Delhi
In the run-up to the Assembly polls, Delhi Police has prohibited shooting of TV debates in public spaces after a violent clash between BJP and AAP activists in south Delhi's Tughlakabad area on January 3 left at least 12 people injured.

A decision in this regard was taken during a meeting of the Delhi Police brass as it was observed that shoots of such TV debates often lead to trouble. The instructions forbidding such shoots have been conveyed to all district DCPs, police said.

When district DCPs started declining requests by news channels for shoot of TV debates in their areas, the representatives of TV channels met Special Commissioner (Law and Order) Deepak Mishra and even Police Commissioner BS Bassi with their pleas, but they were told a firm no everywhere.