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Unionm home minister Rajnath Singhr meets RAF jawans in Meerut. (Photo; PTI)

Police can't be brute force, says Rajnath Singh

He said that five new battalions of the force will be made fully operational from January 1 next year.

8 Oct 2017 1:50 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: PTI/File)

Police cannot be brute, will have to be civilised while dealing with...

The head of the country's internal security mechanism asked the forces to apply 'minimum force' and obtain maximum...

7 Oct 2017 7:36 PM IST

Elephant expert Kaushik Barua however attribute this to shrinkage of elephant habitat.

Assam to set up RAF teams to end man-elephant conflict

Assam minister Parimal Suklabaidya said that during the last four years, around 1,169 incidents of man-elephant conflict...

1 Dec 2019 5:05 AM IST

Voting in 95 seats across 11 states and Puducherry UT in the 2nd phase of LS elections were marred by an IED blast by Naxals in Cgarh, police firing in West Bengal on stone pelters and EVM glitches.

Stray violence, glitches in EVMs reported; 67.8 per cent vote in Phase...

Bypolls were held in 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha and 18 Assembly segments in Tamil Nadu.

19 April 2019 2:33 AM IST

Police commissioner S.N. Srivastava with other police officials at Shiv Vihar.

Week after horror, victims stare at uncertain future

The Delhi police and rapid action force (RAF) in Shiv Vihar had given brief permission to people to check out their...

3 March 2020 2:47 AM IST

Hamid Ansaris second five-year term as the vice-president ends on Thursday. (Photo: AP/File)

AMU turns into fortress as students sit on protest

A statement by the AMUTA executive committee has strongly condemned the deliberate criminal activity carried out by the...

4 May 2018 7:06 AM IST

Students and activists take out a rally in Kolkata on Wednesday to condemn police firing on villagers protesting against land acquisition for a power project in Bhangar, West Bengal. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Mamata Banerjee blames outsiders' for Bhangar violence

Mamata however also cautioned the police that the local villagers must not be harmed or harassed.

19 Jan 2017 4:47 AM IST

One among the four lynched on Thursday begs for his life as villagers thrash him on the assumption of he being a child lifter, in Seraikela Kharswan district. (Photo: YouTube grab)

Tension prevails in Jharkhand village where mob lynched 4

In reaction to WhatsApp rumours, local tribal leaders resorted to bows, arrows for guarding children and villages from...

21 May 2017 12:10 PM IST

UP government has announced Rs 15 lakh as compensation to the next of kin of those killed in caste violence. (Photo: File/PTI)

2 more killed in UP's Saharanpur; Yogi govt bans mobile, internet...

Some vested interests are trying to disrupt social harmony and his government was committed to maintaining peace,...

25 May 2017 1:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Centre seeks report on MP farmers' stir

The situation, officials added, is expected to become normal within the next two-three days.

8 Jun 2017 2:43 AM IST

Army personnel stand on guard along a street during the indefinite strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Darjeeling. (Photo: AFP)

Hills witness sporadic violence

Darjeeling bandh: Attendances at offices, schools normal.

13 Jun 2017 3:02 AM IST