Sensing that there could be a "law and order situation problem" after poll results will be declared in the northeastern state of Tripura, on March 3rd, officials of the Election Commission said it will hold "peace meetings" on February 27 and February 28.
In line with the motto of 'no voter to be left behind', the poll officers in Meghalaya braved harsh conditions, and trekked difficult terrains to reach their respective polling stations.
"Unidentified eople placed a magnetic bomb on the police vehicle, and detonated it with a remote control, resulting in the death and injury of four security personnel," Fahad Khosa, Khuzdar's senior superintendent of police said.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that officers should go to villages and set up chaupals for quick solutions to public problems. From time to time, officers should listen to public problems by setting up night chaupals and solving them on the spot.
Polling personnel to 3419 polling stations across 59 Assembly Constituencies for Meghalaya assembly elections have been dispatched to their respective polling stations along with EVMs and other related materials on Sunday.
In the Rozgar Mela, appointment letters were provided to direct recruits for Sub Inspectors in UP Police and equivalent posts in Nagrik Police, Platoon Commanders and Fire Department Second Officers.
A head constable from the 16th Corps was killed on Sunday by unidentified Naxals in an explosion triggred by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Narayanpur district, a police officer said.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department arrested one person from the Kochi airport, seizing 1259 grams of gold, worth Rs 53 lakh, concealed inside his body, officers said on Sunday.
Barkhan Station House Officer (SHO) Sajjad Afzal has confirmed the death toll and added that the injured people had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
Two senior police officers have been removed from active duty and line attached in Madhya Pradesh's Indore in connection to the Simrol-based BM College Principal Vimukta Sharma murder case, officials said.
Ahead of Monday's Assembly elections, as many as 900 polling stations across the state have been identified as vulnerable and critical, the state's chief electoral officer (CEO) said on Saturday.
Khuzdar Station House Officer (SHO) Muhammad Jan Sasoli told Dawn that Khuzdar Superintendent of Police (SP) Fahad Khan Khoso's security squad was targeted near the Jhalawan Complex in a "remote-controlled blast".