On April 23, a scuffle broke out between Savant and two policemen over wearing a mask. Savant was outside his home without a mask in Examba village near Sadalga town, 590 km northwest of Bengaluru.
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Jawans turn into PUBG addicts, CRPF orders to delete game from mobile phones
“All deputy inspectors-general (DIGs) to ensure and instruct all unit/company personnel under your command to get it deleted/deactivated such apps from their mobile phones.
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 CRPF personnel shot dead by colleague in Udhampur
Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a case of fratricide at their camp in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A CRPF officer said that there was a scuffle and heated argument between some soldiers following which one of them opened fire killing three of his[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: CRPF soldier kills wife as she stops him to go for election duty; arrested
A CRPF constable strangled his wife to death in Chhattisgarh‘s Jagdalpur city after she reportedly tried to stop him from going on Lok Sabha election duty. The accused, Constable Guruveer Singh, belonging to CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), an elite unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), tried to pass off[Read More…]
Wait, watch and take time: CRPF’s new anti-terror strategy for J&K
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi: To prevent Pulwama-like suicide attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed and casualties in anti-terror operations in Jammu & Kashmir, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has “revised” its combat strategy to “wait, watch and take time” and issued new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).[Read More…]
Bihar: Busy with rally in Patna, no NDA leader reached to pay homage to martyr Pintu Kumar
The body of CRPF personnel Pintu Kumar Singh, killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday during an anti-terrorist operation, was brought to Patna airport on Sunday morning. However, not a single minister from the National Democratic Alliance arrived to receive the body as they were occupied with the massive “Sankalp” rally[Read More…]
Tripura Assembly pays homage to CRPF martyrs
Agartala: The Tripura Assembly’s week-long budget session began here on Friday with the members, cutting across party lines, paying homage and expressing condolences over the martyrdom of 40 CRPF troopers in the Pulwama terror strike on February 14. House Chairman Ashish Kumar Saha read out the condolence message and then[Read More…]
We are with you: Rahul, Priyanka tell CRPF trooper’s family
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh): Congress President Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of Amit Kumar who was among the 40 CRPF troopers killed by a suicide bomber in Kashmir and pledged to stand by the family. Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar and[Read More…]
What are Central Armed Police Forces and how to join CRPF?
“Paramilitary forces” in India is not defined officially and is used to refer Assam Rifles and Special Frontier Force, while Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). CRPF or the Central Armed Police Force is the[Read More…]
Pulwama attack followed by death of an Army Major in Rajouri puts Pakistan in a spot and yet…
Close on the heels of a ghastly suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy killing over 40 personnel near Pulwama on Jammu-Srinagar highway, a Major-rank officer of Indian Army lost his life on Saturday (February 16). He met the tragedy while defusing an improvised explosive device. The second[Read More…]
Its cowardly act, Jamiat condemns it Pulwama attack in strongest possible terms: Maulana Arshad Madani
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind instructs peaceful protest against it across country.
Indian Railways Ticket Collector raises pro-Pakistan slogans during event to pay tribute to CRPF martyrs, suspended
Pune: An Indian Railways employee was Friday arrested for allegedly raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at Lonavala in the district, where some local residents had gathered to pay homage to the CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama terror attack, a police official said. The man, Upendra Kumar Bahadur Singh (39), a junior ticket[Read More…]
Pulwama Attack: “We will not forget, we will not forgive”, tweets CRPF
Following the terrorist attack that took place in Pulwama, Kashmir, where more than 40 CRPF jawans lost their lives, the official handle of CRPF has tweeted, “WE WILL NOT FORGET, WE WILL NOT FORGIVE: We salute our martyrs of Pulwama attack and stand with the families of our martyr brothers.[Read More…]
Protest shutdown against terror attack affects life in Jammu
Jammu: Life here in Jammu and Kashmir was adversely affected on Friday due to a protest shutdown called against the terror strike in the valley in which 45 CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack. The shutdown has been called by the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),[Read More…]
Omar Abdullah condemns attack on CRPF, blasts Modi Minister
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the killing of CRPF troopers in a suicide attack and blasted central Minister Jitendra Singh for “playing politics” over the bloodbath. “I condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms. My prayers for[Read More…]
PM Narendra Modi condemns ‘dastardly attack’ on CRPF in Kashmir
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the “dastardly attack” on the CRPF in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district which left at least 30 troopers dead. “The attack on the CRPF personnel in despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack,” Modi tweeted. “The sacrifices of our brave security[Read More…]
30 CRPF troopers killed in suicide attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama district
Srinagar: At least 30 CRPF troopers were killed and some 20 others injured on Thursday when a van packed with explosives reportedly rammed into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. In what is being described as one of the biggest loss[Read More…]
8 CRPF troopers die in militant attack in Kashmir
Srinagar: At least eight CRPF troopers were killed on Thursday when militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) and opened fire at their vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police sources said. The audacious attack took place at Lechpora, about 30 km from Srinagar. The[Read More…]
CRPF trooper commits suicide in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A CRPF trooper who was reportedly denied leave committed suicide by shooting himself in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Wednesday. Police said that Birendra Kumar Rawat, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, went to his room after duty hours and shot himself with a service weapon. He was taken to a[Read More…]
3 militants killed in J&K gunfight
Srinagar: A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and two Kashmiri militants were killed and seven security men injured in an 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, police sources said. The exact identity of the slain militants was being[Read More…]
CRPF team narrowly escapes Chhattisgarh blast
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh): Minutes before the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls began on Monday, Maoists detonated an IED here that narrowly missed a CRPF foot patrol, the authorities said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off just 700 metres from polling booth number 183 in Nayanar village in Katekalyan[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: 4 CRPF personal martyred and two injured in Maoist attack
Durga Mandir Puliya, Awapalli, Bijapur: Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have lost their lives in Bijapur when Maoists blow up an anti-landmine vehicle carrying the Jawans. Following the blast Naxals who were hiding around started firing and as a result, four CRPF personal lost their lives leaving two[Read More…]
CRPF constable kills son in Ranchi
Ranchi, Oct 8 (IANS) A former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable shot dead his 29-year-old son here on Monday, police said. Rakesh Rawat had a verbal spat with his son before allegedly shooting him with a rifle. The neighbours found the body. “We have arrested Rawat and seized the[Read More…]
CRPF to launch women unit to deal with stone-pelters in J&K
Srinagar: The CRPF is all set to launch a special unit of over 800 women commandos to deal with stone-pelters, among which women are increasingly figuring, in Jammu and Kashmir from the middle of this month, say officials of the central paramilitary force. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), handling[Read More…]
CRPF trooper killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Raipur: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper has been killed during a gun battle between the security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, an official said on Saturday. The gunfight took place on Friday night. The slain CRPF trooper has been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Anil Kumar[Read More…]