Prolonged power cuts have led to frequent angry demonstrations in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The provincial authorities are using police force and issuing stern warnings to the protestors. Skardu city has been left totally without electricity for the past three months.
"The entire issue is worrisome, especially entering the police station and agitating over there. The way the police force was confronted is a very unfortunate incident. The state is under a huge crisis and it does remind us of the situation in Punjab in the 1980s," said Jagroop Singh Sekhon.
There was heavy deployment of personnel outside Amritsar's Ajnala police station on Friday, the day after the chief of suspected pro-Khalistan outfit 'Waris Punjab De', Amritpal Singh, staged a massive protest on the premises along with his followers, demanding the release of his close aide,
More than 1,000 security personnel including Meghalaya Police and Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed in the route of the roadshow and Police Bazar point in Shillong.
The Election Commission of India has deployed 119 companies of Central Armed Police Forces in Meghalaya to smoothly conduct the assembly polls in the state which will be held on February 27.
According to the sources, Among the places searched on Monday were residential and office addresses of Congress leaders Ram Gopal Agarwal, Girish Devangan, RP Singh, Vinod Tiwari and Sunny Agrawal.
About 25 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were admitted to a hospital in Bacheli in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada due to food poisoning, an official said on Sunday.
Central Armed Police Forces personnel helped the 85-year-old woman to enter the polling booth at 37/7 in Saashima High School in South Belonia, Tripura.
All the 34 Naxals surrendered themselves before Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Chhattisgarh Police forces at different locations in Sukma on Tuesday.
Besides raising seven additional Battalions, the CCS has also given approval to the set-up of one Sector Headquarter of ITBP for manning the 47 new Border Out Posts (BOPs) and 12 staging camps.
Uttarakhand Police identified people who allegedly pelted stones at the police force and damaged their vehicles during a protest at the main Rajpur road of Dehradun, demanding a CBI inquiry into recruitment irregularities, said Senior Superintendent of Police Dilip Singh Kunwar.