Four of the companies were created on a zonal basis, with one unit each assigned to the East, West, South and Manesar zones Gurgaon: In an effort to enhance operational readiness for major protests, crowd management, communal unrest, VIP security and other critical incidents, police have constituted five dedicated law-and-order companies, comprising more than 500…
Scenes of chaos unfolded at Bihar’s Katihar Railway Station on Tuesday evening when hundreds of candidates returning from a constable recruitment examination surged towards the Rajdhani Express, triggering a major commotion that eventually led to a police action. The unrest began when a large number of candidates of the Prohibition Constable Recruitment Examination gathered at…
The 16th witness gave an account of the violence that is alleged to have unfolded at Darul Uloom Imdadiya madrassa behind Suleman Usman Bakery in Dongri Mumbai: A sessions court conducting the trial in the 1993 Suleman Usman Bakery firing case heard the deposition on Wednesday of the 16th witness, who gave an account of…
Patna, Police fired tear gas shells and took recourse to lathi-charge when a mob disrupted railway traffic on the outskirts of Patna, alleging a lack of an adequate number of trains for a competitive exam, a top official said on Sunday. Mob disrupts Railway traffic near Patna; police resort to lathi-charge, fire tear gas shells…
Mohali: Employees and representatives of various organisations Monday staged a protest outside the Powercom XEN office in Zirakpur, condemning the alleged lathi charge on unemployed apprentice workers in Patiala.Protesters burned an effigy of the Punjab govt and raised slogans, expressing anger over the use of force against youth seeking permanent jobs after completing ITI apprenticeship…
Imphal: Several people were injured when Assam Rifles personnel resorted to tear gas shelling, blank firing and lathi charge to disperse protesters objecting to the setting up of an ‘unauthorised’ Assam Rifles outpost in the New Heaven area of Shokvao village in Ukhrul district on Sunday.According to local sources, around 20 people, mostly women, were…
At least four civilians were injured during a confrontation between protesters and personnel of the Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Sunday, following opposition to the establishment of a new Assam Rifles outpost in New Heaven village, officials said. According to the Ukhrul district police control room, the incident took place around 4 pm…
RCB fans creating ruckus in Hyderabad Hyderabad: Police in Saifabad resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse the supporters of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who were creating a ruckus near the Secretariat, following the team’s victory in the IPL final on Sunday night. This even as Kukatpally police filed a case against 17 youngsters for…
Somit Sen & Nitasha NatuMumbai: The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition that sought to halt the ongoing anti-encroachment drive at Garib Nagar in Bandra East, underlining that the railways are acting within the law to remove illegal structures, said Western Railway chief public relations officer Vineet Abhishek while speaking to the media…
Gathering outside the Kondhwa police station in the early hours of Tuesday Pune: A minor scuffle between children while playing in a society snowballed into a clash between two communities late on Monday night, prompting a huge gathering and tension near the Kondhwa police station around midnight.The members of the two communities allegedly threw stones…
