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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicBorder Security Force

Topic: Border Security Force

IPS deputation will block promotions for CAPF officers

In CAPFs, where each level acts as a bottleneck, filling a top post with an external IPS officer effectively freezes the ranks below.

38 Bangladesh citizens, living illegally in Agra for years, to be deported on 13 January

The Border Security Force will hand-over the group—comprising 20 men, 10 women and eight children—to the Bangladesh Border Guard in Kolkata.

Outposts flooded, border fencing washed away by Ravi—how BSF is rushing to secure India-Pakistan border

Floods in Punjab force BSF to vacate 60 outposts near the Indo-Pak border; personnel take shelter at Dera Baba Nanak gurdwara as villages remain submerged.

BSF DG flags BGB’s ‘delay, denial’ in taking ‘illegal’ Bangladesh immigrants sent back from India

The matter was raised at a conference with Border Guard Bangladesh DG in Dhaka, along with issues, like crime at the border & 'misinterpretation of border issues by Bangladesh media’.

Indira Gandhi gets credit for Punjab formation. It was Lal Bahadur Shastri who paved the way

As the discussions in the centre progressed, it became clear that the establishment of a border force was not just a response to immediate threats but part of a broader strategy.

BSF chief to once again flag rising attacks on personnel at Bangladesh border with his counterpart

Attacks on BSF personnel by Bangladeshi miscreants have increased over past year, coinciding with fall of Hasina government. Matter was also discussed in previous meeting in Delhi.

‘Morale boost’ & promotions for BSF for Op Sindoor bravery—govt clears cadre review of lower ranks

Centre has approved the first cadre review of Group B & C employees, spanning from constable to inspector. Move to cover immediate promotions for 23,710 personnel.

BSF slams Rlys over ‘filthy, dilapidated’ train, 72-hour delay in troop movement for Amarnath Yatra

BSF personnel carrying out an inspection found cockroaches, damaged washrooms soiled with human waste on the dilapidated coaches, which they flagged to Northeast Frontier Railway.

Beating Retreat to resume at Pakistan border after almost 2-week hiatus, handshake remains suspended

The scaled-down ceremony is being resumed after it was halted on 7 May, when India launched Op Sindoor, and Pakistan retaliated, resulting in escalated tensions at the border.

Twice in same week as Pahalgam attack, BSF, Punjab cops found RDX, grenades & IEDs near Pakistan border

Latest seizure came Friday when BSF and Punjab Police recovered five hand grenades, six detonators, 4.5 kg of RDX and IED circuits, suspected to have been dropped by drones.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.