Communal situation tense in State
The Hindu
Leaves of police officers cancelled, deployed in full strength
Communally sensitive localities remained on edge after the targeted political killings in Alappuzha put Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers at loggerheads for the second consecutive day on Monday.
The tense situation prompted State Police Chief (SPC) Anil Kant to restrict public protests and the use of loudspeakers. Mr. Kant has cancelled the leave of officers. He has asked officers from non-uniformed units to ready themselves for rapid law and order deployment.
Law and order officers should be at their posts round-the-clock. The police have posted pickets in trouble spots.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.