CISF jawan, 32, shoots himself at Surat international airport; Probe into alleged suicide underwayA CISF jawan, Kisan Singh, 32, from Jaipur, died by suicide at Surat International Airport's washroom. Despite a decrease in suicide rates ...
04 Jan, 2025, 06.16 PM IST
657 CAPF personnel committed suicide in 5 years: GovtNityanand Rai , the minister of state for home, told Rajya Sabha that 153 personnel died by suicide in 2021, 149 in 2020, 133 in 2019, 97 i...
03 Aug, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
MHA creates taskforce to prevent suicides by CAPF troopsThe Union Home Ministry has set up a taskforce comprising its senior-most officers for the prevention of suicide by central paramilitary fo...
01 Dec, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
Quetta suicide bomber arrived from Afghanistan: Pakistan government"The terrorists involved in Quetta and Gwadar blasts were both from Afghanistan," Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed revealed, speak...
07 Sep, 2021, 08.04 AM IST
Did not forgive, will not forget: CRPF on Pulwama terror attack anniversarySenior officers of the paramilitary based at its headquarters in Delhi participated in the event in the virtual mode, CRPF spokesperson dep...
14 Feb, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
Martyr status for CAPF under active considerationMHA officials refused to comment on the matter, but ET has reliably learnt that the issue is under active consideration of the government.
09 Mar, 2019, 09.58 AM IST
Why is CNN not mentioning JeM claim of responsibility for Pulwama attack?CNN did not even bother to mention that the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) had itself claimed responsibility for the Pulwama massacr...
26 Feb, 2019, 10.06 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
228 CRPF jawans committed suicide in last seven years: Government"In few cases the same could be owing to the work related stress," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told Rajya Sabha in a written re...
13 Jul, 2018, 03.54 PM IST
50% jawan suicides due to family issues: CISF DGThe force has constituted an all-jawans 'leave committee' in every unit to look into issues related to leaves.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
Government hires stress counsellors in Indo-Tibetan Border PoliceThe about 80,000 personnel-strong ITBP is deployed in some of the most difficult locations in the hinterland and amidst the harshest of wea...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.45 PM IST
India may send commandos to guard its embassy in IraqAn in-principle approval for the deployment of an armed squad at the complex located in the Al Mansour area of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad...
22 Feb, 2018, 06.12 PM IST
Huge cache of explosives seized near Pakistan-Afghan borderPakistan's paramilitary forces today recovered 1,200 kg of explosives and suicide jackets, part of a huge cache of weapons hidden in a rest...
18 Nov, 2015, 10.26 PM IST
Women account for 2% of central forces, but 40% of suicidesData from BPRD shows that of the nearly 9.3 lakh people employed in these forces just a little over 18,000 were women compared to over 9.1 ...
23 Jul, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
Heart attack, malaria killed 3-times more CRPF men than operationsThrice number of CRPF jawans fell prey to depression, heart attack and malaria than were killed in anti-Naxal operations across country bet...
24 Apr, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
'Heart attacks, suicides killing more CRPF men than Naxals'The report, prepared to showcase issues and challenges being faced by the most important internal security force of the country.
12 Jan, 2015, 05.16 PM IST
- 15 killed in twin suicide attacks in Pakistan
Two suicide attacks targeting Pakistani security forces killed at least 15 people.
05 Apr, 2009, 08.08 AM IST