Two jawans of Border Security Force (BSF) were killed after terrorists attacked fired upon them at Pandach, the area outskirts of Srinagar, on Wednesday.
As many as nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Border Security Force (BSF) in the last 24 hours. Out of the new cases, 6 are from Delhi, 1 from Kolkata, and 2 from Tripura.
"In a massive COVID19 test among 750 civilian and BSF in Dhalai dist today, 2 BSF officials were found COVID-19 positive. All patients are responding well to the treatment. With the blessings of Mata Tripurasundari soon our state will be corona free," Deb tweeted.
17 persons found COVID-19 positive in Tripura today from 86th Battalion- BSF Ambassa. No civilian found positive among them, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
Earlier, 62 personnel of the BSF's 138th battalion headquarters, located near that of the 86th battalion, had tested positive for COVID-19. Of the 88 COVID-19 patients, two have recovered.
These are the first cases of death in the BSF due to coronavirus infection and the second among paramilitary forces after a 55-year-old sub-inspector of the CRPF had succumbed to the disease last month.
Two floors of the Border Security Force headquarters in Delhi have been sealed after a staff member was tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Monday.
Twelve more Border Security Force jawans tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Sunday, a day after two BSF jawans were found to have been infected with the deadly virus.
A jawan allegedly killed his senior, a sub-inspector, before taking his own life in a fratricidal incident at a BSF camp in Rajasthan, officials said.
Two BSF jawan tested positive for coronavirus in Tripura, on Saturday, taking the total COVID-19 tally of the state to four.
A 50-year-old woman travelled 2,700 km in a car crisscrossing 6 states to meet her critically ill son, a BSF jawan in Jodhpur, despite strict lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19.
Continuing its efforts to help the country fight the deadly coronavirus, Border Security Force once again stepped out to help. BSF personnel provided food and distributed ration to needy in Amritsar.
Continuing its efforts to help the country fight the deadly coronavirus, Border Security Force once again stepped out to help.
The condition of the 65-year-old retired BSF personnel turned 'alarming' on Thursday and he was shifted to SMCH during the day. The minister had said his other parameters were stable but "his oxygen saturation is decreasing and he has been shifted to the ICU for better monitoring".
Taking preventive measures amid lockdown, the Border Security Force (BSF) has asked its formations to extend leaves of their personnel, due to join this month, up to April 21.
A Border Security Force (BSF) officer and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan tested positive for novel coronavirus on Saturday, first cases of the highly contagious infection in the paramilitary forces.
At least 8 Naxals surrendered before the Malkangiri police and Border Security Force (BSF) on March 18.
A BSF jawan was killed when he fell from a watch tower on Indo-Pak border in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday.
Government of Odisha on Monday extended monetary benefit of Rs 10 lakh to BSF constable Mohammed Anees whose house was burnt down in spate of violence that hit Northeast Delhi in recent days. On Monday, Special Resident Commissioner of Odisha Ravi Kant handed over the cheque to Mohammed Anees. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had sanctioned the monetary help.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to its trooper Mohammad Aness, whose house was gutted in the Delhi violence last week.
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