Tag: Itbp

Guarding the snow-bound parts of the nation is one of the challenging tasks for our soldiers because of the unpredictable weather, icy cold high speed winds.

Shimla: After 17 days of search, rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of fourth trooper, rifleman Nitin Rana, officials said. He hailed from Himachal Pradesh, a defence spokesperson told IANS. Two of the troopers, struck by an avalanche, are still missing. Six troopers of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles were buried under an avalanche that […]

New Delhi: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops on the occassion of International Yoga Day on Friday performed yoga in some of the most difficult terrains in the country. The ITBP troops of the ATS Lohitpur, where the sun rises first in this eastern most tip of Arunachal Pradesh, commemorated this day before the break of […]

Pithoragarh: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday recovered seven bodies believed to be that of foreign mountaineers who had gone missing on way to the Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand last month, an officer said. A 10-member ITBP team of climbers dug out the seven bodies, including a woman mountaineer, which were buried […]

New Delhi: Indo Tibetan Border Police DIG Aparna Kumar has become the first Indian civil servant to scale the Mount Denali in Alaska, the highest mountain peak in North America. The officer climbed the peak on her third attempt, and also completed her “Seven Summits” Challenge, an ITBP statement said here. An IPS officer of […]

New Delhi: To mark ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, border guarding forces like the ITBP and the BSF Saturday launched a special series of programmes that will showcase the tales of bravery of soldiers as well as police and paramilitary personnel. The Union Home Ministry, which controls these forces including the SSB and the Assam Rifles, has […]

New Delhi: Five personnel of the ITBP, tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control with China, have been decorated with gallantry medals for displaying bravery in the anti-Naxal operations grid of Chhattisgarh on the eve of the Independence Day. The force has been awarded a total of 19 medals in various service categories this […]

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer V.K. Johri is the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). He took charge at BSF headquarters in Delhi on Saturday from the outgoing Director General Rajni Kant Misra. Johri, a 1984-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, served as the Special Secretary in the […]

New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday approved a full cadre review, resulting in creation of over 3,000 new posts, and creation of two operational commands for the ITBP that guards the LAC with China. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the cadre review exercise of the force has been conducted after 18 years, the last […]

New Delhi: In a first for a paramilitary, border guarding force ITBP has developed a matrimonial portal for its unmarried, widowed and separated personnel to help them find a suitable “soulmate” within their service. The mountain warfare-trained force, primarily tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, has about 25,000 unmarried men […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday gave additional charge of Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to S.S. Deswal, who is also the Director General of ITBP, after CRPF chief R.R. Bhatnagar retired. A 1983 batch IPS officer, Bhatnagar was heading the paramilitary force for the last two-and-a-half years after being appointed as […]

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Thursday said that India may witness the peak of COVID-19 cases in June or July. Speaking to media persons, Guleria said, “The answer of when will be the peak of cases of COVID-19 in India depends upon modelling data. National and international […]

Rajnandgaon: A specially-trained sniffer dog engaged in the bomb disposal squad of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) saved many lives on Sunday by successfully detecting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Maoists on an under-construction road in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district. The dog named Sophia, also known as ‘Shiksha’, saved lives of her colleagues […]

Keonjhar: An Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan allegedly hacked his father to death over some family dispute at Madanpur village under Ramachandrapur police limits of Keonjhar district on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Pramod Ojha while the jawan has been identified as Ranjan Kumar Ojha. He is posted in Arunachal Pradesh and […]

New Delhi: In wake of the Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops amid tensions on the Line of Actual Control, the government has given approval to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to set up 47 Border Outposts (BoPs) to step up vigil along the border. Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan […]