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As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) plans to launch city-wide protests in the national capital on Sunday, the Delhi Police has ramped up security measures. The development comes after the AAP decided to organise a candle march and burn the effigy of the BJP government against the arrest of party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. 


Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has written to the Election Commission claiming that there are several non-IPS officers in West Bengal holding positions designated only for IPS officers, including that of superintendents of police (SPs), PTI reported.


However, West Bengal police denied these claims, describing them as “false and misleading.”

Adhikari is the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly. He cited a press note from the Election Commission dated March 21, 2024, directing state governments to promptly transfer non-encadred officers from their current roles as SP/SSP and submit a compliance report.


US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after US Congress passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier. The decision ended the threat of a partial government shutdown.


President Joe Biden signed the legislation at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was spending the weekend, the White House said.



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