Other officers had to escape from the place without conducting the search to save their lives as the mob became "very violent" and even chased the officials so as to deter them from performing their official duty, it said.
The home minister also reviewed the preparations for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage scheduled to begin on June 29.
CRPF says army troopers only clicked selfies with the bodies of the slain terrorists and walked away with their weapons.
'Stress, depression, PTSD and anxiety, especially relating to their domestic lives, are big issues for the men.' 'The men work in extremely difficult conditions, often with the fear of death looming large.'
Three personnel, including two of major-rank and one naib subedar, have been conferred the Kirti Chakra, the ministry said.
There was no loud noise of anything breaking when the rods of a portion of a roof collapsed at the Delhi airport's Terminal-1, Krishna Kumar, a cab driver who was at the site of the incident, said on Friday.
"We have decided to add new features to our convoy movement to and from Kashmir," CRPF Director General R R Bhatnagar said.
The Maoist who has emerged as the major threat to the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
'We are in a dilemma if the central government supports this ethnic violence and Biren Singh.'
135 women of 232 battalion's Delta company are undertaking operations in Jharkhand forests.
The death of their colleague due to illness had angered the jawans.
The home minister will also review the preparation for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage set to start on June 29.
Terrorists fired upon a security forces party near Kandizal Bridge in Nowgam. The injured personnel were taken to the Army's 92 base hospital in Srinagar, where the doctors declared two of them brought dead.
Suspected terrorists hurled a grenade on Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Kawdara locality of Srinagar on Saturday, resulting in injuries to a 16-year-old boy, police said.
Families of the 40 CRPF jawans, who were martyred in the dastardly terror attacks in Pulwama, have not yet been able to comprehend the huge void left behind.
Cheeta, CO of the 45th CRPF battalion, was shot nine times during an operation against terrorists in the Hajin area of Kashmir Valley on February 14 this year.
Some of the bodies were so badly blown up that officials feel it may take some time to identity them.
Rejecting suggestions that not following SOPs might have led to high casualties in Saturday's ambush by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore, the Central Reserve Police Force on Monday said all laid down procedures were "absolutely" adhered to by its personnel.
The terrorists opened fire on a naka party of the Central Reserve Police Force at Wangam-Qaziabad in Kralgund area of the district, the officials said.
'It is India's first vehicle that can be driven on road, marshy terrain and in water as well.'
One CRPF officer was killed and three jawans sustained injuries in a militant attack in Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday, the police said.
The government has provided Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover of armed commandos in view of potential threats against him, official sources said on Tuesday.
CRPF DG says the pellet guns are the 'least-lethal' option available with the force.
At least six to eight bullets were fired by unidentified terrorists at the CRPF post with the personnel deployed on law and order duty in the area.
The CRPF team was manning a checkpoint when the grenade attack took place.
10 CoBRA units with over 12,000 personnel were raised under the CRPF in 2009 for undertaking intelligence-based jungle warfare operations.
'I will join the armed forces like my father,' says Arna Kumar, 6, whose father CRPF Commandant Pramod Kumar was killed by terrorists last Independence Day.
'Eeit ka jawab patthar se denge.' 'We will do whatever it takes to ensure that such a loss does not happen again.'
The committee will probe the reasons for the breach in security, identify lapses, and recommend further action.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA), running the BCCI, had decided to cancel the glitzy opening ceremony in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack last month in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
The new battalion, numbered 241, was named Bastariya because it included recruits from Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, and Sukma districts.
The men belong to the 31st battalion of the paramilitary, based in Mayur Vihar Phase-III area of the national capital, that has been entirely sealed after the huge numbers of the COVID-19 infection started building up over the last few days.
Rahul and Priyanka paid tributes to the slain soldier. They were also seen consoling the members of the bereaved family.
Not ruling out the violation of Standard Operating Procedures when such a huge movement of central forces is taking place in the troubled state, officials requesting anonymity said a clear picture on loopholes, if any, will be known after a thorough probe.
President Droupadi Murmu conferred 26 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) to personnel of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces and state/Union Territory Police during a defence investiture ceremony.
The deceased CRPF personnel are assistant sub-inspectors Mahadeva P, 50, and Madan Pal Singh, 52, and head constable Saju O P, 47, officials said.
Deva recently replaced Hidma as commander of the Maoists' battalion no. 1, the IG added.
The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global and regional geopolitical canvas is dynamic, the NSS document should be deliberated at length before formulation and should be reviewed periodically, recommends Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Two social activists have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the 'Z' category CRPF security sanctioned by the Centre for Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.
Former Bongaon Municipality chairman Shankar Adhya was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday midnight in connection with an alleged ration scam case.
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