Tag: BSF
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85 more BSF personnel test positive for Coronavirus, with 29 fresh cases from Jodhpur
'It's reiterated that in each establishment of BSF, SOPs are strictly being followed. Instructions of MoHFW are enforced and religiously followed to check spread of pandemic,' said BSF in a statement.
May 6, 2020 -
Coronavirus cases in BSF rise to 67 across India; Delhi, Tripura report maximum infections
The infections have been reported from BSF's 126th Battalion deployed with the Delhi Police in Jama Masjid area for law and order duties and 138th Battalion at Ambassa in northern Tripura's Dhalai District.
May 5, 2020 -
2 floors of BSF headquarters sealed after head constable tests positive for Coronavirus
Contact tracing is underway, some people have been identified and quarantined after testing for COVID-19, as per the protocol, according to BSF.
May 4, 2020 -
BSF, ITBP shelve annual battalion changeover along Pak, B’desh, China borders due to Coronavirus outbreak
Surjeet Singh Deswal, the director-general of the two forces, said that only battalions deployed in "extremely hard areas" of these three important Indian frontiers will be rotated after an assessment of the outbreak situation post July.
May 3, 2020 -
Ex-BSF jawan from Nadia tests positive for Covid
The local police have also swung into action to prevent any assembly in the locality.
April 17, 2020 -
Women clash with BSF personnel at Jalangi
Just five days after the shootout and double murders at an anti-NRC rally at Sahebnagar village under Jalangi police station limits, fresh violence like firing, arson, clash, assault of women etc, allegedly erupted today at an island of displaced settlers in Paraspur area of Jalangi.
February 3, 2020 -
On its raising day, BSF says working on tech solutions to combat drones along border
About 2.5 lakh personnel strong BSF was raised on December 1, day in 1965 and is primarily tasked to guard the India and Pakistan borders apart from rendering a variety of roles in the internal security domain.
December 1, 2019 -
BSF accused of lynching attempt on school teacher
While taking a walk alone this morning on the highway along the Indo-Bangla international border at the Jalangi area in Murshidabad district, the teacher was almost lynched allegedly by some BSF jawans.
November 24, 2019 -
BSF concerned over new fake note smuggling method
The driver was apprehended and handed over to the STF, Kolkata, along with the fake notes of 500 denomination.
November 15, 2019 -
‘BGB resorted to unprovoked firing’
It was complete violation of protocol since the BGB opened fire despite seeing the orange flag on BSF boats.
October 24, 2019 -
Since Independence, 35,136 police personnel died on duty, 292 in a year
Of these 292 martyrs, the CRPF topped the list with 67 causalities. These include 40 personnel killed in the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack.
October 20, 2019 -
Pakistani drone seen over Punjab’s Hussainiwala for third straight day
Earlier, the sighting was observed thrice in the same area on Monday night.
October 10, 2019 -
Haryana polls: Sacked BSF constable Tej Bahadur to contest against CM
Tej Bahadur Yadav was sacked from BSF in 2017 after he uploaded a video on social media complaining about the food served to the troops.
October 4, 2019 -
Kapil Dev wins 60-64 age category in Champions Golf Tournament
There were individual prizes for the women golfers who participated in the leg where the Best Gross Winner was Tasreem Kazi with a score of 173 and the Best Nett Winner went to Punam Kalra who ended with a score of 139.
September 21, 2019 -
Vivek Kumar Johri takes charge as new BSF DG
Johri will head country's largest border guarding force of 2.5 lakh personnel tasked to secure two of India's most important and sensitive borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
August 31, 2019 -
India-Bangladesh meet to tighten vigil along the border
The border guards of India and Bangladesh will conduct joint patrolling and set up more Border Out Posts (BOPs) along the unfenced borders in Mizoram,
August 27, 2019 -
DGPs of BSF, J&K review security situation in South Kashmir
These meetings were attended by senior officers including IG BSF Abinav Kumar, DIG SKR Atul Goel, DIG CRPF Kulgam Dileep Ambesh, DIG CRPF Anantnag Mohsin Shadeedi, DIG CRPF Awantipura BS Negi, SSP Anantnag Altaf Khan, SSP Kulgam Gurinderpal Singh, SSP Awantipora Tahir Saleem and other senior officers.
August 24, 2019