This is their police force, this is not something that happens in Afghanistan or Iraq. These are the policemen, two of them have died protecting them. It s time for Congress to act, said Honoré. They need to get this done, they can t wait for Jesus to come fix this.
U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael A. Bolton told lawmakers Thursday that an order barring officers from using their most powerful riot control weapons, like sting balls and 40-mm launchers, compromised the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Bolton added that officers were told not to use those weapons because they could ve been life threatening, and said that the takeaway is that the officers should have been properly trained to use them.
KOLKATA/ MURSHIDABAD: A Congress candidate from Murshidabad succumbed to Covid infection in Kolkata on Thursday, while three other candidates in the poll fray from across the political spectrum have been infected as the state has continued to record spike in cases since late-March, coinciding with the commencement of the eight-phase polls.
Rezaul Haque alias Mantu Biswas, 46, who was contesting from Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, tested positive on Wednesday after he fell ill while campaigning. Haque was tested for Covid infection after he felt breathless and was admitted to a nursing home in Jangipur. He was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata late on Wednesday, where he died on Thursday.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (AFP)
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday ruled out any change in schedule of West Bengal polls, rejecting chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s appeal through social media to hold the remaining phases in one go in view of a “surge” in Covid-19 cases.
“Clubbing the remaining phases is out of question. The notifications for all the phases have been issued and the nomination process is over. It is not possible to make any changes in the schedule at this stage. There is no such plan or discussion in EC,” a senior EC functionary told TOI on Thursday.