Police On Election Duty

Twenty-one police and Home Guard personnel were injured when the bus carrying them overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district in the early hours of this morning, an official said.

Two persons, including a Punjab police constable, deployed for poll duty in Madhya Pradesh died on Thursday and one woman had to be hospitalised after she collapsed following an asthma attack, officials said.

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan deployed on election duty was killed after a grenade in his possession accidentally exploded in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday, the police said.

A police constable tasked with the security of ballot boxes at a vote counting centre in the Kokhraj area of this Uttar Pradesh district died on duty under "suspicious circumstances", officials said on Thursday.

The movement of any person who is not a candidate, polling agent or government official on election duty will be restricted 100 metres from the polling centres

A Manipur Police personnel, who was on poll duty on Monday, was killed in a "suspected case of accidental firing" from his service rifle during the first phase of assembly elections to 38 seats in Manipur, the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) said.

Over 60,000 police personnel, including 6,860 inspectors and sub-inspectors, and nearly 800 paramilitary companies will be on security duty during the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Monday, according to officials.

A sub-inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) on duty at a polling booth in the Lalganj assembly seat died of heart attack Tuesday, police and hospital sources said.

A senior officer of the Delhi Police who claimed that a man who fired shots at south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh last week amid anti-CAA protests belongs to the Aam Aadmi Party has been taken off election duty by the Election Commission.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar reported for duty at the Home Ministry in Delhi today after the Election Commission relieved him as the additional director general of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal. The poll commission's move to attach him with the Home Ministry came after violence during a rally by BJP chief Am...

An Assam Rifles jawan on election duty in West Bengal's Howrah district today allegedly opened fire at a poll camp, killing a colleague and injuring two others, a senior police official said.

A primary school teacher, who was kept on reserve for poll duty, was found hanging in his house in Dakshin Dinajpur district on Tuesday, police said.

Three government employees on election duty were killed after the truck they were travelling in overturned in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said today.

The Election Commission on Tuesday barred West Bengal's Cooch Behar police chief from election-related duty, two days before the constituency goes to poll.

If the junior does not show up on duty, then the senior police officer's salary will be deducted. This is a new directive of the Jammu and Kashmir Home department.

Twenty-one police and Home Guard personnel were injured when the bus carrying them overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district in the early hours of this morning, an official said.

Two persons, including a Punjab police constable, deployed for poll duty in Madhya Pradesh died on Thursday and one woman had to be hospitalised after she collapsed following an asthma attack, officials said.

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan deployed on election duty was killed after a grenade in his possession accidentally exploded in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday, the police said.

A police constable tasked with the security of ballot boxes at a vote counting centre in the Kokhraj area of this Uttar Pradesh district died on duty under "suspicious circumstances", officials said on Thursday.

The movement of any person who is not a candidate, polling agent or government official on election duty will be restricted 100 metres from the polling centres

A Manipur Police personnel, who was on poll duty on Monday, was killed in a "suspected case of accidental firing" from his service rifle during the first phase of assembly elections to 38 seats in Manipur, the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) said.

Over 60,000 police personnel, including 6,860 inspectors and sub-inspectors, and nearly 800 paramilitary companies will be on security duty during the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Monday, according to officials.

A sub-inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) on duty at a polling booth in the Lalganj assembly seat died of heart attack Tuesday, police and hospital sources said.

A senior officer of the Delhi Police who claimed that a man who fired shots at south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh last week amid anti-CAA protests belongs to the Aam Aadmi Party has been taken off election duty by the Election Commission.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar reported for duty at the Home Ministry in Delhi today after the Election Commission relieved him as the additional director general of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal. The poll commission's move to attach him with the Home Ministry came after violence during a rally by BJP chief Am...

An Assam Rifles jawan on election duty in West Bengal's Howrah district today allegedly opened fire at a poll camp, killing a colleague and injuring two others, a senior police official said.

A primary school teacher, who was kept on reserve for poll duty, was found hanging in his house in Dakshin Dinajpur district on Tuesday, police said.

Three government employees on election duty were killed after the truck they were travelling in overturned in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said today.

The Election Commission on Tuesday barred West Bengal's Cooch Behar police chief from election-related duty, two days before the constituency goes to poll.

If the junior does not show up on duty, then the senior police officer's salary will be deducted. This is a new directive of the Jammu and Kashmir Home department.