Retired Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandant BC Joshi on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding Metro train in Noida, police said. Joshi, a resident of Jal Vayu Vihar in Greater Noida, was apparently in a state of depression, SP City Yogesh Singh said. ...
11:14 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said the Centre had decided not to recover from Maharashtra government Rs 21 crore on account of deployment of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai to guard 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. ...
04:45 PM, Jan 05, 2013
New Delhi: The ITBP contingent guarding 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai will soon be "deinducted". According to procedure, once the specified task given to a special squad of a central force comes to an end, the Union Home Ministry issues an order asking the force headquarters to "deinduct" the contingent. "The squad designated to guard Kasab will be deinducted now," sources in the paramilitary...
11:53 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Sikkim on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of three civilians and one General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) personnel, the state government said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said that seven of its workers had died in the landslides and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) claimed that 11 of its personnel were missing. The entire north Sikkim is said to be cut off...
08:37 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Chungthang: At least 20 people are feared dead in a flash flood resulting from heavy downpour in Sikkim. ITBP quarters near Chungthang in Northern Sikkim was washed away by the floods on Saturday. Seven bodies have been recovered so far and rescue and relief operations are underway. Among those who perished are ITPB jawans and their family members. An year after massive earthquake rocked Sikkim, flash floods hit the northeastern...
04:38 PM, Sep 22, 2012
The sources said that the government is closely watching the situation after the explosions rocked different areas in Kabul. ...
07:34 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Tractors are usually used to plough fields but soon troops of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will ride these machines to help them patrol the Indian frontiers along China. The border guarding force has ordered almost 60 new tractors which will be used to transport troops from one border post to another in areas where there are no motorable roads or regular vehicles cannot ply due to high-altitude....
03:00 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Ranjit Sinha DG, ITBP said that they have brought more than 400 earthquake victims to their relief camps. ...
01:13 AM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: ITBP DG Ranjit Sinha on Monday said that rescue operation were on in Sikkim even though there were difficulties due to incessant rains and landslides. "More than 400 villagers were rescued and brought to battalion headquarters. They were given shelter, food and warm clothes," Sinha said. "Whatever facilities are available with us, we have put it up for the disposal of carrying our relief and rescue operations," he...
01:44 PM, Sep 19, 2011
New Delhi: At least 28 people have lost their lives and over 100 injured after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Sikkim on Sunday evening. Authorities fear the toll could rise further. The exact extent of damages is yet to be assessed as relief and rescue is yet to reach affected areas. Out of the 28 dead, 19 are from Sikkim, two from Bihar and five in West Bengal. Two Army...
10:15 AM, Sep 19, 2011
DG ITBP Ranjit Sinha said that two battalions have been brought to Sikkim for relief work. ...
10:47 PM, Sep 18, 2011
Gangtok: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has launched search and rescue operations in Pegong area of north Sikkim which has been "badly affected" with two ITBP buildings also collapsing after the state was rocked by a powerful earthquake. Official sources said the search and rescue operations are getting hampered because there is no electricity in the area. The force's also lost two of its buildings. However, no casulty has been reported...
09:51 PM, Sep 18, 2011
New Delhi: An ITBP constable's son is earning laurels and has become the cynosure of all eyes as he defeated odds like a growing bone cancer and the absence of his father posted at far flung China border to top in his class X examination with distinction. 15-year-old Shakti Singh had a very painful and disturbed last year after he was detected with cancer of the bones and had to...
05:55 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Mumbai: A staggering Rs 11 crore has been spent on guarding 26/11 terror convict Ajmal Kasab and the security force protecting him wants it back. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force has slapped a bill of Rs 10.87 crore on Maharashtra Government for guarding Kasab at the Arthur Road jail and sought its reimbursement which has stunned the state. RK Bhatia, Director General of ITBP, whose 200 commandos provide 24-hour...
12:04 PM, May 24, 2011
Itanagar/Shillong: Nearly 300 ITBP personnel on Tuesday fanned out on foot heading towards a place five km inside Bhutan and for Nagajiji near the windy Sela Pass to track the missing helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others. The aerial search was called off for the day because of bad weather. "According to inputs from the Arunachal government, local people have have sighted something like an...
05:40 PM, May 03, 2011
Raipur: Naxalites on Friday triggered a landmine blast, killing three ITBP jawans in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district. "Naxals blew up a police vehicle in which ITBP jawans were travelling near their base camp at Kohka village in the district," Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police, B L Meena said. The incident occurred when the security men were returning from neighbouring Maharashtra, he said. While three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans were killed, one...
05:46 PM, Oct 08, 2010
The firing incident allegedly took place in the Kerang area of North Sikkim. ...
12:58 PM, Sep 15, 2009
CNN-IBN visits families of ITBP jawans to see what Diwali means to them. ...
02:59 AM, Oct 28, 2008
New Delhi: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar expects the upcoming India-England Test series to be a closely-contested one and said that past history will have no bearing on its outcome. "I think we need to leave that thing behind. We also need to consider that immediately after that series when England came to India, we beat them 5-0, which cannot be forgotten. Many things have happened in the past. It is...
02:29 AM, Jul 17, 2008
