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Ambala, April 11 Farmers under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) staged road blockades in several parts of Haryana on Saturday, protesting against difficulties in wheat procurement and issues with the online portal system.Raising slogans, the protesters alleged that technical...

Chandigarh, April 10 In response to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's call for a protest on April 11 in Haryana, the police have made extensive arrangements to maintain law and order across the state, an official statement on Friday said.In this regard, a high-level meeting was held under the...

Imphal, April 8 – The situation remained tense but calm in five valley districts of Manipur on Wednesday, with curfews, internet suspensions, and heavy police deployment in place, following violence that erupted over a bomb attack that left two children dead in Bishnupur a day earlier, a senior...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar on Tuesday said that all preparations have been made for the April 9 Assembly polls, in which 883 candidates will seek the mandate of 2.71 crore voters in the state.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kelkar, at a press conference here, said...

Kolkata, April 6 To ensure peaceful polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, to supplement the already substantial presence of central forces for the first phase...

Bhubaneswar, April 5 A clash erupted between two groups in Malkangiri district of Odisha, a senior police officer said on Sunday.The incident took place at a tribal-inhabited village, Palkonda, on Saturday evening over the holding of prayers by a particular group in the village, the police...

Kolkata, April 3 The Election Commission of India has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel to provide security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West Bengal elections, a senior official said on Friday.Describing the matter as a "lapse," the...

New Delhi, April 3 The Election Commission has taken "serious note" of over 2,100 police personnel in poll-bound West Bengal being deployed for the security of nearly 1,000 people linked directly or indirectly to the ruling TMC and has asked the police chief to review the arrangement, officials...

Raipur, April 3 – The Chhattisgarh Police Department has issued an amended order, entrusting the command of the Janjgir-Champa district to Nivedita Pal, the Commandant of the 6th Battalion, who has now been appointed as the Officer-in-Charge (In-charge SP) of the district.The amendment...

Chennai, April 3: Strict security arrangements have been put in place across Chennai in anticipation of the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to arrive in the city on Friday evening as part of a two-day campaign tour covering Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Kerala.Nearly...

Kolkata, April 2 – Tension escalated outside the office of the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday as Trinamool Congress workers and supporters staged a protest over multiple allegations regarding Form 6.The protest began on Tuesday. The situation became tense on Thursday as...

Chennai, April 2 – Nearly 3,000 police personnel have been deployed across Chennai as part of extensive security arrangements for the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive in the city on Friday to campaign ahead of the elections.According to official sources, the Prime...

Kolkata, April 1 The West Bengal government proposed to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) a reshuffle in the state's police ranks to fill vacant positions, in order to ensure the smooth conduct of the upcoming assembly elections.In a letter to the CEO, the Home and Hill Affairs Department said...

New Delhi, April 1 The Delhi Police has a vacancy of approximately 14.5 percent of its sanctioned strength, with 152 posts out of 346—nearly 44 percent—remaining unfilled at the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) level.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and RJD MP Sudhakar Singh alleged on Tuesday that they were not treated properly at the Odisha government's guest house in Bhubaneswar and that the police prevented other people from meeting them.However, the allegation was dismissed by Police...

Hyderabad, March 31 – The Hyderabad Police will make elaborate arrangements to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Hanuman Jayanti procession scheduled for April 2, Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar said on Tuesday.As part of the arrangements for the annual procession, a coordination meeting...

Basti (UP), March 31 A 25-year-old man undertook a 9 km "dandvat" (prostration) pilgrimage to a local temple here after his "wish for divorce" was granted.The incident took place in Narkhoria village in the Sonha area on March 28. The man, Jogesh, had previously prayed at the Siddh Peeth...

Malda (West Bengal), March 30 Members of the pro-Bengal advocacy group 'Bangla Pokkho' began a hunger strike on Monday in Malda district, demanding that the names of all voters who were removed during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be included in the supplementary list...

Chennai, March 30 TVK filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu on Monday, alleging a complete lack of police deployment and security for the convoy of party president Vijay during his election campaign here.The party also cancelled its scheduled and officially approved...

Jaipur, March 30 – Tension has gripped the Mahesh Nagar area in Jaipur, Rajasthan, following a dispute over alleged illegal liquor sales, which escalated into violence, vandalism, and arson.The police have detained over a dozen individuals and launched an investigation. The incident occurred...