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Kottayam (Kerala), April 11 The Kottayam District Collector on Saturday dismissed media reports that CAPF personnel pointed guns at election officials at the strong room located in the Baselius College here.District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena, who is also the District Election Officer, in a...

New Delhi, April 11 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that his party stands firmly with personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces and will end the discrimination they face under the recently notified CAPF law.In a post on Facebook, Gandhi said that even though soldiers of the...

Agartala, April 10 – More than 13,500 Central and state security personnel will be deployed to ensure the smooth conduct of the politically significant elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), scheduled for April 12, top officials said on Friday.The 30-member...

Agartala, April 10 The Union home ministry has sanctioned 24 companies of central paramilitary forces for the April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, an official said on Friday.Four companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have already arrived in...

New Delhi, April 9 The government on Thursday notified the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026, after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the "umbrella law" that will regulate recruitment, deputation, promotion, and other conditions of service for the officers...

New Delhi, April 9 Families of serving paramilitary personnel and veterans staged a protest at Rajghat in Delhi on Wednesday against the recently passed CAPF Bill, demanding its withdrawal and raising other demands.The group, largely composed of women, demanded that the CAPF (General...

New Delhi, April 9 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that when his party comes to power, it will dismantle the "discriminatory system" under which personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces are denied opportunities for leadership, and ensure that they are granted their rights and...

New Delhi, April 9 – Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Thursday extended greetings to the personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force on CRPF Shaurya Diwas, while also drawing attention to "long-standing concerns" within the forces and assuring that a Congress-led...

Puducherry, April 9. Polling began smoothly across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday morning, with voters steadily turning out at booths to elect representatives to the 30-member Assembly.Election officials reported a calm and orderly start, with no major disruptions in the early...

Kolkata, April 8 The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 150 additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and state armed police battalions in West Bengal to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, according to an official communication.This brings the...

Guwahati, April 8 – Assam is set to witness a high-stakes election on Thursday, with polling for all 126 Assembly constituencies. The contest is largely shaping up as a direct battle between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Congress-led opposition alliance.The ruling BJP...

Dimapur, April 8 A day before the by-election in Nagaland's Koridang (ST) assembly constituency, the National People's Party lodged a complaint with the Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging that anti-social elements are impersonating as personnel of the India Reserve Battalion (IRB) in...

Kolkata, April 8 – The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the West Bengal government on Wednesday that, following the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), it has decided to deploy 150 companies of additional forces, including personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)...

Kolkata, April 6 The Election Commission has issued fresh guidelines to strengthen the postal ballot voting process, mandating CCTV surveillance, deployment of central armed police forces, and stricter observer supervision at facilitation centers and postal voting centers, a senior official said...

Kolkata, April 7 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Tuesday that from February 26 to April 6, illegal and unauthorized items worth approximately ₹327.44 crore have been seized in West Bengal, which is holding crucial two-phase Assembly elections later this month.The office...

New Delhi, April 5 – Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday over her remarks questioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), alleging that her statements reflect “frustration” amid electoral pressure.Reacting to...

Kolkata, April 3 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state, its division through the rearrangement of Assembly constituencies will be inevitable."The BJP is planning to divide West Bengal by rearranging...

Kolkata, April 3 Around 500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) will continue to be deployed in West Bengal even after the vote counting on May 4 for post-poll law and order duties, an Election Commission official said on Friday.An additional 200 CAPF companies will be...

New Delhi, April 2 A bill to create a unified legal framework governing personnel across different Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), replacing the current patchwork of separate service-rule regimes for the five central forces, was approved by Parliament on Thursday.Several opposition...

New Delhi, April 2 A bill to establish a unified legal framework governing personnel across different Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), replacing the current fragmented system of separate service rules for the five central forces, was approved by Parliament on Thursday.The bill, passed by...