A security personnel got injured in a fresh violence that erupted in Imphal, Manipur on Sunday days ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the violence-hit state.
"RTI activist Gulam Qazi arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on social media," said Mumbai Police.
An official of Mumbai's Sakinaka Police station said that Qazi made "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and other BJP leaders"
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday informed that additional security forces had been brought into the State and security personnel consisting of CAPF, Manipur Police, Manipur Rifles, IRB and VDF had been deployed at 38 vulnerable areas.
Union Home Minister was on a day-long visit to the state to attend three events in Assam's Guwahati on Thursday where he attended the foundation ceremony of the National Forensic Science University (NFSU) Guwahati campus.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to people in Manipur to maintain peace and said he will visit the state after a few days and stay there for three days
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam's Guwahati district on May 25 to attend two important government programmes there, said an official statement on Wednesday.
Amit Shah will arrive in Assam on May 25 for a day-long visit to attend a programme in Guwahati where the Assam government will distribute nearly 45,000 appointment letters to the newly recruited candidates of various government departments, officials added.
Listing out the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the centre, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the security of the country got strengthened and the global pride of the nation has been restored during nine years of the Bharatiya Janata Party's government.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said he wanted to retire from politics in 2014 but continued after the insistence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.