A CRPF jawan was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a differently-abled woman in Assam's North Lakhimpur district. ...
01:04 AM, Jan 04, 2013
A Central Reserve Police Force personnel shot dead four of his colleagues when he opened indiscriminate fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The personnel, Deep Tiwari, has been arrested. ...
08:08 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Police resorted to water cannons to disperse crowds at India Gate for the second consecutive day as angry crowd of citizens protested in large numbers demanding justice for the 23-year-old paramedic student who was raped and beaten by half-a-dozen men in the national capital. ...
02:47 PM, Dec 23, 2012
A civilian was injured when two powerful bombs exploded, suspected to have been planted by militants, in Imphal east district of Manipur today. ...
12:41 PM, Dec 19, 2012
A CRPF jawan on duty at the disputed site of Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya committed suicide on Tuesday night, a senior police official said. ...
12:12 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Salem (TN): Facing arrest on a complaint of cheating by his lover, a CRPF constable who allegedly dumped her after making her pregnant agreed to marry her. Murugan of Attur was in love with his 25-year old neighbour for the past two year, but went back on his promise to marry her. He had also allegedly threatened to kill the woman, who was seven months pregnant, police said on Saturday....
11:48 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Raipur: Two minor girls, allegedly raped by suspected Naxals, were rescued by security forces from the jungles of Bijapur district on Sunday. The girls aged around 11-12 years were found by a joint squad of CRPF and state police from the Madded area of the district when they were out on patrol. "The girls revealed that Naxals Kudiam Gujja and his accomplices forcibly brought them here and subsequently they were...
05:23 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Dantewada: Two people reportedly died when alleged Naxals opened fire at a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) team posted at the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mine project area in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning. The dead included one CISF personnel. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team has been rushed to the spot. In May, six personnel of the CISF were killed in a similar ambush by Naxals when...
10:58 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: In Jharkhand, there's a new wave of positivity, especially among girls of the tribal areas. And it's all thanks to the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) new initiative to provide them with a better future. Stuck in a virtual civil war with Naxals on one side and the government forces on the other, the girls had given up all hopes of moving ahead in life. However, they now...
10:08 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Raipur: A CRPF jawan was injured when a "drunk" constable of Chhattisgarh Police allegedly opened fire at a police station in Balrampur district, police said on Saturday. "CRPF jawan Rajendra Rai attached with the 62nd battalion was hit by a bullet when Jagarnath Paikra, who was under the influence of alcohol, opened fire from his service rifle at Chando police station last night," Balrampur SP J S Meena said. Paikra...
08:20 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Tirunelveli: Security is being further beefed up at Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant and additional forces, including CRPF and Coast Guard, will be deployed in view of the call by anti-nuclear activists to lay siege at the plant on October 8, officials said on Friday. People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, spearheading the over year-long stir against the KNPP, has announced that protesters will take the sea route and lay siege at...
03:20 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Kolkata: Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed on Sunday during an anti-Naxal operation conducted jointly by West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. The 184th battalion of the CRPF was engaged in search and combing operations in a forest in West Midnapore when the Naxals ambushed them, resulting in heavy exchange of gunfire. The two personnel were shot dead. The injured have been shifted to the West...
09:05 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Patna: Six Maoists were killed and 70 landmines destroyed in an encounter with security forces in Panchrukhia forests bordering Bihar's Gaya and Aurangabad districts, a CRPF official claimed on Monday. As many as six ultras have been killed and scores of others injured in heavy firing between the Maoists and forces since Saturday, CRPF DIG Umesh Kumar said. The bodies of the ultras were yet to recovered, he said. The...
07:43 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Guwahati: Two persons, including a CRPF man, were killed on Saturday night as an explosion hit Guwahati and a communal clash erupted in Assams Dhubri town where indefinite curfew was clamped. Unidentified persons set off an IED targeting CRPF personnel near the Assam State Transport Corporation ticket counter adjacent to the Paltan Bazar police station in Guwahati at 7:45 pm, police sources said. Kamrup (Metro) District Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Agnihotry...
09:12 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Guwahati: A CRPF personnel killed after a grenade targeting the central forces exploded at busy Paltan Bazar area in Guwahati on Saturday evening. Ten persons were also injured in the attack. The grenade was hurled by two persons at the central security forces near the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) ticket counter adjacent to the Paltan Bazar police station at 7:00 pm, said sources. The injured were immediately rushed to...
08:47 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Srinagar: The CRPF has requested the Jammu and Kashmir government to relieve two of its battalions posted in the state for re-deployment in Naxal-affected areas of the country, official sources said on Wednesday. The paramilitary force sent the request to the state government citing improvement in the law and order and security scenario in the state, especially in the Valley, over the past two years, the sources said. The CRPF,...
01:13 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: As the nation celebrates Eid on Monday, riot-hit Assam is on high alert. Security has been stepped up across the state, especially in the sensitive districts of Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang that witnessed a spate of clashes between the Bodo tribal groups and Muslims at the end of last month. While the actual reason for the sudden breakout of violence in the lower regions of Assam is unknown,...
06:56 AM, Aug 20, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 13 people who had been trapped in a bus as it got stuck in a pothole on a bridge over the Mahwar river were rescued on Saturday morning. As the water level rose in the river, the passengers climbed over to the rooftop of the bus. The district administration, Army, CRPF and ITBP personnel carried out the relief and rescue operations. ...
04:02 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Guwahati: Suspected ULFA militants detonated an IED targeting a CRPF team in Assam's Goalpara district in the wee hours on Thursday but none was hurt. A red alert has been sounded following threats from the anti-talk faction of the banned group led by by the elusive Paresh Baruah. The blast, triggered from a hill, targeted two CRPF vehicles at Khardong under Krishnai police station in Goalpara, but they crossed the...
06:09 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Guwahati: Suspected ULFA militants detonated an IED targeting a CRPF team in Assam's Goalpara district in the wee hours on Thursday but none was hurt. A red alert has been sounded following threats from the anti-talk faction of the banned group led by the elusive, Paresh Baruah. The blast, triggered from a hill, targeted two CRPF vehicles at Khardong under Krishnai police station in Goalpara, but they crossed the area...
05:37 PM, Aug 09, 2012
