special clean-up drive to uncover illegal arms and ammunition across the state. During her visit to the village, she ordered strict action, immediate police picketing and punishment of the accused involved in the crime. Following … Read more

Home Minister Amit Shah chairs three-hour meet on J&K, overall security

Home Minister Amit Shah chairs three-hour meet on J&K, overall security

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi and discussed the overall security situation across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir and anti-drone strategy. In the nearly three-hour meeting, Shah reviewed the internal security matters and discussed the roadmap for the upcoming expected challenges as well as current killings … Read more

Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre for NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami, says it has scored ‘self-goal’

Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre for NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami, says it has scored ‘self-goal’

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir as a “self-goal” for the Centre, saying instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea, the government was crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist. “NIA raids on Jamaat is emblematic of GOI (Government of India) waging … Read more