Topic: BSF
BSF skips customary Eid gesture with Pakistan, exchanges sweets with Bangladesh
Officials said the exchange of sweets did not take place with Pakistan Rangers due to continued incidents of cross-border terrorism on the Western front.
BSF Air Wing aims to soar higher with a mix of defence and civilian regulations
Aircraft Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha proposes to take BSF — the only central police force to have an air wing — out of DGCA ambit.
BSF gives Rs 10 lakh to jawan whose house burnt in Delhi riots & pledges to rebuild it
The riots in areas like Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Gokalpuri, Khajuri Khas and Bhajanpur have left over 40 people dead and more than 200 injured.
In a first, Team India of armed police personnel to climb Everest for ‘camaraderie spirit’
A 38-member team of CAPF personnel, eight of them women, will leave from Delhi in the first week of March for the 75-day expedition.
Saved from smugglers, 2,000 cattle heads die of negligence in 7 months at Bangladesh border
Over the past 11 months, the BSF has rescued 36,672 cattle heads as they were being smuggled across the border to Bangladesh.
54 years since formation, BSF’s role has gone far beyond protecting India’s borders
BSF was set up to man India’s border with West and East Pakistan after the 1965 war, but its 2.72 lakh personnel now perform a variety of other tasks.
IPS officers defending hegemony over CAPFs is like British justifying their rule over India
Law and order situation in most Indian states makes people question the abilities of IPS officers to manage CAPFs, as does their many ill-conceived decisions.
CAPF must stop slandering IPS, shows lack of discipline: Ex-BSF chief
Be it defeating terrorism in Punjab, Naxals in Andhra Pradesh or insurgency in Tripura, IPS officers were at the forefront of these operations.
Angry BSF stops joint patrolling as India wants Bangladesh to answer why soldier was killed
India is now having a “rethink” on holding the next round of Director General-level talks between the BSF and the Border Guards Bangladesh.
BSF files FIR against Border Guard Bangladesh for killing head constable Vijay Bhan Singh
According to BSF, a Bangladeshi border guard fired from his AK-47 rifle during a 'flag meeting' along the international boundary in West Bengal Thursday, killing Singh and injuring another.
Mumbai is now India’s national Covid epicentre, but it is not what New York City is to US
In episode 482 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at Covid data from Maharashtra and Mumbai, which has become the epicentre of coronavirus in India.
Inter-state movement curbs: Are Indian states being paranoid or practical during Covid?
Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa has said there is no ban on flights and trains to the state, a day after after his govt banned flights from certain states after a spike in Covid cases.
Defence
Will use ‘existing bilateral mechanism’ with China to resolve tensions, India tells US
The message was delivered by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to US Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T. Esper during a phone call Friday.
PM, CM, DM: India’s 3 big power centres have been exposed by one disaster
The prime minister, chief minister and district magistrate are the three engines of India’s governance, but their handling of the coronavirus pandemic is going awry.