Kulgam encounter: Additional force deployed

Under fire, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has announced to reward the people who will suggest alternatives to the controversial pellet guns. Additional Director General (ADG) of the CRPF VSK Kaumudi said the force is open to any suggestion for any ...

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed to combat Naxals in Chhattisgarh has taken up the noble responsibility of educating the children in the Naxal-affected villages, by providing them free coaching.In the heart of naxal-affected areas, Cherpal ...

Following the exchange of fire between Maoists and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel earlier today, the latter have uncovered a live improvised explosive device (IED) here during search operations.During the operations conducted by the CRPF troops ...

Two Central Reserve Police Force jawans were mowed down by a para-military force vehicle when its driver lost control due to stone pelting at Hiller area in Kokernag of South Kashmir, police said tonight.The unfortunate incident took place this evening when CRPF troops were withdrawing after a day-long law and order duty in the area.According to the police, the driver of the CRPF armoured vehicle was pelted stones in the area, 85 km from Srinagar, during the withdrawal operation in the ...

[India], Apr 3 (ANI): A minor was allegedly raped by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor on Tuesday. Following a complaint by the girl, the police nabbed the accused even as he blackmailed her by circulating her pictures on ...

Nine Central Reserve Police Force personnel were on Tuesday killed after Maoists blasted their mine protected vehicle using over 50 kilogram of explosives in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, about a year after a dozen jawans were killed in a similar ambush in the district. Officials said the incident took place around 12:30 pm along the 5-km under-construction Kistaram-Palodi road when the troops of the 212th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force were out for an operation. Home Minister ...

A Central Reserve Police Force jawan, who was undergoing psychiatric treatment since February, has been arrested for allegedly vandalising a statue of rationalist leader Periyar in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu. Head Constable S Senthil Kumar, 35, was held from his house in Vidhuti village last night after the CCTV footage obtained from the area showed him damaging the statue while he was in an inebriated state, Pudukottai district police said. The CRPF, in a statement, said that Kumar was ...

A Central Reserve Police Force jawan has been killed in an ongoing encounter with terrorists at Karan Nagar in Srinagar. The encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out this morning following a thwarted bid to attack a CRPF camp in Karan Nagar.Reports coming in from the Valley said the gun battle was underway near the camp between 23 Battalion of the CRPF and two terrorists.The CRPF jawan who sustained serious injuries in the gunfight has succumbed as a result of his injuries.

The Central Reserve Police Force has transferred the Commandant of its 212th battalion whose nine personnel were recently killed in a Naxal triggered IED blast in Chhattisgarh. Prashant Dhar, the Commanding Officer, has been transferred to the North East sector late last evening, pending inquiry, officials said.They said the role of the officer is under scrutiny for alleged lapses that led to the killing of the nine CRPF jawans in Sukma district on March 13 as their mine protected vehicle was ...