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  First batch of Kailash-mansarovar yatris cross over to Tibet

  India | June 20, 2015 13:54 IST

  Pithoragarh (U'Khand):  First batch of 58 Indian piligrims undertaking the annual yatra to Kailash Mansarovar today crossed over to the Tibetan Autonomous Regionn of China.All 58 Indian pilgrims of first batch of Kailash Mansarovar yatra

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  ITBP gets local ponies, yaks to sustain troops at China border

  India | June 14, 2015 16:59 IST

  New Delhi:  To strengthen Indian positions along the Indo-China frontier, ITBP has launched a drive to procure local varieties of tough mules and yak to reach supplies to its snow-hit posts as also to keep

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  ITBP seeks more units in Ladakh to check Chinese transgressions

  India | June 07, 2015 16:03 IST

  New Delhi: In an attempt to strengthen its presence on the Sino-India border in Ladakh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has sought deployment of additional 6,000 personnel along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in

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  Govt sanctions 9 new floating vessels for BSF along WB, Gujarat

  India | April 30, 2015 15:52 IST

  New Delhi: Government has sanctioned nine new ‘floating' border posts to the BSF in order to enhance vigil and security along India's riverine borders along Pakistan and Bangladesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

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  Paramilitary forces to have 33% women quota, declares Home Minister Rajnath Singh

  National | March 22, 2015 22:15 IST

  Attari (Amritsar): 33% in central paramilitary forces will be reserved for women, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday."We are planning to increase the strength of women in paramilitary forces to 33%," Singh said at

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  Want to resolve all issues with China honestly: Rajnath Singh

  National | January 28, 2015 14:15 IST

  Kanpur: India today said it has "honest intentions" for an amicable resolution of the border dispute with China and has asked it to come forward to end the differences."There is a perceptional difference along the

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  22 ITBP border posts opened to fortify security along China

  India | December 02, 2014 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: Twenty-two ITBP border posts have been opened and green signal given for erection of 123 mobile towers to strengthen security along the Indo-China border, Government informed the Lok Sabha today.“Out of 5 newly

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  CRPF to be replaced with ITBP in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli

  India | November 14, 2014 11:26 IST

  Nagpur: The Central Reserve Police Force deployed in Maharashtra's naxal hotbed of Gadchiroli will soon be replaced with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, a senior CRPF official said.The process of withdrawing the CRPF battalions has already

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  12000 ITBP personnel to be deployed along Sino-India border

  India | October 27, 2014 17:31 IST

  New Delhi: Against the backdrop of over 300 transgressions by the Chinese Army along the LAC till August this year, Government has given an in-principle approval for induction of nearly 12,000 personnel in the Indo-Tibetan

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  Country proud of your valour, PM greets ITBP

  India | October 24, 2014 14:31 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday greeted the Indo-Tibetan Border Police on its 53rd Raising Day and said the country was proud of the valour and service of its men and officers."On the Raising

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  India never violates ceasefire: Rajnath Singh

  India | October 24, 2014 14:25 IST

  Greater Noida: India has never violated the 2003 ceasefire with Pakistan on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday."India never violates the ceasefire. It is a country which believes in peace,"

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  IAF rescues six seriously injured ITBP personnel

  India | October 17, 2014 13:36 IST

  New Delhi/Leh: In a swift operation, three helicopters of the ‘Siachen Pioneers', a unit of the Indian Air Force, flew in just metres away from the border with China amidst rough weather conditions and rescued

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  Chhattisgarh's new strategies fructify as 200 naxals surrender

  India | September 12, 2014 16:01 IST

  Raipur: Redefining of strategies by Chhattisgarh Police to tackle Maoist menace in Bastar restive region with a focus on curtailing key Naxal sub-fronts and 'janmilitia' cadres seems to have fructified with nearly 200 rebels laying

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  Rajnath Singh visits ITBP headquarter

  India | September 09, 2014 11:32 IST

  New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited headquarter of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP).This was a familiarization visit to the Force, which is primarily deployed for guarding the Indo-China Border.Singh was accompanied by senior

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  ITBP to retire over 100 troops suffering from psychiatric disorders

  India | August 24, 2014 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: Country's frontline fighting force against China--the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)--has decided to compulsorily retire over 100 of its serving soldiers after they were found to be suffering from various type of psychiatric disorders

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  Violent clashes in Saharanpur, Rajnath speaks to Akhilesh Yadav

  National | July 27, 2014 12:03 IST

  Lucknow: Two people were killed as violent clashes broke out Saturday in Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh over a land dispute. Two groups fought pitched battles and burnt several vehicles, as Home Minister Rajnath Singh

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  ITBP in lurch as government transfers top post for 3-months

  India | April 20, 2014 11:01 IST

  New Delhi: At a time when over half-a-dozen senior appointments in the internal security establishment of the country remain vacant, the government in a curious step has 'temporarily diverted' a crucial second-in-command post in the

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  Rs five lakh compensation each to Muzaffarnagar rape victims

  National | April 01, 2014 11:04 IST

  Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today announced a compensation of Rs five lakh each to seven women, who were raped during Muzaffarnagar riots.  The state government has decided to give Rs five lakh each to

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  Chinese troops make fresh attempt to violate border

  India | March 18, 2014 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: Chinese troops made a fresh attempt to violate the border with India in Chumar area in Ladakh on Sunday and retreated only after ITBP and Army jawans formed a human wall to block

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  AVP demands army to replace ITBP on Indo-China border

  India | December 23, 2013 16:06 IST

  Itanagar: A delegation of Arunachal Pradesh Vikas Parishad met Defence Minister A K Antony in New Delhi to demand deployment of army on the Sino-India border replacing ITBP force, which guards the frontier with China.