To manage post-election violence, nearly 400 Central Armed Police Force companies will remain in West Bengal until June 19, sources said.A significant portion of the CAPFs will consist of the Central Reserve Police Force, said a source privy to the development, adding "The decision was taken anticipating post-poll violence in West Bengal. ""The ongoing deployment of 400 CAPF companies in …
The Election Commission has directed the railway board to ensure "smooth and hassle-free" train movement for more than 3.4 lakh security personnel being deployed for the upcoming general and Assembly elections with specific instructions to avoid recurrence of delays noticed in the past. The EC, in a communication issued to the railway board last week, said "a large-scale" deployment of …
The Union Home Ministry has set up a taskforce comprising its senior-most officers for the prevention of suicide by central paramilitary forces personnel who render internal security duties in some of the most challenging conditions and arduous terrains. The taskforce will draw a plan to "identify relevant risk factors and protective factors at the individual level; look at the existing …
