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WB civic polls: BJP files second plea in Calcutta HC seeking re-election i
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday filed the second application in the Calcutta High Court seeking the deployment of Central Paramilitary forces in the upcoming municipal polls.
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Uttarakhand: CCTV monitoring at polling booths, security increased for pol
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 13 (ANI): Uttarakhand is all set for the assembly elections to be held on Monday with the authorities taking special care of security measures by installing CCTV in booths and deploying companies of Central Paramilitary Force (CPMF) and Provincial Ar
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UP polls phase I: Nearly 50,000 paramilitary security personnel deployed
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 9 (ANI): Nearly 50,000 paramilitary personnel from 412 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed at different locations to maintain poll-bound state's law and order as the election campaign for the first phase of assembly polls i
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CISF adjudged 'best marching contingent' in Republic Day-2022 parade
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) contingent has been adjudged as the 'best marching contingent' amongst all paramilitary forces and other auxiliary marching contingents that took part in Republic Day-2022 parade at Rajpath.
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Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh's RAB from peacekeeping
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): The UN Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh's "notoriously abusive paramilitary" Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN deployment, 12 organizations said in a letter to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, made public on Thursday.
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Cattle smugglers attack BSF along India-Bangladesh border, 1 injured
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Thursday opened fire to disperse a group of alleged cattle smugglers who were forcibly trying to smuggle cattle heads on the India-Bangladesh Border. One alleged smuggler was injured in the firing, according to an
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Mamata's stand can create problems between local police, BSF: Jagdeep Dhan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], December 11 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her recent direction to the state police asking it not to allow the Border Security Force (BSF) to enter villages outside its 'jurisdiction of 15 km' and all
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Tripura civic polls: SC asks Centre to deploy more paramilitary forces to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to deploy two additional companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in Tripura as expeditiously as possible to secure the polling booth so that municipal elections can take place without any di
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18 deaths in 13 fratricide cases in CRPF since 2018
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): India's largest paramilitary force Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has witnessed 18 killings in 13 fratricide cases since 2018.
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CRPF orders inquiry into fratricide incident in Chhattisgarh that left 4 o
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has ordered an inquiry into an unfortunate incident of fratricide in which a constable of the paramilitary wing allegedly killed four of his colleagues and injured three others by shooting them in Chhattisgarh's Suk
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Amarinder Singh backs BSF's jurisdiction extension in Punjab; set to meet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 27 (ANI): Former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Wednesday, reiterated his support to the Centre's decision to enhance the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab, and said the purpose of the Central paramilitary force is to secure
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At least 20 killed in clashes in central Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in clashes between regional Galmudug forces backed by the Somali National Army (SNA) and a paramilitary group in central Somalia on Saturday, officials confirmed late Saturday.
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