The project will equip the CAPFs with modern state-of-the-art weapons and equipment as per their operational requirement, keeping in view their deployment pattern in different locations.
March 4, 2022The 27 companies comprised eight of CRPF, nine of BSF and five each of CISF and SSB while 53 companies would comprise 10 of CRPF, 25 of BSF, five each of CISF and SSB and eight of ITBP.
October 20, 2021"In the meeting, the elaborate discussion is expected to be held in security situations in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxal affected areas, cross border crimes, drugs and other issues that pertain to the threat of internal security. Joint efforts will be discussed to come over threats and enhance internal security," an official said.
October 18, 2021Amarinder Singh sought CAPF deployment for Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Bathinda, Phagwara, and Moga, as well as anti-drone technology for the BSF deployed at the borders.
August 10, 2021The second phase will see polling in 30 assembly constituencies spread across four districts namely Bankura, West Midnapore, East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas. Attention, however, will be on Nandigram, where chief minister Mamata Banerjee faces her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari.
March 30, 2021The ministry of home affairs has made the deployment “for peaceful conduct of elections” and sent a directive in this regard to state home department and CEO office today.
February 20, 2021He said that the whole world was concerned about how India -- a huge densely populated country with a federal structure -- would fight this pandemic.
July 12, 2020According to the 2016 guidelines of the Home Ministry, bullet proof jackets, which cover most parts of the torso of CAPFs and the state police forces, should be of plain khaki colour and not of combat colour.
February 26, 2020The Opposition parties had gone hammer and tongs against the poll panel over the EC's alleged failure to rein in 'electoral malpractices'.
May 2, 2019Simultaneous elections to all State Legislative Assemblies and Parliament in 2019 seem impossible as the terms of most of the state legislatures will not expire around the same time.
September 24, 2018The Bhabha Kavach jacket will cost around Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000 per unit as against the cost of Rs 1.5 lakh for importing one jacket.
April 26, 2018The Staff Selection Commission has released the SSC results 2018 for the posts of Delhi Police Sub Inspector (SI), Sub Inspector (CAPF) and Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) on the official website i.e. www.ssc.nic.in. SSC successfully conducted the CISF 2018 Examination across the examination centres for filling up different positions. Candidates willing to check their SSC …
March 27, 2018Left-wing Extremism (LWE), facing strong challenge from security forces in their eight-state spread, has been targeting new states and trying to carve out a base on the junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates revealed on Monday. Examining the performance of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in meeting internal security …
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March 20, 2018There is every reason to commend the decision of the Cabinet Committee on Security to overturn an earlier recommendation of the Finance Commission and resume funding the states for modernisation of their police forces. For despite the states now getting a larger share of the national kitty they were hard-pressed to allocate enough money to …
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September 30, 2017Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday launched the Home Ministry (MHA) mobile application for grievance redressal of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel. "The CPAFs are one of the most disciplined forces. If they are disciplined, this does not mean that they do not have emotions. They also have some personal problems and …
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May 11, 2017India’s border security is “very fragile” and there are “several gaps” which need to be plugged, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has concluded in a report submitted on Tuesday. The Committee headed by former Home Minister P Chidambaram studied the issue of capacity building for border security and found that some institutions were created for …
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April 11, 2017The response at recruitment rallies flatters to deceive. There is no dearth of young people anxious to secure careers in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) ~ retaining them is fast becoming a problem. Information furnished by the home ministry when answering an un-starred question in the Rajya Sabha testifies to a 450 per cent …
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