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Mathura (UP), April 10 VIPs visiting the revered Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan will no longer be accompanied by their private security personnel during darshan, a move aimed at checking arbitrary movement on the temple premises.The decision was taken on Thursday during a meeting presided...

Islamabad, April 10 Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviewed security arrangements in Islamabad on Friday ahead of the arrival of Iranian and US delegations for peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia.The US and Iran agreed on a two-week conditional ceasefire on...

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...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 A 33 percent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling in the Kerala Assembly elections on Thursday, officials said.The crucial elections will determine whether the ruling LDF will secure a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or...

New Delhi, April 8 A day before the Assam Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people of the state on Wednesday to vote for change, asserting that the polls are not just about changing the government, but also about eradicating violence, corruption, and hatred.In a...

Guwahati, April 8 More than 1.5 lakh security personnel have been deployed as part of the arrangements for Thursday's polling in Assam, which will determine the fate of the 722 candidates hoping to enter the 126-member state Assembly.Officials said that 31,940 polling stations have been set up...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 At least 70 people, including 58 security personnel, were injured on Tuesday in a clash with local tribal people over the construction of a road to the Sijimali bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said.The tribal people, who have been strongly opposing...

New Delhi, April 7 A day after the security of the Delhi Assembly was breached by a man in an SUV, arrangements at the complex were reviewed on Tuesday, with instructions to increase the number of security personnel and establish a unified command structure and multi-layered security grid.The...

New Delhi, April 7 A Delhi court on Tuesday sent the SUV driver accused of driving into the Delhi Assembly premises to eight days of police custody.The accused, Sarabjeet Singh, was produced before Judicial Magistrate Kartik Taparia on Tuesday. The police initially sought 10 days of police...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 Nearly 50 people, including 40 security personnel, were injured in a clash with local tribal people over the construction of a road to the Sijimali bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district on Tuesday, officials said.According to officials, the local tribal people...

New Delhi, April 6 The individual responsible for the security breach at the Delhi Assembly on Monday is believed to be a supporter of the 2020-21 farmers' agitation, with some history of mental health issues. Sources say his background has raised multiple lines of inquiry for investigators...

New Delhi, April 6 – In a major security breach at the Delhi Assembly, a masked man drove an SUV through one of the boundary gates and placed a flower bouquet in the Speaker’s vehicle parked on the porch before fleeing, triggering a high alert on Monday afternoon.Police later detained three...

Peshawar, April 6 Unidentified gunmen killed three security personnel in two separate attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said.The attacks took place in the Bannu district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.According to a police official, the first incident occurred in...

Sukma (Chhattisgarh), April 6 Nearly a week after Chhattisgarh was declared free from armed insurgency, a memorial dedicated to the 76 security personnel killed in a 2010 Maoist ambush in the Tadmetla area of Sukma district was inaugurated on Monday in a village near the site of the attack...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 4 – With just days remaining before the Kerala Assembly elections, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan accused the ruling front of being "defensive" and struggling to maintain public trust, citing recent developments in the state's campaign.Satheesan cited the...

Medininagar, April 3 Police arrested two individuals following a brief encounter in connection with the murder of a businessman in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Friday, an official said.One of the accused, identified as Faiz Khan, sustained two bullet injuries to his legs, he said.The...

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...

Jammu, April 2 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered a major reshuffle in the police department, transferring 82 officers, including 34 IPS officers, with immediate effect, with the CID and Crime units getting new IGPs.According to a government order issued by...

Quetta, March 31 – According to officials, three security personnel were killed and four others were injured in two separate attacks in Balochistan province, Pakistan, as reported by local media on Tuesday. The incidents included an attack on a patrol squad in Quetta and a gun battle at a police...