"Not ruling out using US military force. There's a distinction between deploying on the ground, air power and naval power," he said in the exclusive interview to the magazine conducted at the White House on May 28.
As the mammoth exercise to count votes polled for the Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 elections started at 8:00 am on Tuesday, Lucknow Joint Commissioner of Police (C.P.) Law and Order Upendra Kumar Agarwal informed about the deployment of 1500 police personnel as well as PAC and paramilitary in
Meerut SSP Rohit Singh on Tuesday briefed about the three-tier security arrangements put in place for the counting of votes and stated that CAPF and Quick Response Team have been deployed in the city.
With the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 just hours away, the Additional Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Jogdande said that 27 observers have been deployed in the state by the Election Commission to monitor the preparations for counting.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan on Monday said that the counting of votes of Lok Sabha elections 2024 would take place for 29 parliamentary constituencies in the state in 52 district headquarters starting at 8 am on June 4 amid three-tier security arrangements.
"Elaborate security arrangements have been made by Delhi Police for the vote-counting day of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. On June 4, during the counting process, around 70 companies of the force will be deployed at all seven counting centres across Delhi," said the police.
As the counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections will begin on June 4, Harish Chander, Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Kanpur said that three-tier security arrangements have been put in place at various centres, deploying around 3,000 police personnel.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier on Sunday reviewed the impact of Cyclone Remal which claimed three dozen lives and affected more than two lakh people across the northeastern states due to flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides.
Indian Naval Ship Shivalik mission deployed to the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, departed for Japan, and is scheduled to participate in Japan India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX) 24 and Exercise Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC-24).
In response to the ongoing flood situation in Barak Valley in Assam, an additional team from the first Battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed to the region.
Ahead of the seventh phase of polling in Bihar, Patna District Magistrate Shirsat Kapil Ashok said that sufficient medical teams have been deployed at various places considering a red alert for the heatwave conditions.
District Magistrate, Sonbhadra, Chandra Vijay Singh informed about the casualties and said, "A polling party was supposed to leave from the dispatch centre in Robertsganj today. Three polling officials including a police personnel and others fell ill due to heat. Two polling officials have d