Tag: Central Forces

Bhadrak Unrest
Bhadrak unrest: Police stage flag march; Centre sends in force

Bhadrak: Though situation in the communally tense Bhadrak town is slowly clawing back to normal with no untoward incident being reported, palpable tension continues to prevail in view of which police staged a flag march today. The Centre today rushed 2,000 paramilitary personnel to Odisha to assist the local administration in maintaining law and order […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Malkangiri encounter: Forces asked to stay on high alert in Koraput, Kalahandi

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the death of 24 cadre Maoists in an encounter with the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in the cutoff areas of Malkangiri district on October 24, the Odisha Home department has asked the Central forces and the Special Operation Group (SOG) to remain on high alert in the undivided […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Calcutta HC stays withdrawal of central forces from Darjeeling hills

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the withdrawal of central armed police forces from Darjeeling hills in West Bengal. A Division Bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Debangshu Basak asked the Home Affairs Ministry to cite appropriate reasons for withdrawing the forces deployed in the Darjeeling hills and directed […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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200 companies of central forces to stay in Bengal till May 27

Kolkata: As many as 200 companies of central armed paramilitary forces (CAPFs) will remain deployed in West Bengal till May 27 in a bid to curb any post-poll violence that might occur in the state, Central Police Observer Vivek Dubey said on Monday. A total of 710 companies of CAPF were deployed across nine parliamentary constituencies […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Centre rushes 10,000 troops to Kashmir

New Delhi: The Centre has ordered rushing of about 10,000 central forces personnel to the Kashmir valley in order to strengthen counter-insurgency operations and law and order duties there, officials said Saturday. They said the Union home ministry has ordered the deployment of 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on July 25 […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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