Govt creates about 24K deputation reserve pool in central armed police forces, Assam RiflesThe Union government has sanctioned the creation of a 24,000-personnel deputation reserve within the existing manpower of the five central ...
21 Feb, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
Assembly polls: About 250 CAPF, state police companies to be deployed in 5 statesThe Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will deploy an additional 100 companies apart from its units already present in these states, inclu...
12 Oct, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
ITBP cooks, sweepers, others to be promoted for first time after govt approves long-awaited restructuringCooks, water carriers, barbers, sweepers and washermen - personnel at the lowest pedestal of the hierarchy in the India-China LAC guarding ...
27 Jun, 2023, 07.25 PM IST
Over 83,000 posts vacant in Central Armed Police Forces: Govt"The current number of vacancies as on January 1, 2023 in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles are 83,127 against total...
07 Feb, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Parliamentary panel says number of women in CAPFs 'abysmally low', recommends actionThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha member Brijlal, noted that despite efforts of the home mi...
13 Dec, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
MHA decides to fill up 84,405 existing vacancies in CAPFs by Dec 2023: MoS Nityanand RaiOf those steps, the Minister said there is a procedure for yearly recruitment for the post of Constable (General Duty) for which a Memorand...
27 Jul, 2022, 02.36 PM IST
Government clears cadre review of CAPFs medical cadreEight new posts of inspector general (medical) and 50 posts of deputy inspector general (DIG) have been created for this wing that takes ca...
23 Jun, 2022, 09.08 PM IST
Rooftop solar energy panels to be set up in all CAPF establishmentsThe move will help generate solar power up to 71.68 megawatts and facilitate use of green power in a large number of security establishment...
07 May, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
Amid rising poll-related violence, 71 additional CAPF companies rushed to West Bengalhe order comes in the backdrop of multiple incidents of poll violence in the state, including the one on Saturday in Cooch Behar where poli...
10 Apr, 2021, 07.30 PM IST
Over 2.5 lakh CAPF personnel to get vaccine in 1st phaseThe total strength of CAPFs is more than 10 lakhs. The list has been prepared after identification of medical professionals within CAPFs an...
16 Jan, 2021, 07.21 AM IST
104 personnel of forces under MHA lost lives in 'accidents' in 2019; 2,006 in six yearsThe combined number of accident-related deaths in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the Assam Rifles and the National Security Guard ...
03 Sep, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
Centre orders immediate withdrawal of 10,000 troops from Jammu and KashmirA senior official told that a total of 100 CAPF companies have been ordered to be withdrawn "immediately" and revert to their base location...
19 Aug, 2020, 06.46 PM IST
CRPF reports fresh COVID-19 deathOfficials said the jawan, a constable working as a nursing assistant in the 90th battalion in Anantnag, died at the Sher-I-Kashmir Institut...
08 Jun, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Over 450 newly recruited CAPF doctors asked to join immediately; retired officials alerted to combat COVID-19Retired medical officers have been "alerted" and modalities are being worked on to hire doctors on contractual service to man the chain of ...
29 Mar, 2020, 05.01 PM IST
Accidents, suicides claimed lives of 2,200 CAPF personnel in 2014-2018 periodIn 2018 alone, 104 CAPF personnel died in accidents while 28 in suicides, totalling 132 deaths during the year, the National Crime Records ...
19 Jan, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
Road accidents, not terrorists, kill most paramilitary troops: NCRBNew NCRB data show that of 1,232 central armed police force (CAPF) deaths in 2014, 32 per cent were due to road accidents.
13 Jul, 2018, 03.55 PM IST
Suicides bigger killer than death-in-action in central forcesCausative factors in most cases were found to be generally personal and domestic like marital discords, personal enmity, mental illness and...
27 Nov, 2012, 03.48 PM IST