Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) As the West Bengal Assembly election results indicate a change of power with the BJP heading to victory, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the deployment of Central forces in government offices, including Nabanna, the current state secretariat.This is being done to protect government documents, said officials on Monday.CRPF teams were deployed at several government offices in the state in the afternoon to “protect government documents from being destroyed”,…
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Agartala, May 4 (IANS) The ruling BJP candidate Jahar Chakraborti has surged ahead in the Dharmanagar Assembly bypoll, leading by around 18,300 votes over his nearest rival, CPI(M)’s Amitabha Datta. The bye-election was held on April 9 and the vote counting is currently underway at the North Tripura district headquarters in Dharmanagar amid tight security arrangements.According to Election Commission data, Chakraborti has established a significant lead over both Datta and Congress candidate Ch…
Raipur, May 3 (IANS) In the aftermath of a large-scale surrender by Maoists in the Bastar division, security forces have intensified search operations across the region to uncover hidden dumps and contraband left behind by the insurgents. One such operation in Dantewada district has yielded a significant breakthrough, with a massive cache of explosives and materials recovered from the dense forest area of village Todma under Barsur Police Station limits.Acting on precise intelligence received on…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) against the Central forces, accusing the personnel of beating and intimidating villagers in Nandigram in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district. The party has submitted a letter to the ECI in this regard, said a Trinamool leader on Wednesday.In the letter, Trinamool claimed that the CRPF is working at the “behest of the BJP”, and the Central forces are being “used for political gain”. The…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, on Tuesday night, chaired an all-party meeting to review the prevailing situation in the state following a deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district that claimed the lives of two children and injured their mother. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the meeting discussed in detail the tragic incident at Tronglaobi Awang Leikai village in Bishnupur district and strongly condemned the “cowardly act”.Repr…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday announced that the state government has decided to hand over the investigation into the deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district, which claimed the lives of two children, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Meanwhile, a police official said that two protesters were killed and three others injured in firing after a mob stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Bishnupur on Tuesday.Strongly condemnin…
Raipur/Bijapur, Feb 16 (IANS) In Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, security forces dealt a significant blow to Maoist activities through a series of coordinated anti-LWE operations on Monday.Teams from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted intensive searches and area domination patrols across multiple police station jurisdictions, recovering dangerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs), buried explosives, and other insurgent materials, while destroying symbols of Maoist propaganda.A…
Guwahati, Jan 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the Mising community and its rich cultural heritage symbolise the future of Assam as well as the nation, while announcing special recruitment initiatives to facilitate the induction of Mising youth into the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Addressing a massive gathering at the Mising Youth Festival in Assam’s Dhemaji district, Shah said the Central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted an interim protection from coercive police action to the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in a case registered against him at Chandrakona Police Station in West Midnapore district.A single- judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted interim protection to Adhikari.To recall, earlier this month, Adhikari’s convoy was attacked at Chandrakona, allegedly by the ruling Trinamool Congress acti…
Jammu, Jan 18 (IANS) Eight Army soldiers were injured on Sunday in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, an official said.Officials said the joint forces had started a CASO (cordon and search operation) in Sonar village of Chhatru area of Kishtwar after receiving information about a group of terrorists hiding there.Officials said one of the search teams came across a group of two to three foreign terrorists, reportedly belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad…