In a landmark decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday announced to conduct Constable (General Duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English.
Of these 10 companies (carrying approximately 1,000 personnel) includes four from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) one from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the rest from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the sources said.
A total of 10 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), including Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal have been sent to Bihar following the recent clash in the state that erupted in several parts of the state after Ram Navami processions.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR against two Chief Medical Officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and six others on Tuesday for allegedly manipulating the medical records of overweight candidates in the recruitment of Medical Officers in Central Police forces.
A total of 84,866 posts are vacant in county's Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) against the sanctioned 10,05,520 posts as on January 1, 2023, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
According to the Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) FR Kharkongor, three-tier security arrangements have been made with Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) guarding the innermost layer and State Armed police will keep vigil over the second and third layers.
Ahead of Monday's Assembly elections, as many as 900 polling stations across the state have been identified as vulnerable and critical, the state's chief electoral officer (CEO) said on Saturday.
The Election Commission of India has deployed 119 companies of Central Armed Police Forces in Meghalaya to smoothly conduct the assembly polls in the state which will be held on February 27.
Besides raising seven additional Battalions, the CCS has also given approval to the set-up of one Sector Headquarter of ITBP for manning the 47 new Border Out Posts (BOPs) and 12 staging camps.
A joint training exercise "Exercise Trishakri Prahar" was conducted in North Bengal from 21 January to 31 January 2023, aiming at synergising the firepower assets of the Indian Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to orchestrate an integrated battle.