UPA stops BSF troops from firing weapons, puts lives at risk – II

From

Bold and Right
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
By Priyadarshi Dutta on Aug 20, 2013 

This is the concluding part of a two-part article. You can read the first part here.

By muzzling the Border Security Force’s (BSF) firepower on India-Bangladesh border, the UPA Government has left frontier citizens to the wolves. The cattle traffickers, in collusion with raiders from across the border are regularly preying upon innocents on the West Bengal border. A two-part story carried by the Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika on June 21 and June 23, 2013 would be illustrative.

UPA stops BSF troops from firing weapons, puts lives at risk – I

From

Bold and Right
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

By Priyadarshi Dutta on Aug 21, 2013 

This is the first of a two-part article. The next part will be published tomorrow.

The nation did not mourn the death of sub inspector Rajender Singh of 91st battalion BSF, who passed away at a Kolkata hospital on July 22. Perhaps only the Times of India cared to report about him. He would be placed at the end of a martyrs’ list on the website of Border Security Force not updated since 2009. A fortnight later, India exploded in anger when five Indian soldiers were killed along the LoC in Jammu & Kashmir by Pakistani marauders in uniform. The Opposition read between the lines of the Raksha Mantri’s statement of August 6 to accuse him of exonerating Pakistan. The Opposition prevailed after a day of standoff, compelling the Minister to revise his statement.

Cabinet decision to increase retirement age deferred

The government may make the anouncement in the Prime Minister's 15 August address

From Business Standard

Sreelatha Menon  |  New Delhi  August 3, 2013
A proposal to increase the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years came to the Cabinet on Thursday but a decision was deferred. The government might make the announcement in the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address, his last before general elections in 2014. The ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions has proposed an increase in retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years, top sources confirmed.

There are around five million central government employees in India. The previous occassion the government raised the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998, from 58 to 60 years. The move is meant to ease the financial burden on the government in terms of its pension liabilities, sources said.

The retirement age of professors in all central universities was recently raised to 65 years. D L Sachdev, national secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, said his union was totally against the increase of the retirement age beyond 60. It would hurt the youth, especially when the government is doing nothing to create jobs for them, Sachdev said.

Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress national president Sanjeeva Reddy said his union had been demanding increase in the retirement age to 62 years and would welcome it.

Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V Narayanaswami had ruled out an increase in the retirement age to a question in Parliament in the winter session this year. An official in the ministry, when asked, refused to speak about it.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cabinet-decision-to-increase-retirement-age-deferred-113080201034_1.html

सरहद की निगाहबानी भी करेंगी महिला अधिकारी

जागरण से साभार
7 जुलाई 2013

सरहद की निगाहबानी भी करेंगी महिला अधिकारी

नई दिल्ली। अब महिलाएं देश के भीतर ही नहीं सरहदों पर भी पुरुषों के साथ कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर निगाहबानी करेंगी। महिला सशक्तिकरण की दिशा में कदम उठाते हुए सरकार ने पहली बार सीमा सुरक्षा बल [बीएसएफ] में महिला अधिकारियों की नियुक्ति को मंजूरी दी है। केंद्रीय गृह मंत्रालय के सूत्रों के अनुसार, 25 वर्ष तक की महिलाओं को सहायक कमांडेंट रैंक के अधिकारी के तौर पर सीधी भर्ती के तहत नियुक्त किया जाएगा।

सीधी भर्ती के तहत नियुक्त होने वाली महिला अधिकारियों को पाकिस्तान और बांग्लादेश सीमा पर तैनात किया जाएगा। अब तक महिला अधिकारियों की भर्ती केंद्रीय रिजर्व पुलिस बल और केंद्रीय औद्योगिक सुरक्षा बल (सीआइएसएफ) में ही होती है। इन्हें देश की आंतरिक सुरक्षा में सेवाएं देनी होती हैं। एक वरिष्ठ सुरक्षा अधिकारी ने कहा कि भारतीय बलों में बड़ी तादाद में महिला सैनिक हैं, लेकिन युद्ध क्षेत्र के लिए कोई भी महिला कमांडर नहीं है। सिर्फ पुरुष अधिकारियों के सीमाओं पर तैनात किए जाने में कोई समस्या नहंी है, लेकिन महिला अधिकारियों को तैनात करने से संदेश जाएगा कि वे कोई भी काम करने में सक्षम हैं। अधिकारी ने बताया कि दिसंबर, 2013 तक पहले बैच की महिला अधिकारियों की नियुक्ति हो जाएगी और वे अगले साल के अंत तक सीमाओं पर तैनात कर दी जाएंगी।

अन्य दो सीमा सुरक्षा बल भारत-तिब्बत सीमा पुलिस (आइटीबीपी) और सशस्त्र सीमा बल (एसएसबी) में भी महिला अधिकारियों को सीमाओं पर तैनात नहीं गया है, जबकि इनमें अच्छी संख्या में महिलाएं हैं। बीएसएफ में पहली बार 2009 में महिलाओं की भर्ती की गई थी, जिनकी मौजूदा संख्या 700 हो गई है। सरकार इस साल बीएसएफ में कुल 110 नई अधिकारियों की नियुक्ति करेगी, जबकि सीआरपीएफ में 138 और सीआइएसएफ में 56 अधिकारियों की नियुक्ति को मंजूरी दी गई है। परीक्षा का आयोजन संघ लोकसेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) करेगा। बतौर सहायक कमांडेंट नियुक्त होने के बाद ये महिला अधिकारी बीएसएफ की एक कंपनी या बटालियन की डिप्टी कमांडेंट और कमांडेंट तक पदोन्नति हासिल कर सकती हैं।

http://www.jagran.com/news/national-female-bsf-personal-will-visil-on-border-10542829.html

Women officers to be inducted for first time in border force

From Deccan Chronicle
Sunday, Jul 07, 2013

BSF personnel at work. This is the first time that women will be commissioned as officers in a border guarding force - PTI/File photo.

New Delhi: In a major step aimed to empower women in 'khaki', the government for the first time has given its nod for recruitment and commissioning of women officers in a border guarding force- the BSF.

Young women under and up to the age of 25 years will be recruited as direct entry officers in the rank of Assistant Commandants (ACs), and according to top sources in the Union Home Ministry, these officers will be posted to lead their troops along the two most crucial borders the BSF guards at present, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Till now, women could only don the combat uniform in the officer cadre in two other central security forces, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) which are tasked to carry out a variety of duties in the internal security domain and not along Indian frontiers as these forces are not mandated for border guarding duties.

BSF – Border Security Force Recruitment Notification 2013 For Sub-Inspector

From govtjobs.allindiajobs.in

BSF – Border Security Force Recruitment Notification 2013 For Sub-Inspector . Application are invited for the Posts of Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Head Constable in Border Security Force (BSF).

UPSC CAPF recruitment 2013 for BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP to 424 Posts

From ap365days.com
The Union Public Service Commission commonly we know as UPSC recently has announced Recruitment Notification 2013.Under this notification 2013 UPSC is going to fill up the 424 vacancies of CAPFs, BSF, CRPF and other posts.

The Candidates who are willing to apply for these UPSC CPF posts they can apply through online or offline before 05-08-2013. 

And Here I would like to share you the Important information regarding Union Public Service Commission Recruitment 2013 Notification & Eligibility Criteria Details.

BSF Subordinate Officer's son goes missing from school

From Business Standard
Press Trust of India  |  Jalandhar  July 6, 2013
The son of a Border Security Force officer has gone missing from his school, police said today. 

According to a senior city police official, Std X student Gopal Dubey has been untraceable since Thursday after he visited the school, which is situated in the BSF complex in the city. The complaint in the matter was filed yesterday, he added. 

The boy's relatives have, however, ruled out any foul play behind his disappearance with his uncle saying that Gopal had, in a similar case a few months back, gone to visit some of their kin without informing his immediate family members. 

Police said a scan through Gopal's phone details had revealed that the boy had recently contacted some persons in Bangalore. It is learnt that Gopal's family have kin living in the Karnataka state capital. 

A senior BSF official said that Gopal's father is currently posted as Assistant Sub-Inspector in Mizoram's capital Aizawl while his family is based in Jalandhar.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bsf-officer-s-son-goes-missing-from-school-113070600635_1.html

11 Pakistani fishermen held in Gujarat: BSF

From The Business Standard

June 27 2013

The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended 11 Pakistani fishermen in Indian territorial waters off Gujarat, an officer said Friday.

"The fishermen, who allegedly entered into Indian waters, were arrested Thursday night near the India-Pakistan border near Bhuj," the officer said in a statement here.

The BSF officer said that a special BSF patrol team deputed at the Koteshwar border outpost seized two fishing boats while maneuvering in Pabewari Creek area and took the 11 Pakistanis into custody.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/11-pakistani-fishermen-held-in-gujarat-bsf-113062801028_1.html

BSF apprehends 28 Bangladeshis in West Bengal

From ZeeNews

June 27, 2013

New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended 28 Bangladeshi nationals near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal as they were trying to sneak into the country, an official statement said here on Thursday.

According to BSF, the men were caught on Wednesday night.

"Troops of 152 Battalion from the border outpost in Gobardha of Nadia district in West Bengal apprehended 28 Bangladeshi nationals who were trying to enter India," the statement said.

IANS

Pak delegation including judges exchange sweets with BSF

From J&K Newspoint
Newspoint Bureau
Jammu Tawi, June 27

A 40-member delegation, including seven serving judges from Pakistan, today reached 'no man's land' to offer traditional 'chadar' at an annual fair of Baba Chamliyal in Ramgarh Sector of Samba district for the first time.
The Pak Rangers and BSF officials meet at Zero line along the Indo-
Pak International Border was the highlight of
the meeting.
Delegation members exchanged sweets and laid 'chadar' at the tomb of Baba Daleep Singh Manhas, famous as
Baba Chamliyal, on this side of the border.
The delegation interacted with the senior officials of BSF and civil administration, a BSF representative here told reporters.

Pak couple crosses border for love’s sake, but turned away

From Hindustan Times

Aloke Tikku,   Vighokote (Gujarat), June 25, 2013

No matter the boundaries we draw, love sure finds its way. This love story too, made its way across the border but didn’t really see the ending it hoped for.

A young Pakistani couple who crossed into India this month with hopes in their eyes have been handed back to the Pakistani Rangers.

Akbar Ali and Zarina had crossed over in the second week of this month, hand in hand, through one of the gaps in the fence near Border Outpost 1106.

In the Rann of Kutch, the border outposts aren’t known by a name because there is no habitation on the Indian side of the border. No one lives here except the BSF.