scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TopicITBP

Topic: ITBP

1,064 kg gold worth Rs 800 crore from China to Delhi via Tibet—ED unravels smuggling racket ITBP busted

Racket started unravelling with arrest of 2 men from Ladakh-China border carrying gold worth Rs 80 cr. Gold came from China via Tibet, was received in Ladakh, then moved to Delhi jewellers.

Rescue, phone lines, road repair: Race against time at ITBP HQ, epicentre of Uttarakhand floods rescue op

Matli (Uttarakhand): Boulders hurtling down the mountainside, roads falling away underfoot, the constant rain as they shiver under the open sky and injuries that...

ITBP denies 1st gender change request & then forms policy. Reason: bad impact on force psychology

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police order has been forwarded to all commands, frontiers, zones & battalions. It came on plea for gender change by a female personnel.

108-kg gold seized in Ladakh was sourced from Europe, Asia & Middle East, new route used for smuggling

Consignment was being illegally brought through route in eastern Ladakh, which security forces suspect must have been in use for some time.

ITBP apprehends 2 local men for smuggling 108 kg gold near China border in Eastern Ladakh

The arrested men, identified as Norbu Dorjee (69) and Tenzin Targy (40), were apprehended by patrolling team of the 21st battalion of the force guarding international border with China.

Spotted vultures, scaled 400-ft cliff — how ITBP found, retrieved US paraglider’s body in Spiti Valley

Probe & rescue ops, conducted over days, involved traditional sleuthing, use of drones & climbing a sharp cliff face 'perpendicular to mountain base' to retrieve body of Trevor Bockstahler.

Amit Shah lauds ITBP’s heroic rescue op in Himachal

The American citizen had lost his life while paragliding in an accident. His body was recovered by the ITBP team and handed over to the local authorities for further investigation.

CAPFs spend less than 10% of 2022-23 ‘modernisation’ funds in 3 quarters. Figure zero for ITBP, NSG, SSB

Central Armed Police Forces — which have cited 'inadequate funds’ as impediment against tech upgrade — were allocated Rs 248.30 cr for 2022-23 under govt’s Modernisation Plan-IV.

MHA push for 7 new ITBP battalions is playing into China’s hands. India is wasting assets

India should know that after creating infrastructure & military wherewithal in Tibet, China is using the boundary dispute to force India to expend its resources.

Cutting troops in Kashmir shows Delhi will pay for holding force but not assault-capable Army

There is a very real thought that India does not have the stomach for a fight, for it is cutting back on the Army's foot soldier even as it expands the ITBP.

On Camera

RBI repo rate cut and that ‘rare Goldilocks period’

The repo rate cut should be interpreted as a pre-emptive measure to create a buffer, ensuring that the economy enters the forthcoming year with adequate liquidity.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.