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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: BSF

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.

BSF rejects Bangladesh border troops claim, says it didn’t fire a single bullet

A senior BSF official said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Thursday opened fire unprovoked, during which one jawan was killed an another critically injured.

Burden of India’s internal conflicts are on smaller states with limited political clout: Data

There are consistent regional imbalances in the composition of Army, BSF and CRPF, with some states appearing to be dramatically over-represented.

Modi govt doesn’t know what to do with nearly 2,000 cows in BSF custody in Bengal

The South Bengal Frontier of the BSF has written to its headquarters seeking financial assistance for the upkeep of the bovines.

Process granting IPS pay benefits to CAPF remains mired in confusion despite SC order

A BSF officer, last month, filed a contempt plea in the SC, stating the government is not complying with the apex court order, granting better pay benefits to CAPF.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.