A total of 294 ITBP force personnel has been awarded the DG commendation for displaying bravery during recent skirmishes with Chinese troops in Ladakh, the border force said on Friday
The around 2.5 lakh personnel strong force is primarily tasked with guarding India's frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Friday inked a deal with the KVIC to procure a variety of 'swadeshi' and 'khadi' goods for around 10 lakh personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces.
The maximum cases of 3,341 have been recorded in the CRPF, the country's largest paramilitary force with about 325,000 personnel
A health care staffer is not present near the patient all the time and hence the ITBP and other CAPFs personnel can intimate them in case a patient requires some help
Sources in the security establishment said the force is also set to get sanctions from the Union Home ministry to raise at least nine fresh battalions soon
The centre has been set up in Chhatarpur for treating mild and asymptomatic coronavirus patients
The CISF controls the entry and exit of people and goods at facilities where its armed personnel are deployed as part of its charter to provide counter-terror and anti-sabotage cover
A total of 28 personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were tested positive for Covid-19, an official said on Thursday.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief S S Deswal on Friday visited the newly created COVID-19 care facility here with over 10,000 beds and reviewed its preparedness, officials said.
The ITBP was the first organisation in the country to have created a 1,000 bed quarantine center for coronavirus affected people
The ITBP guards the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control between India and China, along with the Indian Army.
A meeting was held on Wednesday and another meeting is scheduled on Thursday where various infrastructure-related issues will be discussed
The CAPFs - CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and Assam Rifles - canteens together sell products worth about Rs 2,800 crore annually
"The 215 evacuees from Italy have completed seven days of quarantine on Saturday. No fresh symptoms have been observed," a spokesperson of the border guarding force said
The jawans were stationed in Kadenar camp of ITBP's 45th battalion that had been deployed in the area for counter insurgency operations
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the country
Photo galleries will also be setup to tell about the bravery of those who laid down their lives in the line of duty
Till now exemplary work by these four-legged soldiers was recognised by issuing of regular commendation cards
The ITBP guards the Indian Embassy in Kabul and its four Consulates in Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar and Herat