Overview
- Labour unions’ events, which took place Friday under police restrictions, remained peaceful and the police chief said industrial work continued without disruption.
- Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, a preventive public-order law, is in force district-wide from April 30 to May 8 and bars gatherings of five or more without permission.
- The commissionerate mapped 11 zones and 49 sectors for patrols and put more than 1,600–1,700 personnel on duty with drones over 50 sites, round-the-clock CCTV, and a one-kilometre drone no-fly ring near government offices.
- Police said they arrested more than 350 people after the mid-April unrest and filed cases against some who allegedly used social media and new WhatsApp bots to spread false rumours.
- A state panel approved an interim minimum wage rise of about 21% effective April 1, and the district ran free health camps at 201 sites on Labour Day as workers watch upcoming pay slips to confirm the higher rates.