The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced a significant policy decision to confer an honorary rank—one level higher—on retirement day to personnel below officer rank (Constable to Sub-Inspector) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR).
Amid the violence in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal since last week during protests against the newly-promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday hold a meeting with the imams, muezzins, and religious leaders from the Muslim community in the state.
The division bench also observed that had the CAPF deployment been earlier, the situation would not have been so “grave” and “volatile”.
Trinamool Congress MP Khalilur Rahaman from the Jangipur constituency said on Sunday that initial findings indicate the perpetrators of communal violence in certain areas of the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which has been tense in recent days due to protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, were primarily outsiders and not residents of the district.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought the Central government's stance on the deployment of central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel at Mothabari in Malda district of West Bengal which has witnessed communal tensions in the recent past over alleged attacks on the members of a particular community.
With the deployment of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and multi-layered security arrangements, the Delhi Police has left no stone unturned to ensure smooth counting of votes for the assembly elections in the national capital on Saturday.
President Droupadi Murmu and Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena exercised their franchise during Assembly elections here on Wednesday.
With campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections coming to an end on Monday, security measures have been significantly intensified across the national capital.
The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with an alleged online forgery scam since Thursday morning, sources said.
Additional 2,000 CAPF personnel deployed following armed attacks and rising unrest.
