Over one lakh posts are lying vacant in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the BSF and the CRPF and the vacancies have occurred mostly due to retirement, resignation and deaths, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
Border Security Force (BSF) foiled an attempt to smuggle arms, ammunition and narcotics into India in Arnia area along the International Border from Pakistan side, on the night of 19-20 September.
Asserting that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan is intact, a top Border Security Force (BSF) officer on Sunday said airdropping of weapons by drones in Jammu and Kashmir is a new challenge along with various anti-India elements coming together.
The BSF troops deployed at Budhwar and Bullechak posts observed suspicious movement of around four Pakistani nationals near the IB during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday and fired at them.
2 Pakistani nationals, who were smuggling heroin, were killed in an operation late last night at border outpost of Khayaliwala in Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel found a tunnel in Samba in Jammu Kashmir. Tunnel starts in Pakistan along the border and ends in Samba, according to BSF IG NS Jamwal.
The tunnel, about 50 metres from the border fence on the Indian side, was located by a BSF patrol on Thursday in the Galar area of Samba sector in Jammu.
In response to the firing by intruders, BSF jawans retaliated in self-defence, and shot them down. Following this, the force has also launched an intensive search operation.
Border Security Force (BSF) gun down five intruders at India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur on August 22.
Foiling an intrusion bid, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday shot dead at least five intruders along India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab.
Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana, who served as the Special Director at the Central Bureau of Investigation, has been appointed as the chief of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday.
Border Security Force (BSF) on Independence Day exchanged sweets with Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) at India-Bangladesh border in Fulbari.
Personnel of Border Security Force (BSF) participated in 'Fit India Freedom Run' and a 10-km walk on the occasion of Independence Day, in RS Pura area of Jammu.
A BSF jawan was injured after receiving bullets under suspicious circumstances at the post of International border of Kathua.
Border Security Force (BSF) seized goods worth Rs 46.5 lakhs from a wagon which were being smuggled to Bangladesh at Gede railway station.
Border Security Force 10 battalion has seized 60 packets of heroin from Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur on July 18.
Border Security Troops seized 60 packets of contrabands that are suspected to be Heroin from the Gurdaspur Sector in Punjab on Sunday. The BSF troops deployed along the River Ravi bank observed some suspicious item floating (a bunch of water Hyacinth) in River Ravi from Pakistan to India side.
Around five Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by officials of Border Security Force (BSF) in West Bengal's Border out Post Bousmary.
In what is being seen as a historic move, the Union Home Ministry has set the ball rolling for recruitment of transgenders in Central Armed Police Force. Transgenders can soon aspire to lead combat troops in central paramilitary forces as the government is mulling allowing them take the annual UPSC exam for recruitment as officers in these forces deployed across the country for various internal security duties.
Fifty-three more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the overall infections in the largest border guarding force to over 1,000, officials said on Tuesday.
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