MHA approves creation of two new battalions; total personnel strength to touch 2 lakhThe Ministry of Home Affairs has approved two new Central Industrial Security Force battalions. This will boost India's security infrastruc...
14 Jan, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
CISF sanctioned additional 6,500 personnel to aviation security wing over last year and halfIndia's aviation security group (ASG) has received 6,500 new personnel over the past 18 months to deal with increasing passenger numbers an...
06 Aug, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
Union home secretary reviews crowding at airports; 1,400 more CISF personnel sanctioned for IGIIt was informed during the meeting that an additional force of 1,400 Central Industrial Security Force personnel would soon be deployed at ...
15 Dec, 2022, 06.47 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
Airports allowed to deploy private security guardsThe move comes after the centre felt that the strength of CISF was not enough to cater to the burgeoning growth in air traffic. Currently, ...
22 Aug, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
CISF can join hands with private security agencies: Amit ShahGovernment security agencies such as the CISF alone cannot render this task across the country and could gradually "hand over" to private s...
07 Mar, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
Home Ministry gives approval for creation of 1,018 posts in CISFThe Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) guards about 60 civil airports in the country and has an elite VVIP security wing under its co...
20 Mar, 2020, 01.02 PM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs sanctions 2,000 posts in Central Industrial Security ForceThe Central Industrial Security Force guards about 60 civil airports in the country and has an elite VVIP security wing under its command c...
23 Jan, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
Delhi Metro: Govt approves additional 5,000 CISF troops, new DIG post for securityThe about 1.70-lakh-personnel force is a paramilitary that functions under the home ministry and is tasked to guard 61 civil airports of th...
30 Jun, 2019, 03.54 PM IST
CISF strength to be raised to two lakh, says Rajnath SinghThe credibility of CISF has enhanced among the countrymen and the government would increase its strength to two lakh, Union Home Minister R...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.03 PM IST
- CISF takes over security of Uttarakhand's ISRO unit
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The CISF has taken over the security of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, an arm of the Indian S...
06 Jan, 2018, 01.42 PM IST
Government sanctions 37,000 more troops to CISF to boost airport, Metro securityWhile the CISF guards 59 civil airports in the country as of now, it also has a elite VVIP security wing under its command called the Speci...
22 Dec, 2016, 04.15 PM IST
CISF cover to Ramdev's foodpark not given as a "favour":RijijuFollowing a union home ministry order, the CISF has started providing full-time security cover to the food park from March.
03 May, 2016, 02.41 PM IST
Delhi Metro: Govt mulling to sanction over 2,100 more CISF troopsThe existing Delhi Metro network runs in the national capital region areas of Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad and Gurgaon with over 150 ...
10 Jan, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Delhi gang rape case: CISF to deploy more women personnel on Delhi MetroThe decision comes after Central govt announced that police stations in the national capital will have more women staff.
13 Jan, 2013, 12.00 PM IST
- CISF to strengthen security in NMDC mines in Chhattisgarh: DG
CISF has decided to strengthen its deployment in the Naxal hotbed of Kirandul in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada after six of its personnel were r...
23 May, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Post-26/11, big private firms choose CISF to provide security cover
Unlike the Special Protection Group (SPG) guarding the prime minister and families of former prime ministers, the CISF is not a lean, elite...
27 Nov, 2011, 03.32 AM IST