CRPF commandos honoured with Shaurya Chakra for anti-Naxal operationsCRPF's CoBRA commando Pawan Kumar was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his exceptional bravery and sacrifice during an operation...
23 May, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Govt orders withdrawal of NSG commandos from VIP security, CRPF to take chargeThe Union government is withdrawing NSG commandos from VIP security duties and will transfer nine high-risk VIPs to the CRPF by next month....
16 Oct, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
PM Modi govt should apologise for Pulwama attack: J&K Congress prez Vikar Rasool Wani"This is the place where 40 CRPF jawans were blown up and martyred. Today, the entire nation is in tears because former governor Satyapal M...
16 Apr, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
CRPF to train J&K's border village defence committee membersThe J&K administration has recently started reissuing weapons to village defence guards, earlier known as village defence committees, follo...
10 Jan, 2023, 12.02 AM IST
Vice President, Defence Minister pay homage to CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama terror attackPakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for the terror attack, in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed.
14 Feb, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
CRPF inks MoU with IIT-Delhi, DRDO to prepare tech experts from among forceThe CRPF is designated as the lead internal security force of the country and is the mainstay for anti-Naxal operations in Left Wing Extrem...
17 Oct, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
Team India flaunts Army camouflage caps, donates match fee to Nat'l Defence FundFormer skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army, handed the caps to his team...
08 Mar, 2019, 02.07 PM IST
SBI to waive loans taken by slain CRPF personnel; to expedite insurance paymentsThe state-owned lender would also expedite payment of insurance amount of Rs 30 lakh each to the families of CRPF personnel killed.
18 Feb, 2019, 09.16 PM IST
Four persons, including two CRPF men, injured in grenade attack at ShopianThe site of the incident was at Sunglu Bridge in Shopian. Before the attack, stone pelting on security forces took place in the area.
13 Jul, 2018, 10.48 PM IST
Encounters have increased in Jammu and Kashmir: Manohar Parikkar"There is an increase in encounters,"Defence Minister Manohar Parrikarsaid when asked about the spurt in the number of terror attacks in Ja...
13 Jul, 2018, 07.36 PM IST
Need to cut delays in supply of weapons to CRPF: Home Minister Rajnath SinghRajnath Singh also called upon all defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) to focus on 100 per cent indigenisation of military equipment...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.02 PM IST
Civilian construction near Army camps a problem: Nirmala SitharamanCivil constructions are taking place near the boundary walls (of Army camps across the country) and it is getting difficult to remove these...
13 Feb, 2018, 10.08 AM IST
BSF jawan killed: Requiem for last homecoming, lost dreamsReferring to reports linking the cordon operation to the death, Vaid said, "This is absolutely baseless as terrorists have no excuse for th...
28 Sep, 2017, 04.56 PM IST
CRPF objects sharing of operational experience by retiring personnel of armed forcesIt has objected to such sharing on a recently started public platform saying it will be a "risk" to the national security.
21 May, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Is the 75-year-old CRPF capable of defeating the Naxals?When Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Jharkhand on September 23, he rode a motorcycle to a Central Reserve Police Force camp in th...
04 Oct, 2014, 05.29 AM IST
Anti-Naxal operations: CRPF grounds mine-protected vehiclesCRPF has stopped using mine-protected vehicles (MPVs) deployed for carrying troops to minimise causalities resulting from IED blasts.
30 Jun, 2013, 04.05 PM IST
- CRPF to purchase high-end defence gear to take on Naxals
The force now will use the bigger UAV 'Nishant' developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of the DRDO and used by the I...
17 Apr, 2013, 03.36 PM IST