Articles tagged under: CRPF

CAPF constable exams to be conducted in 13 regional languages including Gujarati

April 15, 2023
CAPF constable exams to be conducted in 13 regional languages including Gujarati

New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs has approved conducting Constable (General Duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English. The decision has been taken to give impetus to the participation of local youth in the CAPF and encourage regional languages. In addition to Hindi and English, the question paper will be set in the following 13 regional languages: 1. Assamese 2. Bengali 3. Gujarati 4. Marathi 5. Mal...Read More

સી.એ.પી.એફ.ની પરીક્ષા ગુજરાતી સહિત 13 પ્રાદેશિક ભાષાઓમાં આપી શકાશે

April 15, 2023
સી.એ.પી.એફ.ની પરીક્ષા ગુજરાતી સહિત 13 પ્રાદેશિક ભાષાઓમાં આપી શકાશે

ગાંધીનગર: મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે સેન્ટ્રલ આર્મ્ડ પોલિસ ફોર્સ-સી.એ.પી.એફ.ની ભરતી પરીક્ષા ગુજરાતી સહિત 13 પ્રાદેશિક ભાષાઓમાં પણ લેવાના વડાપ્રધાનશ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીના નેતૃત્વની ક...Read More

A jawan from Gujarat martyrs in J&K encounter

August 27, 2017
A jawan from Gujarat martyrs in J&K encounter

Ahmedabad: Among 8 Indian security force jawans who martyred in Pulwama encounter in Jammu & Kashmir, one was CRPF jawan Dinesh Borse(30) from Gujarat. Borse's family lives in Naroda area of Ahmedabad city. His mortal remains are to be brought to the city today for cremation with the guard of honor. Minister of State for Home, Sardarnagar(airport area) MLA, City Police Commissioner and others will be at airport to pay tribute to martyred jawan. Rupani has announced Rs 4 lakh relief to neares...Read More

At least 25 CRPF jawans killed, 6 injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

April 24, 2017
At least 25 CRPF jawans killed, 6 injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

New Delhi: At least 25 Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) jawans were killed and 6 injured in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh today in the deadliest attack by left-wing Naxalites targeting security forces this year. Ministry of Home Affairs in its statement said: in a fierce gun battle with Maoists 25 brave soldiers of CRPF laid down their lives for the mother land. Two companies of 74 Bn CRPF were deployed to provide security for the road constructions in the area connecting Burkapal ...Read More

Demonetisation: Rs 5 crore cash, gold seized at airports

November 16, 2016
Demonetisation: Rs 5 crore cash, gold seized at airports

New Delhi: Over Rs 5 crore of cash and gold have been intercepted by agencies at country's few major civil airports post the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes by the government last week. Officials said a special surveillance was launched by the CISF and the air intelligence units of the Income Tax department and the interceptions have been made at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Guwahati airports from November 10. "The total cash and gold intercepted since November 10 is abo...Read More

For the first time, CRPF deploys women commandos for anti-Naxal operations

November 15, 2016
For the first time, CRPF deploys women commandos for anti-Naxal operations

Ranchi:For the first time, CRPF has deployed a team of women commandos in anti-Naxal operations in Jharkhand. The 135 women belonging to the 232 battalion's Delta company are currently undertaking operations under the close supervision of CRPF's 133 battalion in Naxal-infested forests on the outskirts of Ranchi near Khoonti area. Sanjay A Lathkar, CRPF IG of Jharkhand, said, "On October 17, a company of woman commandos was for the first time inducted in CRPF to counter Naxal insurgency in ...Read More

Grenade attack on CRPF patrol party; four injured

October 11, 2016

Srinagar: Four persons, including two security force personnel, were injured today in a grenade attack on a CRPF patrol party in south Kashmir's Shopian district. Militants hurled the grenade at the CRPF personnel in Shopian town at around 11.40 AM, resulting in injuries to two civilians and two security personnel, a police official said. He said the injured have been taken to Shopian district hospital even as security forces have launched a search operation to track down the militants. ...Read More

Left wing terror: ten CRPF personne killed in encounter with Maoists

July 18, 2016
Left wing terror: ten CRPF personne killed in encounter with Maoists

Patna: At least ten CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) commandos belonging to its elite COBRA battalion were killed and five others injured in a Naxal IED blast in the jungles of Bihar's Aurangabad district, officials said. The jawans of the COBRA unit were ambushed in the IED blast after which an encounter started yesterday afternoon between the two resulting in the killing of three naxals by late night, they said. "While eight personnel were killed on the spot, two others succumbed to t...Read More

Centre rushes 2,000 additional CRPF troops to Kashmir

July 17, 2016
Centre rushes 2,000 additional CRPF troops to Kashmir

New Delhi: About two thousand additional CRPF personnel are being rushed to violence-hit Kashmir Valley. Official said that a total of 20 fresh companies (100 personnel in each) are being rushed to the Valley which will be in addition to 2,800 Central Reserve Police Force personnel which were sent to assist the state police last week. They said the additional reinforcements will be deployed to further enhance the security arrangements in the Valley, where the outbreak of violence following...Read More

CRPF shifts MPVs from Naxal grid to Kashmir for better convoy security

June 26, 2016

New Delhi: CRPF has shifted about half-a-dozen of its heavy-armoured mine protected vehicles (MPVs), which were earlier used for anti-Naxal operations, to Kashmir Valley to effectively secure its troops there against attacks like the latest incident in Pampore in which its eight personnel were killed. The paramilitary had cut down the use of these vehicles for anti-Naxal operations drastically to a "bare minimum" after they were targeted in IED blasts in the Left Wing Extremism-hit areas....Read More