About 20 such companies were withdrawn from the valley early this month.
At the same time, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said it is a matter between Iran and Pakistan.
Over 1,000 police personnel have been awarded with different categories of gallantry and service medals on the eve of the 75th Republic Day, a government statement said Thursday. This includes 277 gallantry medals.
10 CoBRA units with over 12,000 personnel were raised under the CRPF in 2009 for undertaking intelligence-based jungle warfare operations.
The committee will probe the reasons for the breach in security, identify lapses, and recommend further action.
More than 4.5 lakh pilgrims paid their obeisance at the natural ice Shiva Lingam formation inside the cave shrine last year.
The Mumbai police on Wednesday recorded the statement of IPS officer and former state intelligence chief Rashmi Shukla for over two hours in connection with a case of alleged illegal tapping of phones, an official said.
Scores of people, some armed with sticks, walked in the funeral cortege of a youth killed during a Durga idol immersion procession in Bahraich amid cries for justice from the family and others on Monday, as tension escalated with shops being burnt down and angry crowds out in the streets.
Delhi Police chief Y S Dadwal has personally taken charge of the deployment of over 1 lakh personnel drawn from the city police, Central Reserve Police Force, Rashtriya Rifles and other paramilitary forces to ensure that all loopholes are plugged. =
After declaring reservation for women in constabulary in paramilitary forces, they can now also be inducted as officers in combat roles in all five Central Armed Police Forces.
As per preliminary information, constable Reetesh Ranjan fired at his colleagues with his service weapon, an AK-47 rifle, the official said.
The hideout was dismantled by police in collaboration with the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a meticulously planned operation in Paribag area of Bhadat Saroor, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kishtwar, Khalil Poswal said.
The rebels triggered several landmines to ambush the security personnel at Dhardhariya prompting the Central Reserve Police Force and district police personnel, returning from Urumuru village, to open fire, IGP (Operation) R K Malik told PTI in Ranchi.
After two men -- who were working Kashmir -- were murdered by terrorists in Shopian district, south Kashmir, the security machinery in the Valley commenced the difficult business of tracking down the killers.
Shots were fired at Owaisi's car on February 3, 2022 in Uttar Pradesh following which two persons were arrested and arms were also recovered.
Both the CBI and the state government filed appeals before the high court seeking capital punishment for Roy.
Maoists shot dead a police officer they had abducted, even as a Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed in a landmine explosion during the combing operation launched to rescue him, at Chandiposh forest area, approximately 50 km from Rourkela in Orissa on Friday. The body of Sub-Inspector Ajit Bardhan, 30, who was abducted by armed Maoists late on Thursday night, was recovered during a combing operation. CRPF jawan, Abdul Rafiq, 29, was killed in a landmine explosion.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to Tihar Jail after a court remanded him in judicial custody in the excise policy case, is spending most of his time meditating, reading books and doing yoga in his cell, sources said on Thursday.
The CRPF has lost 108 personnel to COVID-19, the highest among the central forces that function under the command of the Union home ministry, according to data.
An exchange of fire took place between Central Reserve Police Force jawans of the 191 battalion and the Maoists in the afternoon, in the jungles of Phulgondi village near Bedgaon police.
Shukla, incidentally, was accused of tapping phones of some political leaders while she was chief of the state intelligence department in Maharashtra.
He said the search operation was launched after police received information about the movement of terrorists in the area.
These jawans belong to Manipur SAP Company, IRB, a Gujarat Police release said in the night.
Militants attacked Sopore police station in Baramulla district of North Kashmir on Tuesday morning.
Police said the bomb landed outside the security camp and caused no loss or injuries.
Operation Valentine star Varun Tej is currently in Kashmir with his lovely wife Lavanya Tripathi.
The mob was protesting against the death of suspected ULFA linkman Ajit Mahanta allegedly in army custody on Sunday.
Pushing for partial withdrawal of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday discounted suggestions that this will benefit terrorists, saying it is time to believe in the state police and paramilitary forces
Constables Anand Oraon and Sunder Singh have been awarded the PMG for thwarting smuggling bids by armed smugglers along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal.
Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel opened fire Tuesday evening after some people threw a rope across the wall of a subjail in Jehanabad, which was the target of a naxalite attack in November 2005, official sources said.
More CRPF companies have been deployed in the border districts to enhance security.
Speaking to PTI, Rao said this kind of incident could have been avoided had the recommendations of a committee headed by then Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, appointed after the 2001 Parliament attack incident, been implemented.
A group of about 20-25 rebels started firing at the camp, under Belpahari police station, around 9 pm.
A dozen paramilitary, central reserve police force (CRPF) troopers and policemen were injured in a North Kashmir grenade blast inside a police station on Friday morning.
India spends significantly less on defence than could be expected from a country that faces simultaneous armed threats from two hostile neighbours -- China and Pakistan.
On the occasion of 72nd Republic Day, several marching contingents marched down Rajpath in Delhi on Tuesday, with President Ram Nath Kovind saluting them from the dais. Here's a look at some of the regiments.
The maximum 80 companies, as per an official order, will be drawn from the Central Reserve Police Force followed by 70 from the Sashastra Seema Bal, 55 from the Border Security Force, 50 from the Central Industrial Security Force, 30 from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force and 15 from the RPF.
At least two people, including a woman, were killed when police opened fire on a mob that tried to attack a police station at Krishnai in Goalpara district in western Assam. Curfew was clamped in Goalpara after the incident. About ten people, including policemen and Central Reserve Police Force personnel, were injured in the clash. The mob, which stormed the police station, was trying to free ten people who had been arrested by the police on charges of abduction and murder.
A Delhi court reserved its order on the quantum of sentence against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots for February 25. The complainant, whose husband and son were killed, sought the maximum punishment of death penalty for Kumar. The court on February 12 convicted Kumar for the offence and sought a report from Tihar jail on his psychiatric and psychological evaluation.
They were identified as LOS commander Erra and woman cadre Podiyam Bhime, deputy commander of the same squad, Sharma said.
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