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NEW DELHI: The security breach by car number UP26AZ8090, driven by Sarabjit Singh (37), has exposed serious lacunae in the security apparatus of Delhi assembly, a high-security zone guarded by CRPF. What has puzzled experts is not just that it was successful, but also the clean exit by a ‘non-professional’ man that caught the security…
Two days after a fatal Holi dispute in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, a car and bike, allegedly belonging to an accused’s relative, were torched, escalating tensions. Heavy security is now in place as police investigate the vehicle burning and have arrested eight individuals in connection with the killing. NEW DELHI: Two days after 26-year-old Tarun was…
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at the spot where a CRPF vehicle met with an accident near a water canal, in Ahmad Nagar, in Srinagar on Saturday. (ANI Video Grab) SRINAGAR: At least seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after their vehicle plunged into a canal in Srinagar Saturday morning. The…
Each base houses 16-25 personnel NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack in J&K, CRPF has set up 43 temporary operating bases across the UT, each housing 16-25 personnel who will track and eliminate terrorists holed up in the higher reaches, security officials said on Wednesday.The temporary bases, 26 of which are…
Over the last 15 days, CRPF has demolished 53 ‘memorials’ across Sukma, Bijapur and Bastar NEW DELHI: As the country moves towards becoming Naxalism-free by March 31, it is not just the last of Maoist leaders and cadres who are being hunted or asked to surrender. The physical symbols of Left-wing extremism – specifically, ‘memorials’…
NEW DELHI: Just a few kilometres from the Line of Control, a small village in Rajouri district is preparing for a proud moment this Republic Day. Simran Bala, a 26-year-old Assistant Commandant in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), will lead an all-male CRPF contingent on Kartavya Path in New Delhi on January 26.Bala is…
File photo: Sajad Lone (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: A day after Mirwaiz Umar Farooq justified the removal of the “Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference” designation from his X account as a “Hobson’s choice,” People’s Conference chairman and MLA Sajad Lone on Saturday urged people to question the Kashmir chief cleric’s “surrender in lieu of protocol…
Injured CRPF personnel being provided medical assistance after a leopard entered the premises and attacked during breakfast hours, in Kapran area, Anantnag (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: A CRPF head constable was injured after a leopard sneaked into a paramilitary camp in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and attacked him while personnel were having breakfast in the…
NEW DELHI: Two CRPF schools and several courts in the national capital received bomb threats via e-mail on Tuesday, prompting immediate security alerts and precautionary measures, officials said.The schools, located in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka, received the threats around 9 am, the Delhi Fire Services said.Three court complexes in Delhi, including the Saket District Court…
PRAYAGRAJ/MEERUT: Allahabad high court has acquitted four men, including two Pak nationals, convicted as terrorists and sentenced to death for killing eight CRPF personnel and wounding five in a 2007 attack on their camp in UP’s Rampur. The bench instead held the four guilty under the Arms Act. The family of one of the slain…
