‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including cyber crime through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). The Central Government supplements the initiatives of the States/UTs through advisories and financial assistance under various schemes for capacity building of their LEAs. The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up...

Concerns over violence during the elections in the polls in Bangladesh being held on February 12 are high. On February 10, four polling centres were set on fire in Sadar and Purbadhala upazilas of Netrakona district. Mamun Sarkar, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station, said miscreants set fire to three polling centres (government primary schools) in sadar upazila at night around 3:30 am as per the Dhaka Tribune. Bangladesh media has reported quoting police Headquarters data shows 144...

The White House [United States Presidential Office] has released the United States-India Joint Statement on an Interim Agreement on Trade – Read the Fine Print February 6, 2026 The United States of America (United States) and India are pleased to announce that they have reached a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade (Interim Agreement). Today’s framework reaffirms the countries’ commitment to the broader U.S.-India Bilateral Trade Agreement...