Agniveers will be 'very useful' for ITBP: DGIndo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Rahul Rasgotra praised Agniveers as valuable additions to the force, noting their discip...
26 Jul, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Govt examining plan to give lead role to ITBP along LACOfficial sources said discussions were underway to give a lead role to ITBP in forward areas, first in the middle and eastern sectors, alon...
15 Aug, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
ITBP deploys own engineering wing to construct Indo-China border roads, foot tracksIn these high-altitude and remote areas, getting contractors and construction workers is not that easy and hence, the work of border road c...
07 Nov, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Standoff clashes with China: 20 ITBP personnel honoured with gallantry medalsThe central paramilitary is deployed shoulder-to-shoulder with the Army as part of its primary mandate to guard the 3,488 km-long icy Line ...
24 Oct, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
ITBP to strengthen short, long-range patrolling at Indo-China border, says DG Deswal"Government has given the mandate of border management to ITBP. The army will be behind us as per the bilateral agreement. The disengagemen...
24 Feb, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
ITBP to Guard Dhan Singh Thapa post near Finger 3 againIndia shares a 3,488-km border with China which runs along the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, and t...
22 Feb, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
High attrition rate due to inclement weather a serious concern in ITBP, House panel toldThe panel sought to know about the access to air support and the evacuation plans for the ITBP troops at the time of skirmishes with Chines...
06 Nov, 2020, 07.33 AM IST
Indo-Tibetan Border Police deputes first officer to head eastern command along LACThe command, as per details accessed by PTI, overlooks ITBP battalions posted along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in states l...
21 Oct, 2020, 03.36 PM IST
Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief SS Deswal spends six days on border with China in LadakhWith over 5,000 ITBP troops stationed in Ladakh, Deswal over the past few days toured almost all major areas on the border from Sub-Sector ...
04 Sep, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Coronavirus: Final batch of inmates at ITBP quarantine facility dischargedWith the latest release, all 406 people at the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) facility have been discharged after being declared free of...
19 Feb, 2020, 05.01 PM IST
Transgressions by Chinese troops reduced by over 50 per cent, while India builds up border infrastructure"On their side, the infrastructure has really grown. But we are catching up. Roads are being made. Our weaponry has also improved," said DG...
14 Jul, 2018, 08.24 PM IST
Work being expedited on improving connectivity on China border: Rajnath SinghThe Home Minister said initially he was not aware that ITBP is also used in fight against naxalism and believed that only CRPF is engaged i...
12 Jul, 2018, 04.49 PM IST
Ranjath Singh celebrates Dussehra with troops on India-China borderSingh said he had long been wishing to meet the soldiers on the occasion of Dussehra as they did not usually get the opportunity to celebra...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.09 PM IST
22 ITBP border posts opened to fortify security along ChinaRijiju added that the government has accorded sanction to ITBP to obtain two helicopters on wet lease to meet its operational requirements.
02 Dec, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
Parliamentary panel to take up Army demand for operational control of ITBPArmy has once again raised the issue of bringing central armed police force ITBP and road construction organisation BRO under its direct op...
22 Sep, 2014, 08.53 PM IST
Sushil Kumar Shinde says "no" to Army's plan to control ITBPThe Army had pushed for taking over control of ITBP for "cohesion, coordination and synergy" to counter the Chinese Army's "offensives" act...
15 May, 2013, 06.35 PM IST
- All peaceful at India-China border and no new threat to security: ITBP chief
The ITBP, which has about 55,000 personnel, guards the 3,488-km-long India-China border from J&K to Arunachal Pradesh.
23 Oct, 2011, 08.30 AM IST