BSF and ITBP get new heads

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Pankaj Kumar Singh on Wednesday appointed as director general of the country’s largest border guarding force BSF. He is a 1988-batch Rajasthan-cadre Indian Police Service officer.Currently, he is serving as th...

BSF DG Rakesh Asthana reviews Indo-Bangladesh border management

Jalpaiguri: Border Security Force Director General Rakesh Asthana on Saturday visited Teenbigha Corridor on the Indo-Bangladesh border and reviewed the border management.He was briefed by Deputy Inspector General of Sector Headquarters BSF Jalpaiguri...

Lightweight border guarding

A BSF jawan stands guard at a border outpost in Jammu.The government of India, after procrastinating for five months, has finally appointed a director general for the Border Security Force.  However, this largest border-guarding force of the wor...

Government appoints Rakesh Asthana as new DG BSF

New Delhi:  Former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana was on Monday appointed Director-General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF).Currently, he is serving as head of Narcotics Control Bureau.Asthana, a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre officer, has...

Drugs trafficking: BRICS discusses situation in member states

New Delhi: The BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group has discussed issues pertaining to drug situation in the member states and agreed for real time information sharing.The issues included international and regional trends of illegal trafficking in narcotic ...